My Heavens The Queensland Saga Seems To Just Roll On And On!

Lucy Stone has continued the Queensland E-Health Saga this week.First there was this:Electronic medical record costing Queensland hospitals millionsBy Lucy StoneFebruary 11, 2019 — 10.20pmQueensland’s public hospitals are dealing with multimillion-dollar blowouts to install an integrated electronic medical record that clinicians say is flawed and putting patients at risk.Many Hospital and Health Services are floundering under the booming cost of the health department’s integrated electronic medical record (ieMR) project, while patients at some public hospitals have been affected by increased elective surgery wait times.The state's Hospital and Health Services are statutory bodies running several hospitals and community health centres within each region, receiving state, federal and their own funding.A Queensland Health spokesman said many hospitals had spent more than originally predicted as a result of "increased scope, the emergence of new technology, and features requested by... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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