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CaraData is an Australian company specializing in the development of health informatics software for use in the management and surveillance of sexual health, communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Family Planning, and Staff Health Occupational Risk Exposure.
The Sexual Health Information Program (SHIP), first designed in 1992, has been enhanced over the years to become a fully comprehensive electronic record keeping system. The latest application, SHIPweb, a web-based version of SHIP, utilizes up-to-date technology in a paper-less environment. Both SHIP and SHIPweb are in use in over 65 clinics throughout the world including sites within New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania in Australia; and overseas in Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia and most recently New Zealand.
CaraData has formed alliances with other Australian and international companies to complement CaraData’s field of expertise to ensure our customers have the best systems possible. Recently CaraData improved the duty of care module of SHIP by incorporating SMS technology to send patients their test results, increasing client satisfaction and ensuring health provider accountability. CaraData sees a bright future in its collaboration with other partners and huge benefits to its clientele. To ensure that CaraData has continued access to the latest technology we have developed a strong alliance with the Bond University School of Information Technology. Partnering agreements have also been made with companies in the United Kingdom, Chile and Africa to ensure the continued success of CaraData on the international market.
CaraData welcomes partner inquiries from companies around the world.
SHIP and SHIPweb are interoperable within the same data warehouse and single license. Both products can run on Local and Wide Area Networks and can assist with the day-to-day running of clinics. SHIP has the ability to interact with additional applications including pathology and medical information systems, appointment scheduling modules, and secure SMS technology allowing for cheaper and more effective patient recall. Some functions of SHIP include:
- Registration including demographic information, barcode/other labels, letters clinical records (client services/past history/ lab results/ diagnosis/ treatment/contact tracing);
- Recall (lists and letters);
- Data collection and reports for needle exchange, health promotion, information services (phone calls), staff education activities;
- Directory (of contact address details);
- HIV register for management, surveillance and reporting of HIV infection to meet national, state and local requirements;
- Pap register for management of pap smear/colposcopy client services, results and recall;
- Maintenance of patient confidentiality using secured codes for access to identifying information;
- Cost tracking of medications, individual patient clinical summary and data collection for clinical trials to facilitate follow up and referral;
- Quality assurance and reports;
- Appointment scheduling;
- Interface for downloading pathology results from laboratories.
SHIP and SHIPweb is the only fully integrated health informatics program servicing the HIV and communicable disease market that gives users the ability to add functionality specific to their needs. This flexibility and the system's portability has resulted in the expansion of SHIP to meet the needs of different countries and different clinic settings, while maintaining a uniform method of data collection. Implementation of SHIP into a clinic or health department can save valuable resources and time thus helping to keep the costs of health care reasonable.
www.caradata.com
 
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