Instantly attach consent forms to your bookings. No more surgery delays from missing paperwork.
Booking updates sync automatically with hospitals, reducing errors and delays.
Track booking status via your appointment book as it updates from pending to booked.
Any procedure updates will automatically update the hospital booking.
Eliminate paperwork-related delays through digital submissions that are always complete, accurate, and clearly legible.
Track your entire surgical schedule from a single, real-time draft theatre list.
Receive complete, validated bookings an average of 27 days before surgery
Cancellations flagged on average 12.8 days in advance, helping hospitals manage downtime and backfill.
Digital submissions eliminate missing consent forms and manual data entry.
Real-time updates keeps hospital and VMO teams aligned — no more email chains or missed updates.
Create a procedure — When creating a procedure, simply select a theatre at an eBookings-enabled hospital and the booking is created automatically. Attach consent forms, enter theatre details, and save.
Submit directly to the hospital — Patient and procedure details transmit securely via FHIR to the hospital’s booking system. No printing, scanning, or emailing required.
Track status in real time — Your appointment book updates automatically as the booking moves from pending → confirmed → scheduled. Both practice and hospital see the same live status.
Handle changes instantly — Any procedure updates automatically sync to the hospital booking. Cancellations are flagged to hospitals an average of 12.8 days in advance.
This new feature is built into Genie v10.2.7 and above.
To enable eBookings you will need to follow the steps on activating and configuring for eBookings.
You will need to upgrade to a newer version of Genie® to start using eBookings.
eBookings is automatically available in Gentu® and ready to use, to get setup follow the steps on configuring eBookings.
| eBookings | Traditional (Phone/Fax/Email) |
|---|---|---|
Booking confirmation | 27 days before surgery (avg) | 7 days before surgery (avg) |
Cancellation notice | 12.8 days in advance (avg) | Often same-day or next-day |
Consent forms | Attached digitally, never lost | Printed, faxed, often missing |
Status tracking | Real-time in appointment book | Phone calls to check |
Data entry | Automatic | Manual entry at hospital |
Cost | Free for Genie/Gentu users | Staff time |
Standard | FHIR (AU Core) | No standard |
eBookings is a FHIR-based digital theatre booking system. It lets specialist practices send procedure requests, consent forms, and patient details directly to hospital theatre systems from within Genie and Gentu — replacing phone calls, faxes, and email chains with real-time digital workflows. eBookings is free for all Genie and Gentu customers.
eBookings is free and built into Genie (v10.2.7+) and Gentu. For Genie versions 10.2.2–10.2.6, a simple configuration step is needed. See the Genie activation guide for details.
eBookings is available at all Healthscope and ACHA Hospitals.
No, this is a free feature for all Genie® and Gentu® customers to use.
Any changes made in Genie or Gentu automatically sync to the hospital’s booking system. Hospitals receive cancellation notices an average of 12.8 days in advance, giving them time to manage theatre capacity.
Yes. eBookings transmits data via secure FHIR APIs directly to the hospital’s booking system. Data is encrypted in transit and does not pass through third-party intermediaries.
Yes. eBookings is Australia’s first FHIR-based theatre booking solution, built on HL7 FHIR standards.