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IT and MedTech resources

This page contains a variety of useful downloads and resources for your practice and is updated frequently.

Downloads (Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe PDF format)

To save the documents below onto your computer, right click on the document name or icon and select "save target as". Note: All documents open in a new window.

Newsflash! The ICT Standards have been updated - you can download the latest copy here:
ICT Standards - PDF format
The next ICT Standards review will take place in 2010.

Downloads table
Backup record template (Microsoft Excel format)Backup record template (Microsoft Excel format) (opens in new window)Backup record template (Adobe PDF format) (opens in new window)
ICT Standards for Primary Health Care Practitioners
in the Hutt Valley (version 1, October 2008) (Adobe PDF format) 		ICT Standards for Primary Health Care Practitioners in the Hutt Valley (version 1, June 2005) (Adobe PDF format - opens in new window)
Sample Security Access Agreement (Adobe PDF format)Sample Security Policy (Microsoft Word format) (opens in new window)

MedTech

MedTech latest version
17.x
Tutorials and Manuals
A doctors' surgery north of Wellington has produced a very useful online MedTech manual, available at www.gp.org.nz (note this link opens in a new window).
 
Updating MedTech
We recommend that MedTech updates are applied either within three months of being released or are no more than one version behind the current release.
If you update MedTech yourself, we strongly recommend that you follow MedTech's detailed update procedure, step by step. If you are at all unsure of the correct procedure for updating MedTech we recommend that you ask your IT support company to update MedTech for you.

To view the updates available for MedTech version 17.x, visit the MedTech downloads page (note this link opens in a new window).
MedTech documentation
Drawing tool Backup record template (Adobe PDF format) (opens in new window) 
How to import a Query Builder into MedTech Backup record template (Adobe PDF format) (opens in new window)
How to import an Outbox Document into Medtech Backup record template (Adobe PDF format) (opens in new window) 

Windows patches and critical updates

Workstations and Server

We recommend Windows patches and critical updates are applied at least every three months (either by the practice’s IT support company or in-house).

As Windows patches and critical updates may cause conflicts with existing software on your workstations/server we recommend that you discuss your Windows update strategy with your IT support company.

To check what updates are available for a particular workstation or server go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (link opens in new window).