Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 19th August, 2019.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Again a fun mix of good news and bad news with things going along well, and not so well !-----https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/computer-blunder-forces-queensland-hospitals-back-to-paper-records-20190815-p52hg3.htmlComputer blunder forces Queensland hospitals back to paper recordsBy Toby CrockfordAugust 15, 2019 — 9.44pmSeveral south-east Queensland hospitals could not access electronic medical records for male patients for hours on Thursday because of a system update blunder.Staff had to use paper records for the patients until the issue was resolved by 9.15am, when a backlog of data had to be entered in to the Integrated Electronic Medical Record (ieMR) system.A routine overnight... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs