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Specialist Software Industry Offer - Tranche 2
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
One of the challenges in developing specialist-centric My Health Record functionality in CISs is that specialists comprise an extremely diverse user group. Different types of specialists are likely to have different information needs, and follow somewhat different workflows in accessing and sharing patient information. This industry offer has been designed to help meet that challenge.
Objective: The objective of this industry offer is to facilitate the development and enhancement of My Health Record functionality in CISs used by private specialists. The Agency wishes to do this in a way that recognises the diversity of private specialists and leverages the deep understanding that software developers who service this sector have of their customers
Tenders are sought from organisations that:
• are the developer of a CIS that, as of 25 March 2021, is installed and being used in production in at least 50 private specialist practices in Australia; developers that have CISs active in less than 50 practices can submit proposal/s providing a value proposition that substantiate benefits of them participating in this Industry Offer i.e. number of specialists working through satellite practices, throughput of private practices, clinical use cases that the software supports.
• are not a state or territory health department.
CISs that were, or are in the process of being, enhanced with My Health Record-related functionality as part of any previous industry offers administered by the Agency since 2017 (including but not limited to pathology, diagnostic imaging, or community pharmacy) are not eligible for this industry offer.
CISs that were or are in the process of being enhanced with the first Specialist Software Industry Offer in 2019 are ineligible to participate for this industry offer.
This offer is targeted at software developers whose CISs are used by private specialists in Australia. The following definitions apply for the purposes of this offer:
• A CIS (clinical information system) is a system that collects, stores, retrieves, and communicates health related data, information and knowledge; and,
• A specialist is a medical practitioner that belongs to any one of the speciality types defined by the Medical Board of Australia, excepting General Practice, Pathology, and Radiology. A Private Specialist Practice is defined as a non-government-owned Healthcare Provider Organisation providing healthcare through one or more Individual Healthcare Providers not including General Practice, Pathology or Radiology (Private Specialist Practice). Each Healthcare Provider Organisation should be able to register with a HPI-O. (For the avoidance of doubt, a Private Specialist Practice may have any Individual Healthcare Provider with the Specialty of General Practice, Pathology or Radiology, provided it also has Individual Healthcare Providers with one or more other Specialities).
Refer to the document “List of Specialties, Fields of Specialty Practice and Related Specialist Titles” available at https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/registration/types/specialist-registration/medical-specialties-and-specialty-fields.aspx
7 June 2021 for delivery of design document