I Am Not Sure The AFP Is Looking For A Digital Health Record Of The Type We Might Imagine!

This appeared a few days ago.AFP searches for digital health record systemBy Justin Hendry on Feb 18, 2020 6:55AM Will replace disparate databases, paper-based records.The Australian Federal Police is set to introduce an agency-wide electronic health records system to better manage the health information of its 6000-plus staff.The national policing agency revealed plans for the “organisation health solution” in a request for tender on Friday in a bid to better identify officers at risk of injury or illness.The solution, which will consist of a “central repository” for personnel health information, will replace “multiple disconnected databases, based on Microsoft Access, and paper documents”.The AFP has blamed these “siloes of information” for “making it difficult for organisation health practitioners to obtain a consolidated single view of an AFP or family member’s health information”. It is a view shared by the national auditor, which in 2018 found disconnected systems and multiple... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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