I have to sort through a lot of not-so-useful information in my position of GP advisor, but one article that caught my attention was a new website produced by the State Government of Victoria.  It has been specifically designed for Victorian GPs and provides all sorts of useful information. (more…)

Did you know that the scroll wheel on your mouse can be clicked? Or that accidentally deleted tabs can be reopened? No? Read on. (more…)

You could use the CAT to find your over 65s, but why bother? Bulk identification and recall/reminder alerts can easily be performed in your clinical software. (more…)

If your pathology downloads aren’t in HL7 format, you might be missing out. (more…)

Since the recent expansion of UFS Medical, even more local GPs are using ZedMed. Don’t compare these figures to the last lot, however. They were a load of rubbish. (more…)

The phrase “cleaning up your data” might strike fear into you and your practice team, but do you really understand what it is, and why it is so important? (more…)

If you’re anything like me, you (or the kids – grrrr) exceed your monthly internet download limit on a regular basis. You then have to spend the rest of the month browsing the web at arm-chewingly slow speeds. Or maybe your connection is just plain slow. There’s a way around it. (more…)

As we now have 7 practices using the PCS Clinical Audit Tool (CAT), I thought it was time to commence regular updates on what’s happening with the tool. The biggest news this month was the release of the Zedmed-compatible CAT. I will start contacting practices who have shown an interest in this tool shortly. (more…)

We used to be a Medical Director division. Since a recent migration by a large practice, however, ZedMed has surged ahead. (more…)

Have you had time access the Doctors Control Panel (DCP) website since we introduced it in the February Newsletter? (more…)

You spend hours every day working with one, but still you don’t know how to use it properly.  Look at you, pecking away like a demented emu.  Enough is enough.  It’s time you learned how to touch type. (more…)

Quite often a GP practice will not have electronic or paper copies of patient’s investigations where the patient is under the care of a specialist. A typical example is a GP not getting the HBA1C pathology results for a patient under the care of an Endocrinologist.

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Sometimes you see a software program and you think “how fantastic is that?!!” This happened to me when I saw the Doctor’s Control Panel demonstrated at a Collaboratives meeting. (more…)