Successful linking of patient records between hospital services and general practice to facilitate integrated care in a hospital and health service in south-east Queensland
Martin Connor A C , Gary E. Day A and Dean Meston BA Centre for Health Innovation, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia. Email: g.day@griffith.edu.au
B Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Integrated Care, Gold Coast, Qld 4215, Australia. Email: dean.meston@health.qld.gov.au
C Corresponding author. Email: m.connor@griffith.edu.au
Australian Health Review 40(1) 78-81 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH15048
Submitted: 9 March 2015 Accepted: 10 May 2015 Published: 29 June 2015
Abstract
This brief paper describes a recent exercise undertaken within a hospital and health service in south-east Queensland to attempt to link patient records between general practice and hospital services. It describes the technical and governance processes undertaken to achieve this link and the challenges experienced to date in linking the two data sources.
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