Queensland is on its way to implementing a statewide eReferrals system with the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service partnering with the Sunshine Coast PHN to roll out the new GP Smart Referrals system for local general practices next month.

The Sunshine Coast is pioneering the external referrals element of the integrated referrals management solution, which has seen BPAC Informatics' SeNT solution integrated with practice management systems Best Practice and MedicalDirector to allow GPs to write and send an electronic referral from directly within their PMS.