While post and fax are still commonly used by general practices to communicate with other healthcare providers, the proportion of practitioners using these routes to share patient records has halved in just one year, a new survey shows.
The survey also found that simple technologies such as online appointment booking services, check-in kiosks and GP telehealth services were considered to have more potential to improve patient outcomes than highly touted technologies such as the My Health Record, wearables and fitness tracking devices like Fitbits, and health-related apps.
