Australian Hearing has signed on as the first healthcare provider in Australia to use HealthLink's new SmartForms solution, which will allow GPs and other health professionals to make an instant electronic referral to one of its 450 services around the country.

HealthLink is rolling out SmartForms to its 11,500-site network in Australia. Almost all of the major practice management systems used in Australia and New Zealand have implemented the technology or are in the process of doing so.