The Doctors Reference Site Medical Software & Computing www.drsref.com.au

DrsRef www
.....
Send SMS from a PC
TELSTRA mobilenet OPTUS Zoo Vodafone Web2Txt Three
Check your broadband plan at Broadband Choice

NEW Firefox 3

Safe Computer Tips & Ergonomics

EFTPOS
Medicare Easyclaim EFTPOS claiming
Tyro Payments
CBA Mediclear
NAB

Computer Security
Paperless Security Guidelines,GPCG
Auscert
Firewall Test
Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware
Avast  AV & Firewall
Nod32; [licence] [purchase]
CWShredder
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware
McAffee Antivirus
Norton Antivirus
PC Tools Spyware Doctor
Sunbelt Couterspy
Zone Alarm

Broadband
Broadband for Health
Doing business online-Medicare
Broadband Choice
Unwired
Can you get broadband?
Demand Telstra

Bookkeeping
MYOB
QuickBooks
ClockOn- staff wages

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

IT Projects
DDI Health-path & radiology
HIC Online
heSA
GPCG
NIC
QUM
NEHTA
HISA
HL7 Australia
HRD
MIMS
STATIC
HealtheLink
PICTools
Cardiab
Doclecoding
i-privacy

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

Browsers
Firefox
Mozilla
Netscape
Opera
IE

Do you have questions or issues with your software? Then you could find answers (or solace:) by joining the general banter in these email groups below. You do not have to be a user. Talk to other users!
General pc email groups
EPC Careplan Templates
for common software (ie MD2, MD3, BP, Zedmed, GPComplete)
email forums - specific software

Paperless Practice
Qualify for IMIT PIP messaging:
ArgusConnect
eClinic
CNS Health
All talk (was eQuery)
Healthlink
Medical-Objects
Medisphere
ProMedicus
2Hippo

Pt pmts
Medidial
OzDocsOnline

VoIP - free phone calls using internet
Astratel
Asterisk PBX (open source)
Engin
Firefly
Internode Nodephone
OzTell
Mytel Surgery Broadband Telephony
Pennytel
Skype
VoipStunt

Office Academic Version - 'its not cheating'.

PDF readers
FoxIT
Acrobat

Faxes - paperless, PDF & OCR & dictation
IRIS Readiris Pro 11
Pegasus paperless pen
Symantec WinFax PRO - paperless fax ie pc fax (similar to Outlook)
OmniPage PRO
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Kurzweil
mBrain (Palms)

IT magazines & software reviews
Pulse IT
MedicineAu
PC Authority
PC World
PC User
APCmag
APCmag
AustralianIT

Software downloads
Tucows
The Free Software Store
ZDnet
CNet

Remote access to pc
Go To My PC
PC Anywhere
Bomgar Box™ [was Network Streaming]

Medical Software

Complete packages
Clinical, Appts & Billing
Best Practice
Genie
Promedicus
The Practice
TotalCare
ZedMed

Billing
Asclepius
Compudoc; (MDG)
Direct Control
eClaims
EzyMed Online 4
GP Complete
McCauley
Mediflex
Medilink
MediWiz
MedNetwork
OnCall Asclepius
Practice 2000
Pracsoft
Shexie
TotalCare

Clinical & Script writers
Best Practice
Communicare
Locum
MD2,MD3
Synapse Direct

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

Cross platform
Genie [mac and/or Windows]
PAM [linux/dos] (not gui)
Practice Pro [mac and/or Windows]

Specialists 
Surg, Rad, Anaes etc
Blue Chip (HCN)
Genie SP (07)37202801
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
e-Care Healthsolve
PalCare eClinic
STATIC
TotalCare
Winchart Anaes

Appointments
Opsun
Compass
Go Bookings

Special note
AccessSP message

Linux OS & Microsoft on Linux

Ubuntu
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 easily 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. Is it cross platform?
  10. Can you easily change software providers?
  11. Do they provide ongoing training for upgrades?
  12. Is there a limit on database size?
  13. Are there ongoing 3rd party costs?


Do you know of information which should be included on this page?
If so then click here. Your comments are most welcome.

Helping Doctors Help Patients