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Mater Doctor Portal reaches 100 external users

Thursday 21 April 2011

"A pilot of new web-based software designed to improve communication between Mater Health Services and external providers has reached more than 100 external users.

Mater Doctor Portal (MDP) allows patient information to be shared, thereby enhancing continuity of patient care, while maintaining individual privacy and confidentiality for Mater’s shared patient population.

Mater Health Services Chief Executive Officer Dr John O’Donnell said practitioners would soon be able to access a significant amount of clinical information about their Mater patients’ past, present and future bookings. “For some years Mater Health Services has been pursuing a ‘smart hospital’ strategy which, over the past 12 months, has seen clinicians in Mater Adult and Mater Mothers’ Hospitals and many specialists at Mater Private Hospital Brisbane have access to the major components of an integrated health record through one Mater clinical portal,” Dr O’Donnell said.

“We are continuing the implementation of this strategy and have now reached the point where Mater health records can go beyond provision of discharge summaries to general practitioners, which we have been doing for over a decade, by making an electronic health record portal accessible to external practitioners.

“The feedback we have received from general practitioners and VMOs who have so willingly participated in the pilot of Mater Doctor Portal has been overwhelmingly positive,” Dr O’Donnell said.

“Mater Doctor Portal has certainly made a substantial difference in the working lives of practitioners and has contributed to significant improvements in the delivery of health care services.

“I would urge providers who have patients in any of the Mater hospitals or are involved in any of our outreach services in the community to take full advantage of Mater Doctor Portal.”

Practice Manager Helen Chambers said Mater Doctor Portal made it easy to put together a complete patient file.

“Mater Doctor Portal allows me to gather patient information such as GP details, next of kin, and Medicare number which is especially beneficial for patient billing and also corresponding with the GP, details of whom are not included on the chart label.”

Mater Doctor Portal contains reports from pathology and radiology providers.

Mater Doctor Portal version 1.3 was released in late March and includes the following new features:

• improved practice patient lists
• new private theatre gadget in My Portal section
• improved format for Firefox users
• ability to download and print any content
• additional information on pharmacy, referrals, waiting lists, patient insurance details and help and support content
• general performance improvement.

For all general Mater Doctor Portal questions and requests for information, please contact Electronic Health Record Project Officer Gerard Gallagher on 07 3163 5348 or email [email protected]."