Data Capture Experts (DCE), creators of DC2Vue, has announced a new integration with HealthLink, the secure messaging network. 

Building on an established partnership, the enhanced integration enables digital connectivity between General Practitioners and the full spectrum of hospital and health services through API-to-API integration powered by HL7 and FHIR.

“This partnership brings us closer to the vision of a unified, data-driven, patient-centred health ecosystem,” said DCE Chief Digital Health Officer Danny Lindrea.

“With this integration, DC2Vue delivers an interoperable, real-time communication bridge across Australia’s diverse care landscape. 

“From the initial referral at a GP clinic through to specialist consults, community care, virtual hospital admissions, and beyond, healthcare providers can be better connected to deliver more coordinated, efficient care. 

“DC2Vue was always built for the full continuum of care—from intake to discharge, virtual wards to mental health, home care to specialist clinics. Now, with HealthLink, we’ve plugged in the missing piece: seamless digital engagement with GPs across the country,” Mr Lindrea said.

Features

The new DC2Vue-HealthLink integration features:

• Bi-directional eReferrals: Submitted directly from the GP’s software with instant validation, automated triage, and real-time tracking
• Secure messaging & eConsults: Automated two-way communication between referring clinicians and hospital teams, including attachments and structured data
• Live status updates: Alerts, appointment confirmations, and discharge summaries delivered back into the GP’s system
• FHIR-driven automation: Support for dynamic workflows like addendums, escalation, triage scoring, and smart decision rules

“We are delighted to have DCE join our extensive network of vendor and health service partners and help us to build a more connected and capable health system,” HealthLink Australia Managing Director David Young said. 

This collaboration aligned with national healthcare reform goals, supporting smoother care transitions, reducing preventable hospital presentations, and enabled new service models like Hospital in the Home and digitally supported multidisciplinary teams.

It also accelerated progress toward fully automated, digital-first referral workflows, minimising delays and data entry errors while enabling real-time information sharing across the continuum of care.

“HealthLink’s network and integrated services are already embedded in the daily workflows of nearly every GP clinic in Australia,” said Paul Mayne, Head of Product and Architecture at HealthLink.

“By utilising our preferred enterprise FHIR architecture, we’re making it just as easy for hospitals to digitally receive, respond to, and manage referrals in realtime—without new overhead, without delays, and without rework. We are delighted to have DCE join our extensive network of vendor and health service partners and help to build a more connected and capable health system.”

Disclaimer: Pulse+IT and HealthLink are both part of the Clanwilliam Group.