ABOUT HEALTH COMMUNICATION NETWORK - HCN

Health Communication Network (HCN) is the leading provider of clinical and practice management software for Australian GPs and Specialists. HCN’s head office is located in Sydney, with satellite offices in Bundaberg, Perth and Melbourne.

The company has a staff complement of 120, employing the industry’s largest software and customer service teams, dedicated to the development and support of new and enhanced products for Australia’s health care sector.

Annual turnover for HCN is approximately $30-million AUD and the company is a subsidiary of Primary Health Care Limited.

HCN focuses on improving patient outcomes by providing evidence based software tools to health care professionals at the point of care. Over 17,000 doctors, representing 85 per cent of computerised GPs and over 1,300 Specialists, use HCN's Medical Director software to care for their patients during the consultation process.

MDPlus is a suite of advanced tools for Medical Director users, enabling them to practice more efficient and effective medicine through the use of online clinical studies, medical education and decision support tools.

HCN is the market leader in practice management software with approximately 3,000 general practice and specialist sites using PracSoft in their practices. Coupled with Medical Director, this suite offers demonstrable improvements in health and healthcare delivery.

Blue Chip is Australia’s most comprehensive practice management software solution for specialist practices, with approximately 800 sites. Blue Chip Day Surgery, integrates with Blue Chip enabling effective management of patient episodes, statistical reporting and Health fund management.

HCN’s iRIS radiology information system offers an advanced practice management solution to radiology practices.

Through its uSe (Unified Search Environment) portal, HCN is also the national leader in providing over 80 per cent of Australia’s major hospitals with comprehensive collections of reputable online decision support.

HCN’s research division, GPRN (General Practice Research Network), is a leading electronic provider of vital information on the use of medicines in general practice.