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Year Type Background What is it? / Evaluation2000Medical Director. Medical Director is largely used by generalpractitioners and in a few selected communities.Medical Director has a number of functions thatGP servicessupport clinical practice including:AmpilatwatjaHealth Service2003Bagot ClinicBinjariJabiruSt TheresaRenal UnitMSOAPPrimary CareInformation System(PCIS)OthersystemselectronicCare planningRecallPharmacy prescribingPathology ordering and resultsClinical patient recordsPCIS developed from CCTIS.A 2005 review of PCIS found that a large number ofurgent problems required fixing. It recommendedthat „The NTDHCS go ahead with adopting the systemas the major recall system for chronic diseases. Oneof the most important of these was to gain buy-infrom clinicians as there was widespread distrust ofthe new system. The system has the capacity toPrint population listsClinical recording of client consultationsCare planningRecall and reminder functionA prescribing modulePathology module andHealth Insurance CommissionThese are adhoc systems that have been developedto fill a gap in a corporate system being available.They include spreadsheets, specific databases etcThese systems are not supported by IT services, havelimited documentation if any, training is limited.The system is mostly used by GP‟s and where it is beingused by a team lists are generated to direct actionrather. The system is mainly used b the GP rather thanthe whole health team.PCIS is currently being used by a number of smallhealth centres. It continues to be under developmentby the NT DHCS for implementation into a larger rangeof facilities.These systems are used by individual and are notnetworked to other systems. They are dependent onthe interest and skills of individual staff members. Theyare often limited to individual staff members and arelost when the staff change.Appendices 1 to 3 – Evaluation of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy 2007 116