• eReferrals Templates
• Information about the Tactical eReferrals Project
• Other eReferrals solutions

eReferrals Templates

The following templates have been developed by Queensland Health to facilitate electronic referrals from General Practitioners (GPs) to Queensland Health Hospitals.
 

Installation Guides

Please download the Installation Guide and follow the instructions carefully.
 

For help with Tactical eReferrals contact your local General Practice Network or Medicare Local, phone 1800 620 046 (business hours) or email terp@gpqld.com.au

Medical Director Tutorials

If you are experiencing difficulty viewing the below tutorials please right click on the link and select Save Target As. Then save on your desktop and view.

• Tutorial 1 – Importing eReferrals
• Tutorial 2- Populating and Sending eReferrals

Best Practice Tutorials

• Tutorial 1- Importing eReferrals
• Tutorial 2- Populating and Sending eReferrals

Templates
 

To correctly download a template - right-click on the link and select Save Target As... then save on your desktop or into your Templates Folder.

DO NOT OPEN MEDICAL DIRECTOR 2, 3 AND BEST PRACTICE TEMPLATES IN MS WORD as this will corrupt the links within the Template.

Information about the Tactical eReferrals Project

1. What is the Tactical eReferrals Project?
2. What does the Tactical eReferrals Project deliver?
3. What are the benefits of the Tactical eReferral solution?
4. Who can use the Tactical eReferral solution?
5. When is the solution being implemented?

1. What is the Tactical eReferrals Project?

The Tactical eReferrals Project addresses the need for enhancement and implementation of a tactical electronic referral capability in order to enable the creation and transmission of referrals electronically from GPs to Queensland Health Outpatient Departments.

This project is a stepping stone to a strategic eReferral solution and has been designed to meet the immediate eReferral requirements of GPs and Queensland Health facilities.

• Queensland Health Tactical eReferrals Fact Sheet

2. What does the Tactical eReferrals Project deliver?

GPs are provided with an electronic standardised referral template that can be installed directly into their clinical software. The template has been developed by GPQ and is available in:

• Medical Director 2 and 3
• Best Practice
• Practix
• Genie

To securely transmit the completed referral to Queensland Health Specialist Outpatient Departments, GPs will use their existing Messaging Agent Software.

Queensland Health Specialist Outpatient Departments have the capability to receive, decrypt and view the referral message.
 

3. What are the benefits of the Tactical eReferrals solution?

The Tactical eReferrals Project delivers significant benefits to both General Practitioners and Queensland Health Specialist Outpatient Departments.

Benefits for GPs include:

• Increased GP satisfaction with the referral process through reduced GP administration time creating a referral due to auto-population and increased knowledge and choice of private and public options
• Increased security and privacy.

4. Who can use the Tactical eReferral solution?

All General Practitioners who use Medical Director, Best Practice, Practix or Genie can implement and use the Tactical eReferrals template.

All Queensland Health Specialist Outpatient Departments which have Secure Transfer Service capability can receive the referral electronically.
 

5. When is the solution being implemented?

Implementation of the Tactical eReferrals solution commenced with a pilot in Cairns Base Hospital in July 2010.

 

Other eReferral solutions

The following links provide access to hospitals which have other electronic referral systems.