By In an exciting step forward in the area of eHealth
Australian companies Global Health and GP2U Telehealth today
announced an exclusive collaboration combining Global
Health's secure messaging platform ReferralNet with the new
GP2U Telehealth video conferencing service.
The combined service provides a simple, highly
secure, easy to use and more importantly, interoperable
Telehealth solution which allows Australian health
professionals and specialists to make video conference
consultations freely available to GPs and their patients.
Telehealth is where a patient and specialist undertake a
consultation via video conference in real time. While video
conferencing may never replace the need for face to face
consultations, in some circumstances it is acknowledged that
it is a highly desirable and valuable solution particularly
for those situations where physical access to a specialist or
health professional may be difficult or impossible for a
patient.
Mathew Cherian, CEO of Global Health said, "We are excited to
announce this partnership with GP2U. There are obvious
synergies between our secure messaging services and
Telehealth and we consider this to be significant step
forward in providing a full range of secure communications
between patients and their health professionals."
Dr James Freeman of GP2U Telehealth commented "The combined
GP2U and ReferralNet service provides the simplest possible
solution while ensuring that security and privacy are never
compromised. This extends the reach of specialists while
maintaining the safest possible environment for
consultations."
ReferralNet is a fully encrypted secure message delivery
(SMD) system designed to meet the NeHTA standards for secure
messaging. It has the fastest growing network of users, with
thousands of healthcare providers subscribed to the service
for the electronic exchange of sensitive and confidential
clinical and patient information such as referrals, reports,
pathology and radiology requests as well as results and
discharge summaries.
Documentation, images, and pathology reports can be
exchanged between the patient and consulting specialist
securely before, during or after a Tele consultation using
the ReferralNet system.
Global Health was the only intermediary to successfully send
and receive at the IHE Australia Connectathon in April 2010,
successfully proving ReferralNet interoperability with other
implementations and conformance with the Australian Standard
for SMD.
For additional information on ReferralNet or GP2U Telehealth
please contact:
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About Global Health Limited: Global Health is a
leading provider of e-health solutions to the Australian
Healthcare industry supporting healthcare delivery in
hospitals and community settings.
Global Health supports the business, clinical
and operational needs of Healthcare providers committed to
the effective management of chronic diseases and health
promotion programs. Internet connectivity is embedded in
Global Health applications to promote secure information
sharing, financial transactions and the use of technology in
ways that transform the way healthcare is delivered.
Global Health is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and
operates in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Malaysia.
For further information about Global Health and its products,
visit .
For media and marketing enquiries, please contact: Cherylynn Garner
Marketing Communications Manager
Level 11, 607 Bourke Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
p +61 3 9675 0611
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