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Electronic Scripts
MediSecure ePS run by GPs (RACGP)
eRx run by Pharmacy Guild

Remote Access
Hamachi LogMeIn
Go To My PC
PC Anywhere
Bomgar Box

Medicare online
Broadband Choice
Tyro EFTPOS
Medicare Easyclaim
CBA Mediclear
NAB

Safe Computer Tips & Ergonomics

PC Security
Paperless Security
Auscert
Firewall Test
Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware
Avast  AV & Firewall
Nod32
CWShredder
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware
McAffee Antivirus
Norton Antivirus
PC Tools Spyware Doctor
Sunbelt Couterspy
Zone Alarm

Browsers
Firefox
Safari
Mozilla
Chrome (Google)
Netscape
Opera
IE

Dictation
Dragon Naturally Speaking

Transcribers
Copia
ezSOAP
Grebins
NewScript
NT Transcriptions
Ozescribe
Pacific Solutions
PowerScribe
SyberScribe

Bookkeeping
MYOB
QuickBooks
ClockOn- staff wages

PDF readers
FoxIT
Acrobat
IRIS Readiris Pro 11
mBrain

IT magazines & software reviews
Pulse IT
MedicineAu
PC Authority
PC World
PC User
APCmag
APCmag
AustralianIT
OmniPage PRO
Kurzweil
Pegasus paperless pen

email@groups
Nat Div (GP's)
GPCG (IT)
Aust Med
HCN MD
BP Forum
Genie
Jam
Locum
Promed
Asclepius

Messaging
ArgusConnect
eClinic
CNS Health
All talk (was eQuery)
Healthlink
Medical-Objects
Medisphere
ProMedicus
2Hippo

Drs online
Medidial
OzDocsOnline

VOIP
Astratel
Asterisk
Engin
Firefly
Internode
OzTell
Mytel Surgery Broadband Telephony
Pennytel
Skype
VoipStunt

Clinical references
AMH
MIMS
RACGP RedBook

IT Projects
SNOMED CT
ICPC-2 PLUS - BEACH Coding System
HL7 Australia
Doclecoding

Medical IT organisations
GPCG
NEHTA
HISA
MSIA

Software downloads
Tucows
The Free Software Store
ZDnet
CNet

Office Suites
OpenOffice
Star Office
E-press EasyOffice Premium
Software 602
Ability Office
AbiWord
Corel WordPerfect Office
Lotus SmartSuite
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Office
Office Academic Version

Medical Software
ACSS
Asclepius
Best Practice
Communicare
Compudoc-MDG
Direct Control
EzyMed Online4:TopTech
Genie
GP Complete
HCN MD2,MD3
HCN Pracsoft
Insight-Alerce
Locum
McCauley
Mediflex
Medilink
MediWiz
MedNetwork
Monet-IBA Health
OnCall Asclepius
Practice 2000-Abaki
Promedicus
Rouesnel Medical
Shexie
Synapse Direct
The Practice
TotalCare
ZedMed

Surg, Rad, Anaes etc
Blue Chip (HCN)
Genie SP
Locum
Manbit Anaesth
Medical Imaging
MED (Jam) (surgical)
Medical Wizard
Medidata Win
Medilink
Promadis
SmartRooms
The Specialist
TotalCare
WesternMed
Direct Control

Hospitals
Cerner
Global Health
Hatrix
HealthSHARE
Healthsolve
Isoft (was IBA Health)
PalCare eClinic
STATIC
TotalCare
Winchart Anaes

Cross platform
Genie [mac and/or Windows]
PAM [linux/dos no gui]
Practice Pro [mac and/or Windows]

New Zealand based
MedTech32 (NZ); ASX
Profile (NZ)
Houston (NZ)
Comrad Radiology(NZ)

Linux OS & Microsoft on Linux

Ubuntu
VMware
Win4Lin
Fedora
Red Hat
Mepis
Xandros & Crossover Office
Libranet
Sun
Knoppix
Lindows

Office on Linux
OpenOffice
Star Office

VoIP
Asterisk for Skype or Firefly
Voicetronix

Linux software
Distrowatch
Twocows Linux
Everything Linux
Linux online
Linuxmednews

    Medical Software - Points to consider
  1. Who owns and supports the database?
  2. Is it easy to convert your database to another program?
  3. Is it 100% SQL?
  4. Is Backing Up easy, scheduled and easy to Restore?
  5. Are common Templates and Searches provided?
  6. Support-is it easy to access, even at odd hours?
  7. Do they respond to your Suggestions on Improvements?
  8. Can you avoid advertisements?
  9. Can you easily change software providers?
  10. Do they provide ongoing training for upgrades?
  11. Is there a limit on database size?
  12. How many ongoing 3rd party costs are there?
  13. Do they keep you informed of upgrades, patches and improvements?


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