Why are the Canning tool and MD2 and MD3 the only software supported during the PDGPD project?
The Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration Project is deliberately limited in scope. It is not intended to be a routine AGPN or NPS program. Rather, it is a demonstration of a “proof of concept”. The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using data extraction tools to influence quality prescribing in general practice. The feasibility of the concept will be comprehensive evaluated during the project. NPS and AGPN, in consultation with the project Steering Committee, made a deliberate decision to limit the scope of the demonstration project. Before doing so, we undertook a survey of the practice programs and extraction tools that are currently being used across Australia. When the survey was conducted early in 2008, MD2 and MD3, and Canning proved to be the combination of software that would guarantee a sufficiently large pool of potential Divisions that could be recruited to the project. Vendor capacity considerations in early 2008 also influenced the selection of s
