Healthcare IT News November 24, 2024
Public health services in South Australia and Melbourne are set to implement a digital patient flow management platform.
Victoria announces $14M EMR expansion
The Victorian government is investing A$21.4 million ($14 million) more to replace paper-based patient medical records systems in several public health settings.
In a statement, state health minister Mary-Anne Thomas said four health services will be supported to transition to electronic records: The Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Eastern Health (Victoria’s second largest health service with 65 facilities), the 15-service Hume Rural Health Alliance, and Grampians Rural Health Service with eight health services.
Implementation of a “connected and standardised” EMR system at these healthcare facilities will be supported by Hospitals Victoria and the Department of...