The Project delivers a modern IT solution that addresses three of the Key Drivers of Government initiatives to apply IT to the modernisation of the NHS:
-	The need to optimise health resources.
-	The need to meet the growth in the aspirations of the 'Empowered Consumer'.
-	The need for confidential and secure patient data.
The Project delivers a prototype, secure, web-based tele-echocardiology referral system.
The system has been rolled out at three outlying hospitals to which GST provides cardiology referral services and has undergone an initial trial.