This appeared last week:27 July, 2016Too many steps, too many clicksPosted by Julie Lambert Medicare’s new PBS authority service went live on 1 July promising an “online solution” for doctors to get approval for most authority PBS medications, as well as increased quantities and repeats.But the lack of an interface with medical desktop software makes for a slow and clunky experience, leading early users to say they’ll stick to the phone.“We’ve been asking for 15 years for an authority system that links with clinical software, but that is apparently not what they are delivering,” Dr Nathan Pinskier, chair of the RACGP’s eHealth and Practice Systems committee, told The Medical Republic.It appears the Department of Human Services expects medical software vendors to sort out the many problems with the online service.“The system allows prescribers to get a PBS authority approval online using either the Health Professionals Online Services (HPOS) or an upgraded version of their existing...
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