Secure Message Delivery
Secure messaging is the secure electronic transfer of information between health professionals across the healthcare sector, including general practitioners, allied health professionals, hospitals and specialists etc. Secure messaging allows you to exchange reports, discharge summaries and other documents between other health professionals. The benefits include:
Reducing the time waiting for documents to be delivered
Receiving the doucments electronically into your software, removing the need for scanning
No more illegible and faxed documents
Cost saving on staff time, stationery and postage
Ecologically friendly
The main SMD vendors used within the MPHN boundaries are:
Argus Connect HealthLink Medical Objects
The Secure Messaging Delivery specifications for Practice Incentive Payments (PIP) can be found here