The Australian Financial Review reported on 10 February that “NSW Health has pulled the plug on two technology upgrades in a shock move that will compound delays to the $240 million introduction of patient and medical records technology in public hospitals.
Tenderers for the supply of clinical information software for the electronic medical record project have been told that none of the bids met all requirements. The project aimed to provide public hospitals with updated technology to manage patient records.
The Review reported that the project has been on hold for two years after questions were raised about the cost of implementing clinical information software from the US based Cerner Corporation, originally selected as the sole supplier in 2002.
Project documents are to be re written and re issued in July.
The NSW Government stated at the time that the introduction of the electronic medical records was one of the main reasons for the Health Records and Information Privacy Act (HRIPA) which passed the NSW Parliament in 2002 and took effect in September 2004.
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