The federal Department of Health is meeting with general practice groups this week to discuss the design of a webform through which GPs can electronically refer patients to the My Aged Care system.
The RACGP was incensed last year when the My Aged Care referrals system went live without the ability for GPs to make an electronic referral from within their desktop software or send it using a secure messaging service. Instead, they were asked to fill in a form and fax it or phone the contact centre.
