‘It’s crap, but it works’: Why doctors still use the fax machine (even when they don’t want to)
The dodo is not dead. Young people look at you dazed and confused when you mention sending a fax. Like the Betamax cassette and Microsoft’s…
Tag: Practice matters – IT
GPs urged to lodge backdated claims after Medicare glitches
Doctors who were thwarted by a nationwide Medicare outage should retrospectively lodge any claims that failed to go through earlier in the week, Services Australia…
Dealing with the dark side: How I was scammed out of $18,000 by a smart fraudster
Every morning this week, I have received a scam by email — all from apparently reputable firms but with URLs containing a man’s name or…
Medibank legal action to ‘test’ health privacy laws
Lawyers will chase compensation for thousands of Medibank customers in what they describe as a potential test of privacy laws around health records. In October…
Scammers posing as Federal Government bureaucrats target leading GP
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is warning GPs to watch out for scams that could put their practice data at risk, saying he was tricked by “sophisticated”…
Medibank extortion: Hackers start publishing names of women who’ve had abortions
Hackers are publishing the names of Medibank customers who received abortions or mental health treatment as they attempt to extort millions from the private health…
Texting patients pre-consult would boost preventive care, says GP
Dr Oliver Frank is calling for an overhaul of practice software to stop patients missing out on screening.
A beginner’s guide: What happens when a GP’s patient records are in the cloud?
Cloud-based practice software is a coming revolution - is there reason to worry?
How to look like the most switched-on GP ever
I often wonder whether many of my patients simply consider me a nag, a fly in their ear constantly buzzing about things they need to…
What happens when the tech support team behind your bionic eye disappears?
It's another Silicon Valley cautionary tale.
