Health NZ, PMS vendors collaborate to stabilise GP2GP and enable larger patient file transfers

SECTOR UPDATE - Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is in negotiations with PMS suppliers (MedTech, Valentia, MyPractice and IntraHealth) to enter into new statements of work to support the GP2GP stabilisation work.

It is anticipated that PMS suppliers will prioritise implementing the latest version of GP2GP into their applications once these agreements are finalised. Following this, they would work with us on implementing further stabilisation activities.
 
HealthLink* will soon enable a feature which will allow larger files, up to 50MB, to be transferred over their network. HealthLink, Health NZ and the PMS suppliers will need to work collaboratively on implementing this new feature before it can be used by practices. Allowing larger files to be transferred between PMS systems will reduce the need for practice staff to manually break up files for a patient transfer.
 
When the GP2GP stabilisation activities are completed across the PMS applications, practices will start seeing improved reliability and safety – fewer data inconsistencies and errors, less need for manual intervention in managing file sizes, and regular testing to ensure ongoing stability of the GP2GP service.
 
More information about GP2GP is available on the Health NZ website.
 
*HealthLink is a messaging system used to send information between GPs, via Connected Health.

Source: Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora media release

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