This morning, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd has confirmed GP’s can now privately bill telehealth consultations. Key take-away points to note: There was a direction that patients with concession cards, those under 16 and those who were especially vulnerable to COVID-19 would still have to be bulk-billed Vulnerable patients are those who are pregnant or have small babies, who have a chronic disease …
With Phase 4 of the Federal Governments “COVID-19 MBS Telehealth Item Numbers” being released imminently, it’s with GREAT pleasure I can announce that Healthsite can support any practice with their Telehealth requirements! The solution comes complete with the following: Healthsite’s integrated online booking system, complete with a ‘Telehealth consultation’ appointment type that syncs with your PMS A secure online payment facility Comprehensive instructions (to both …
As the current situation evolves at a rapid pace, so does our update frequency. We’ve developed ‘Phase 2’ of our latest pre-screening work-flow for patients booking online. Phase 2 compliments the pre-screening questions, and has the ability to direct the patient to make a TeleHealth/Phone Consult booking if you wish to offer this service to your patients. For a demo of how this works, please …
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The entire Healthsite Team have been working extremely hard to ensure we support you in combatting the current environment. Over the weekend we coded a new set of PRE-SCREENING questions that all patients wanting to make an online booking MUST answer. If a patient indicates in their answers they could be at risk, the booking module will lock out the patient from proceeding with the …
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The WHO has just officially categorised the COVID-19 virus as a pandemic. Reducing the spread of this virus is paramount. We’ve detailed 7 ways you can implement technology to minimise the impact both on your patients and your business! Any COVID-19 vaccine is 18 months plus away so there’s a long way to go! We know this virus to be extremely contagious and more harmful …
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So here we are, into the third decade of the 2000’s and we’re still without hover boards or time-travel cars! Technology does however continue to make massive strides and impacts our daily lives on an ever-present fashion. How, for example, would I know how I slept if I didn’t have my Apple Watch telling me exactly the amount of deep sleep I had overnight. Or …
7 Smart health software tips for 2020 Every year, competition between health software providers heats up, with each offering a myriad of different features, payment models, installation time-frames and support services. And with so much choice on the market, it’s no wonder health professionals and practice managers are at a cross-roads when it comes to finding which systems best support their needs. To help make …
Read moreQuick checklist for choosing the best patient booking software
Healthsite are excited to announce our latest industry partnership, developed to help practice managers with a common pain point in their roles, Digital Marketing. We are proud to announce we are officially a AAPM National Partner. The AAPM aligns with Healthsite in creating practice efficiency tools using technology and marketing to save practices costs, time and effort as well as increase revenue to clinics by …
As many of you know, we began web design for healthcare practices services back in 2009. We launch the business at the AAPM Conference, held in Melbourne that year. We only had the one product back then, and we made it our mission to become medical web design experts! We spent countless hours explaining what a website was (believe it or not!), and the benefits …
Read moreHealthsite expanding services from Healthcare Industry to Safety Industry!
When It Comes To Your Medical Website; How old is too old? We list 7 signs your website is too old. Does a website design have a use-by date? The answer is an overwhelming yes! Web design evolves just like any other technology, although it may actually happen a lot quicker most think. The first website was published in 1991, back when everyone had dial-up …
Read moreWhen It Comes To Your Medical Website; How old is too old?