Comments on: The Blue Folder

By: Deb - NT

Deb - NT — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:11:56 +0000

Great idea Melissa but its still a pity in 2010 that individual organisations have to implement time consuming strategies to improve the coordination of care between the acute care and primary health care sectors (I’m presuming your patient information system doesn’t have the capability to “drag” all the items into a patient summary and care plan to put in the blue book for the client?)

What a shame the National E Health Strategy has not been implemented like the NT Shared Electronic Health Repository (which is inclusive of all in the blue book except ECG’s). Viewing of client records via the SEHR is standardised (without having to interpret 100 different organisation’s paper work). Of course the client can always hold a copy if requested.

Will we ever see a National E Health Strategy and standardised patient information recall systems???

By: Julie Fisher

Julie Fisher — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:18:23 +0000

Good idea and quite easy to do – The big advantage with the folder is that the patient has ownership rather than being out of the loop. Most of the time we send the letter electronically to the specialist and it includes bloods etc. I haven’t tried including ECG using data tool bar but it can probably also be included in the electronic letter. Do you find it is a nuisance to have to update the blus folder as well as doing everything else in a consultation?

By: jagdish

jagdish — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:42:08 +0000

Hi Melissa

Its a very good idea I think -but how many times do patients carry it with them?
And once patients make it a point to carry it with them then perfect solution to many problems.

Good start – impressed!

Jagdish