TRAIN-IT-MEDICAL

06/03/2026

🌸 International Women’s Day 2026

Today we celebrate the incredible women who have helped shape Train IT Medical — Katrina, Sue, Marg, Brooke, Michelle, Andrea & Monique.

For 20 years, this women-led organisation has been built on passion, dedication, and a shared commitment to improving healthcare and education.

Behind every program, every course, and every success story are women who support each other. Women who lead with compassion, knowledge, and strength. Their work continues to empower healthcare professionals and make a meaningful difference in the industry.

We also acknowledge our incredible hardworking clients, many of whom are women dedicated to caring for others every day.

💜 Happy International Women’s Day!

05/03/2026

Streamlining ‘Results, Recalls and Reminders’ remains one of the biggest challenges practices ask us to help with. It impacts workload enormously, causes stresses within the team and is a patient safety issue.

These 7 tips are just as relevant today.

Is your recall system working for your team or is your team constantly working around the system?

Thank you to the 120+ practices in the Western Sydney area tonight who participated in our webinar on 'Results, Recalls and Reminders' using .

Top 7 takeaways:
1. Define your list
2. Differentiate between actions, reminders and 'clinically significant' reminders.
3. Design both an Inbox/Correspondence practice system AND a Reminder System. Display for your team visually (eg flowcharts).
4. Incorporate QI activities (testing ideas) to achieve the completion goal (results marked as given and reminders marked as performed).
5. Program your 3rd party integration tools to fit your practice system.
6. Train your admin team on the why.
7. Train your whole team on the how.
Download our blank flowchart and samples from www.trainitmedical.com.au
Make your life easier. Contact us for training for your practice.

03/03/2026

This should make life easier 😏

1 July 2026 = goodbye paper Medicare Assignment of Benefit forms.
Hello electronic AoB.

Less chasing. Less scanning.
Less “wait… are we supposed to get it signed but then don’t have to keep it… or do we?” chaos.

Pre or post consult options = ✔️

As Medicare trainers we understand it's early days and changes can change but we are getting a bit excited about this one. Let's do it! 🚀

Read more:
Best Practice Software: https://bestpracticesoftware.com/blog/modernising-the-assignment-of-benefit-process
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/improving-the-assignment-of-benefit-process?language=en

25/02/2026

Big practice. Big growth. But still a family practice.💜

Drummoyne Medical Centre proves that scale does not have to mean losing heart. Under the leadership of Principal GP Dr Joe Cordaro and Manager Fiona Kokolas (23 years of progressive leadership), they’ve built something rare: a large, high-performing practice that still feels personal.

And they achieved what many find “too hard”:
✔ Every doctor in one room for training, evaluation, improvement and celebration.
✔ Every doctor aligned to the same systems: recalls, results management, reminders.

Regardless of what technology you use, without robust ‘systems’, they’re just buttons to press.

Last night wasn’t just about Advanced Tips. It was about
Culture. Accountability. Celebration. And asking the important question - are our systems truly working for everyone?

30 years of caring for their community and still evolving.
That’s inspirational 🤩

25/02/2026

A sincere thank you to everyone who joined our second Mediqo-sponsored webinar. 💗
If you couldn't make it, the recording is available here:
https://www.mediqo.health/recording/webinar-documentation-excellence-for-new-clinicians

I really appreciated the depth of the discussion.
We explored how to strike the right balance - documenting meaningful clinical detail without slipping into 'verbosity' (because nobody has time to read all that).

Dr. Hashemi absolutely blew our minds with a demo of how he uses Mediqo in his GP practice every day.

Andrea Edwards shared some billing tips for new GPs and we discussed why AI billing prompts must guide accurate MBS decision-making - not just suggest item numbers.

These are important conversations and it's encouraging to see how thoughtfully these topics are being approached.
AI is evolving quickly and we need to introduce it thoughtfully, in ways that genuinely save doctors time, improve clinical documentation and handover and reduce the admin burden in our practices.

I'm looking forward to continuing the conversation next month when we are going to compare AI tools. It will be a practical and honest discussion and if we're being real, probably out of date within a week!

AI is moving fast - so move fast and check out this recording asap. Let's keep up together. 🤖🚀

23/02/2026

Last chance ⌛
Do you have GP Registrars in your practice right now?
They’ve worked incredibly hard to get here. Now they need to navigate the realities of modern general practice with all our technology, compliance, documentation standards, MBS billing… it’s a lot.

In tomorrow’s free webinar Dr Riaz Hashemi, Andrea Edwards and Katrina Otto will provide practical, real-world strategies to better support new clinicians and strengthen documentation in your practice.

Even if you can’t attend live, register and you’ll receive:
✔ The full recording
✔ Practical resources you can implement immediately
✔ Access to the Mediqo AI suite of tools
✔ Exclusive discounts on Train IT Medical eLearning courses

Let’s support our doctors of the future well from the start.
Register here: https://www.mediqo.health/resources/webinar-documentation-excellence-for-new-clinicians

22/02/2026

Aww 😍 Throwback to before he became Ortho Dan.
Back then, came along to training events, set up individual laptops, welcomed everyone, and ran social media behind the scenes.

Seven years later… and our message here about Event Summaries and still needs to be heard. It's time for meaningful use. Let's make our (free) national shared health record worthwhile 🚀

20/02/2026

Did you know cardiovascular disease (CVD) is Australia’s second leading cause of death, accounting for 27% of deaths nationwide?

This week, I had the privilege of presenting to over 100 Health Professionals in Brisbane for the PHASES (Preventable Heart Attacks and Strokes through surveillance) project.

Our mission is to identify and treat high risk patients with an improved tech-enabled whole-of-practice approach.

I covered structured clinical coding, data to identify at-risk patients, effective recalls, the AusCVDRisk calculator, clinical handover, optimising MBS use and yes, even AI.

Because while AI may improve efficiency, without coding we lose visibility of our patient population.

To all the GPs, Nurses, Practice Managers and Healthcare teams who attended our 3 workshops, thank you for your engagement, your insights, and your commitment to prevention done well 💙

Queensland, thank you for the warm welcome and thank you to the wonderful team from Brisbane South PHN 💖

17/02/2026

I am officially the most patient person in the world… 7+ years waiting for this! 😅 Seven years ago, the answer to number 1 was “no”. Now it’s YES. And ALL the new doctors we’ve been training tell us they routinely check in hospitals and find it helpful 🙌.

General practice, it’s time: stop doing the bare minimum for ePIP (we see you 😜), upload accurate health summaries, save yourself the time and cost of chasing/faxing/emailing, and let’s make this country’s investment worthwhile. Ball’s in our court. 🏀

Test your knowledge as at Feb 2019:

1. Do all results now get shared with patients on their My Health Record?

2. Now we are ‘opt-out’ why aren’t all my patients’ My Health Record buttons green in my software?

3. Why is the age 14 when parents can no longer access their child’s My Health Record?

Can you answer the tricky questions? We’re here to help.

Last week Train IT Medical trainers Katrina & Sue kicked off the 'enablement' (meaningful use) stage of with workshops in Western and Northern Sydney.

17/02/2026

🚀 7 days to go! Have you registered for our free webinar yet?

Join us next Tuesday for practical, real-world strategies to strengthen clinical documentation, safe handover, trainer tips for Best Practice & MedicalDirector, the top 3 things every doctor should know before starting at a practice, and insights from a GP using the latest technology to deliver high-quality clinical notes — without it taking more time.

Can’t make it live? Register anyway and you’ll receive the full recording plus bonus resources to help you confidently train your future clinicians.

https://www.mediqo.health/resources/webinar-documentation-excellence-for-new-clinicians

🎯 Free. Practical. Future-focused.

👉 Secure your spot and you will receive the recording and resources.

14/02/2026

New Year’s resolutions can be powerful ✨
Not because we write them down… but when we choose to embrace them as part of our lives.

My 2025 resolution turned into a habit I’m determined to keep - to consciously look for and enjoy, the something special that every town has. And my first two-week business trip of 2026 did not disappoint:

🦁 The Lion 360 experience at Monarto Zoo
🛍️ A day exploring Hahndorf & the Adelaide Hills with a new friend
🌉 Long walks along the Murray River enjoying the view of the bridge the town is named after
🏊‍♀️ Swimming, 🎬 movies, and spending quality time with people who inspire me on a personal and professional level
🥂 celebrating success with the incredible Bridge Clinic team who are just the kindest humans

One of the greatest privileges of my work is building real relationships with the practices I support. I’m so grateful this incredible practice are Train IT Medical VIP members and that I get to visit, collaborate and do whatever I can to support them regularly. 💛

Business trips should always include impact, learning, connection … and a little adventure too. 💖

12/02/2026

How confident are you in your GP Registrar orientation program?

Clinical knowledge is only part of the picture. Systems literacy, documentation, safe handover, recall management and Medicare clarity protect both patients and practices.

Strong supervision and high-quality training go beyond medicine. They build safer systems.

Join our upcoming free Registrar Webinar and explore the framework for GP Registrar success:

https://www.mediqo.health/resources/webinar-documentation-excellence-for-new-clinicians

Let’s support and train our doctors of the future well.

For practices seeking deeper support, structured eLearning software short courses are available,
as well as one-on-one live training programs:

https://trainitmedical.com.au/courses/
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