title: Connecting the primary and the acute health-care sectors.
abstract: An attempt to implement electronic clinical messaging between general practitioners and a hospital outpatient department was unsuccessful. Nonetheless, the project facilitated the formation of relationships between vendors and hospital departments from which has developed an integrated model of message delivery.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatory and Community Services, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. j.gogler@alfred.org.au
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gogler
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards