title: Successful linking of patient records between hospital services and general practice to facilitate integrated care in a hospital and health service in south-east Queensland.
abstract: This brief paper describes a recent exercise undertaken within a hospital and health service in south-east Queensland to attempt to link patient records between general practice and hospital services. It describes the technical and governance processes undertaken to achieve this link and the challenges experienced to date in linking the two data sources.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Innovation, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Innovation, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Day
authors.affiliation: Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Integrated Care, Gold Coast, Qld 4215, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meston
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D058006:General Practice; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011793:Queensland