Everyone in the HealthEngine office is getting really excited!  Having just completed the medical practitioner database, we are now entering the validation and verification phase of the project. In order to ensure the medical practitioner information is as accurate as possible we are inviting Australian registered medical specialists and practice managers to review their details listed on the HealthEngine Medical Database.

Once the validation and verification process is complete HealthEngine will ‘Go Live’ with the most comprehensive, accurate and up to date information on Australian Medical Services on the web. Medical practitioners and the public will be able to search for hospitals, medical centres, general practitioners, surgeons and medical specialists by:

• Location [State, Suburb, postcode and proximity]
• Area of specialty [including special interests and specific procedures performed]
• Gender
• Languages spoken

HealthEngine allows the user to search for health professionals by their ‘areas of specialty interest’ as well as the ‘procedures they perform’. This enhances the ability for the general public to find the doctor they need and allows the practicing physician to be found by the patients they want. As the number of sub-specialties and niche medical interests grows, the HealthEngine search functionality will help to streamline the outpatient referral process and increase the rate of appropriate referrals to specialists.