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The portfolio of projects
undertaken by CCeH includes:
Hume
Alliance SCTT Messaging Specification Phase I The objective of this
project phase is to analyse and map the SCTT data elements of two forms,
Consumer Information and Summary & Referral to the appropriate
HL7 elements. The deliverable of this phase is a complete, standalone
HL7 messaging specification detailing the requirements for securely messaging
the appropriate SCTT forms over Internet infrastructure using HL7, Email
and PKI encryption. Radiology
Messaging Standard Development This project is to
develop a draft Australian Standard for electronic messages for use by
practitioners in the requesting of, and reporting on, diagnostic imaging
services in accordance with HL7 messaging protocols. Chronic
Disease Functionality The purpose of this project, managed by the University of NSW’s Centre for General Practice Integration Studies (CGPIS) on behalf of a consortium, is to: • define standards of functionality for clinical software systems that support best practice for the management and care of patients with diabetes, asthma and other chronic diseases; • measure an agreed range of software products against these requirements; and • document any gaps The role of CCeH is to undertake research to identify the standard functionality required in clinical systems to effectively support General Practitioners to manage patients with chronic disease and to inform the medical software industry of these requirements and standards available to support future clinical system enhancements. ACT
Health – Health Information Network - Argus To undertake investigation, consultation, consensus and compilation of a project strategy to pilot health information communication in the ACT region. This strategy is to focus initially on implementing and piloting selected examples of communication of health information between selected health provider individuals and organisations that represent areas of high interest and value to the ACT healthcare providers and consumers. Although ACT-HIN aims to include a very broad range of communications across the entire health provider sector, for the purposes of demonstration, priority demonstration will focus on interactions with GPs and the ACT public system. Ongoing deployment of electronic communication will be carried out by ArgusConnect. Health
Message Standards Usage Handbook This consultancy was commissioned by Standards Australia to develop the “Health Messaging Standards Handbook” which aims to define major terminologies and concepts, describe roles and scopes, identify usage, and identify any logical gaps in the coverage of health messaging standards within the Australian context. HealthConnect
Trial in the Northern Territory - Argus CCeH was selected to provide the Argus communications software for connecting aboriginal health centre computers with a HealthConnect computer database of personal healthcare ‘events’ for aboriginal patients in a number of centres west of Katherine in the Northern Territory. CCeH also provided consulting and management assistance for the definition of the message structures and Standards. ADRAC
(Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Council) Phase II Stage II of the ADRAC electronic messaging project involves the development of a facility to enable GPs the ability to submit updates to previously submitted reports as new information becomes available or in response to a request from the TGA for further information. PaGSIP
(Pathology and General Practice Software Integration Project) Management of the development of the applications and infrastructure for sending electronic pathology orders and receiving pathology results between general practices and major pathology laboratories using HL7 messaging and PKI security. This project is overseeing the development of mechanisms for GPs to send pathology test orders electronically to pathology laboratories in a secure way, and the receiving back of test results. Trials are being run in Northern Territory in collaboration with a laboratory in Queensland, and also with Ballarat GPs and St John of God Pathology. West
Vic DGP Imaging Messaging and Ordering Guidelines A project supporting the WestVic Division of General Practice in developing a trial of processes to send electronic orders (referrals) from GP practices to radiology clinics and secondly, the development of clinical guidelines and decision support for ordering of radiology tests and the integration of these into GP desktop software. This project, commissioned by the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), investigated and developed a model to deal with the issues and mechanisms that relate to the electronic transport of patient privacy consent wishes with regard to clinician access to their personal clinical information between healthcare organisations and entities. The study developed a theoretical model and then a demonstration test application showing how patient consent wishes could be transmitted and how this could be dealt with by a computer system at receiving healthcare institution. The outcomes from this study contributed to a paper delivered by the DoHA to the Minister and also national informatics programmes such as HealthConnect. Grampians
Healthcare Region National Communications Fund Bid Managing the bid preparation process to propose funding in excess of $3 million for communications infrastructure for the Grampians Region, for healthcare support. This successful tender was financially supported by the Grampians Hospitals IT Alliance and the CCeH. Top
End DGP/ NT Health Services Networking - Argus This project was undertaken for the Darwin Division of General Practice and Northern Territory Health Services to facilitate the implementation of an electronic messaging facility to enable networking of clinical data to GP desktops. The first phase of the project involved the design and implementation of a prototype messaging module for installation onto doctors' desktops, which interfaces with the Internet using email protocols and passes appropriate information to the popular commercial clinical desktop software products. To facilitate this functionality, CCeH developed a suite of programs called Argus that provides a secure mail-exchange system for the dissemination of documents between health service providers. Argus provides health service providers access to pathology and imaging results, admission and discharge summaries, emergency department notifications and other healthcare related documents in electronic format. ADRAC
(Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Council) Electronic Messaging Facilitating the implementation of electronic messaging for a project with the Commonwealth Department of Health (DHA) for adverse drug reaction data collected at the doctor’s desktop by computer at the time of consultation and transmitted to a database in the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Canberra. This information is used by the TGA to detect possible new indications of adverse drug reactions and provide information back to prescribers for their better, more informed prescribing. CCeH managed the technical implementation including the definition of the HL7 messages, the management of the commercial software company involvement and developments, technical testing and the implementation during the trial phase. ADRIDS
(Adverse Drug Reaction Improved Decision Support) This project Investigated issues in decision support facilities for prescribers using adverse drug reaction data. This GPCG-funded project involved researching the decision process, seeking expert input from GP prescribers, clinical pharmacologists and IT experts and industry, and compiling an options paper for implementation by software providers for GP prescribing. Diabetes
Register Facilitating the implementation of electronic messaging for a project managed by the University of NSW, Dept of Community Medicine. The electronic messaging will be from the treating doctor's computer, sending information on management of patients with diabetes, through to diabetes databases held at various Divisions of General Practice. Australian
Healthcare Messaging Laboratory The first of its kind in Australia, the Australian Healthcare Messaging Laboratory (AHML) provides a research, development and testing environment for the delivery of healthcare information messaging, PKI encryption and secure certification mechanisms that are emerging between all sectors of the healthcare industry in Australia. Primarily established as a message testing and certification facility, AHML offers two primary services: • it undertakes the online testing of messages generated by healthcare software products to ensure conformance with existing and newly emerging local and international Healthcare Standards.The facility is available online 24 hours per day, seven days per week from anywhere in the world. • AHML provides formal certification of interface messages (HL7, UN/EDIFACT, X12, etc.) for system vendors, purchasers and users. Certification offers the formal recognition and assurance that the messages produced by systems comply with the standards and specifications stated by the developers and vendors. Authority
Notification System The
Health Insurance Commission engaged the Ballarat Project Group comprising
the Ballarat and District Division of General Practice and the University
of Ballarat to manage and implement two projects that have implications
for computer-assisted prescribing. PeCC
pharmaceutical supply chain Ballarat ecommerce 'pilot' The ultimate vision of the PeCC project is to model and facilitate the movement of the total Australian HealthCare supply chain to systems of complete paperless processing, such that all transactions are conducted electronically, efficiently and securely. One essential element of this strategy is the universal introduction of standard product bar-coding (EAN) on all products, all shipping cartons and all shipments. On a national scale, the PeCC project aims to: • accelerate the uptake and application of electronic commerce and other communication technologies in the pharmaceuticals supply chain • accelerate the uptake and utilisation of standard unique product coding of all pharmaceutical products combined with the associated bar coding of these products • demonstrate supply chain improvements that will be a model for future best practice for health management of product, inventory and allied health services.
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