Positive feedback South Auckland Health is also involved in a trial that has provided five GPs with access to two main systems via the health intranet. I believe we may be the first major health provider to give GPs access over the health intranet, and I've heard that the feedback from those five has been very positive. Getting security clearance involved quite a vetting for us and the GPs, but it's a necessity. Warwick Wright, Wellington-based Capital Coast Health chief information officer, says he hopes to work with Brimacombe to learn from the GP trial. Wright, who heads an IT team of 50, says Capital Coast Health is busy streamlining existing internal systems and strongly supports the health intranet.
Security is the main advantage it offers.
When you're shifting patient data you really want to be able to assure people that it's secure. We're almost ready to access the NHI index on the intranet and integrating GPs is an important initiative this year. This is just as true for doctors in hospitals as for those in private practice. A hospital doctor that orders a follow-up blood test for a discharged patient needs to be informed of an abnormal result so that they can recall the patient. But these constraints are positive.