Northern Territory

Project Name: Advanced Medication Management
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, NTG.
Categorisation: ePrescribing
Brief Description: Implement Advanced Medication Management into NT public hospitals. This includes capture of medications information from a range of sources, advanced decision support and automatic inclusion of discharge medications into inpatient Discharge Summaries and Emergency Department event summaries. Information is integrated with the Shared Electronic Health Record and Secure Electronic Messaging Service.
Primary Contact/Website: http://www.ehealthnt.nt.gov.au/
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory
Provider Coverage: All NT Public Hospitals
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Decision support and better informed patient care.
Funding source & Status: Funded via NTG
Any further comments: Has great potential to reduce errors and duplication with medications prescribing and dispensing.

 

Project Name: AMSnet
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: AMSANT
Categorisation: Electronic Health Records
Brief Description: A hosted network solution for clinical systems designed for remote Aboriginal Health Services
Primary Contact/Website: Simon Stafford, simon.stafford@amsant.org.au 08 8944 6666
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory
Provider Coverage: Aboriginal Health Services
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Technology solution appropriate for remote areas or those who have limited support options
Funding source & Status: Managed Health Network Grant
Any further comments: Has come up with truly innovative solutions that are now jepordised by end of funding.

 

Project Name: Clinical Audit Tool Data Quality Improvement
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT.
Categorisation: Data Quality Improvement
Brief Description: Partnership with General Practice to give feedback on Chronic Disease Management and quality of data in Clinical Systems.
Primary Contact/Website: Martin Forrest eHealth Support Officer, martin.forrest@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1070, www.gpnnt.org.au
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory
Provider Coverage: General Practice
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Quality Clinical Data is a prerequisite for all eHealth Programs
Funding source & Status: No Specific funding source available, but does call on resources from many of the Networks programs.
Any further comments: Would benefit from the addition of dedicated resourcing.

 

Project Name: Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, ACF, Pharmacies
Categorisation: ePrescribing
Brief Description: A mechanism to reduce errors and duplication between GPs Phartmacies and Consumers (initially residents of Aged Care)
Primary Contact/Website: Simon Hipkin Service Delivery Manager, simon.hipkin@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1038 www.gpnnt.org.au
Geographical Region Covered: Darwin, with IP now National
Provider Coverage: Private GP, Pharmacy & ACF in Initial trials.
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Has potential to reduce reliance on paper based scripts
Funding source & Status: Origionally funded via NTG through HealthConnect, program has been impacted by reduction in available funding.
Any further comments: Commercial vendors are now moving into this space, due in part to legislative and innovative outdomes of this program

 

Project Name: Health Provider Directory
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, GPSA
Categorisation: Health Provider Directories
Brief Description: Important resource, particularly for NT and interstate referals
Primary Contact/Website: Martin Forrest eHealth Support Officer, martin.forrest@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1070, www.gpnnt.org.au Gary Holzer gary.holzer@gpsa.org.au 08 8271 8988
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory & South Australia
Provider Coverage: Primary Health Care Providers
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Streamlines referal and discharge processes by provisioning of a definitive directory.
Funding source & Status: SA-DoH, GPSA, DoHA
Any further comments: This model for a provider directory is now being adopted by other states.

 

Project Name: Secure Electronic Messaging Service
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, eHealth NT, Argusconnect
Categorisation: Secure Messaging
Brief Description: Encrypted messaging solution targeting a reange of Health Care services across the NT
Primary Contact/Website: Simon Hipkin Service Delivery Manager, simon.hipkin@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1038 www.gpnnt.org.au
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory
Provider Coverage: ACF, Private Allied Health, Private GP, Private Specialist, AMS, NGO, NTG-DHF.
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Increased secure communications between health care professionals, with integration with some clinical systems streamlining processes
Funding source & Status: Origionally funded via NTG through HealthConnect, program has been impacted by reduction in available funding.
Any further comments: A program which forms the basis for many of the other NT eHealth projects.

 

Project Name: Shared Electronic Health Record (remote)
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: eHealth NT
Categorisation: Electronic Health Records
Brief Description: The Shared Electronic Health Record saves time and enables immediate access to important medical information at the point of care.
Primary Contact/Website: http://www.ehealthnt.nt.gov.au
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory
Provider Coverage: AMS, NT Public Hospitals, GP
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Better Informed patient care, with less duplication of investigations. Has proven particularly valuable in remote and indigenous communities, or for clients who are mobile.
Funding source & Status: Origionally funded via HealthConnect, Now supported through eHealth NT
Any further comments: Ground breaking project that has achieved great success and is deserving of further support.

 

Project Name: Shared Electronic Health Record (urban)
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, eHealth NT
Categorisation: Electronic Health Records
Brief Description: Rollout of SEHR into urban GP
Primary Contact/Website: Simon Hipkin Service Delivery Manager, simon.hipkin@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1038 www.gpnnt.org.au
Geographical Region Covered: Darwin, with IP now National
Provider Coverage: NT Public Hospitals, Urban GP
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Better Informed patient care, with less duplication of investigations. Has focus on urban General Practice.
Funding source & Status: Origionally funded via HealthConnect, Now supported through eHealth NT
Any further comments: Limited trial with potential for expansion given better resourcing.

 

Project Name: Web Services Messaging
State: Northern Territory
GPNs/Organisations Involved: GPNNT, eHealth NT, NEHTA
Categorisation: Secure Messaging
Brief Description: NEHTA standards compliant secure messaging solution.
Primary Contact/Website: Simon Hipkin Service Delivery Manager, simon.hipkin@gpnnt.org.au 08 8982 1038 www.gpnnt.org.au
Geographical Region Covered: Northern Territory Initially
Provider Coverage: ACF, Private Allied Health, Private GP, Private Specialist, AMS, NGO, NTG-DHF.
Expected/Delivered benefits to stakeholders: Increased secure communications between health care professionals, with better integration with clinical systems.
Funding source & Status: GPNNT, eHealth NT, NEHTA
Any further comments: This will be the first of the next generation of secure messaging solutions, the project is informed by the experiences of the origional NT secure messaging system.