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PrimaryCare Sidebar®

PrimaryCare Sidebar® is an e-health resource that works alongside the clinical desktop system. Providing a range of valuable clinical tools and resources at your fingertips, the PrimaryCare Sidebar® eases existing workflows while facilitating the delivery of best care for patients.

The best way to understand the benefits of the PrimaryCare Sidebar® is to participate in a webinar. As our webinars are interactive, participants have the opportunity to ask questions during the demonstration.

The PrimaryCare Sidebar® webinar series enables GPs and practice staff to see a live demonstration of the PrimaryCare Sidebar® and to see how this tool can save time and assist with delivering better patient outcomes. The sessions take place Tuesdays from 1.00-1.30pm AEST and Thursdays from 3.00-3.30 AEST. We are also offering a couple of evening sessions per month for members who prefer this later time.

May 2012

Tuesday 1st May	1.00pm – 1.30pm AEST
Thursday 3rd May	3.00pm – 3.30pm AEST
Tuesday 8th May	1.00pm – 1.30pm AEST
Thursday 10th May	3.00pm – 3.30pm AEST
Tuesday 15th May	1.00pm – 1.30pm AEST
Thursday 17th May	3.00pm – 3.30pm AEST
Tuesday 22nd May	1.00pm – 1.30pm AEST
Wednesday 23rd May	7.30pm – 8:00pm AEST
Thursday 24th May	3.00pm – 3.30pm AEST
Tuesday 29th May	1.00pm – 1.30pm AEST
Thursday 31st May	3.00pm – 3.30pm AEST

To participate in the webinar all you need is a telephone to listen to the webinar and a PC or laptop with internet access to view the webinar.

No preregistration is required to attend, but please login 10 minutes prior to commencement to secure your place. To login to a webinar session follow these four simple steps:

STEP 1: LAUNCH

On the day of the webinar and 10 minutes prior to commencement visit https://racgpevents.webex.com to launch the webinar

STEP 2: JOIN

Select 'Join' which appears next to the 'PrimaryCare Sidebar' session on the webinar landing page

STEP 3: LOGIN

Then login to the webinar by entering your name, email address and the meeting password: Oxygen123 -this password is case sensitive.

STEP 4: PHONE

From your telephone, dial 1800 173 224 (Australia wide), and input guest pin: 503033#

RACGP early bird membership offer recipients

It has been encouraging to see the enthusiastic response from our members who have taken up this year's early bird membership offer of the new 2011 PrimaryCare Sidebar®. Over 11 500 GP members in Australia are due to receive complimentary access to this time saving clinical decision support tool over the next few months, and this take up is double our expectations.

As such, distribution of the installation CDs will need to be gradually rolled out during August through November so that adequate support can be provided. Deployment, technical support and installation assistance of the PrimaryCare Sidebar® tool is being managed by the RACGP's new technology enterprise, RACGP Oxygen.

PrimaryCare Sidebar® sales and support inquiries

For inquiries about PrimaryCare Sidebar® sales or support, call 1800 257 053 to be connected to the RACGP Oxygen helpdesk.

• The PrimaryCare Sidebar® early bird membership offer with complimentary additional features is only available to Australian registered medical practitioners who join the RACGP or renew their membership by 30 June 2011
• To use the PCS Prompts™ functionality, practices will need to obtain a licence to the PSC Clinical Audit Tool® (CAT)
• MBS Prompts will be released in Quarter 4 via software update, and the subscription to MBS Prompts expires 12 months after the date of installation. MBS Prompts is only compatible with Medical Director or Best Practice.
• Complimentary access to cdmNet is for 90 days and is between 1 July and 31 December 2011 only. GPs can then choose to take up a paid subscription to cdmNet if they wish. The complimentary 90 day access is only available to RACGP members who are new subscribers of cdmNet and who take up this early bird offer. cdmNet is only compatible with Medical Director or Best Practice
• A separate 12 month subscription fee applies to all Australian registered GPs who wish to upgrade their PrimaryCare Sidebar® to include access to eTG complete. RACGP ‘early bird' Registrar and New Fellow members who have not previously subscribed to eTG complete are entitled to the complimentary 12 month subscription through the PrimaryCare Sidebar®. RACGP ‘early bird' Registrar and New Fellow members are those who joined the RACGP or renewed their membership by 30 June 2011
• Any Registrar or New Fellow member who has a current or lapsed eTG complete subscription is not entitled to this complimentary eTG complete upgrade offer. Current eTG complete subscribers will be able to access their eTG complete subscription through the PrimaryCare Sidebar®. Lapsed eTG complete subscribers will be able to access eTG complete through the PrimaryCare Sidebar® once they renew their eTG complete subscription
• eTG complete is only available through PrimaryCare Sidebar® and may not be exchanged for any other format or offer
• A separate 12 month subscription fee applies to all Australian registered GPs who wish to upgrade their PrimaryCare Sidebar® with access to AMH Online. RACGP Registrar members who join the RACGP or renew their membership for the full 2011-2012 year will be entitled to a complimentary 12 month subscription to AMH Online through the PrimaryCare Sidebar®
• PrimaryCare Sidebar® is the default offer for Australian registered GPs who join the RACGP or renew their membership by 30 June 2011; members who wish to receive a USB containing Therapeutic Guidelines Rheumatology 2 and AMH Drug Choice companion: Aged Care need to contact the RACGP Membership Department on 1800 331 626, before 30 June 2011
• The RACGP early bird membership offers are not refundable for cash or exchangeable with any other resources.

PrimaryCare Sidebar® is a registered and protected trademark of Pen Computer Systems Pty Ltd ABN: 49 060 416 622

Last Modified: 27 April 2012