This appeared last week:Maligned hospital computer system fails patientMiles Kemp, The AdvertiserSeptember 20, 2016 8:30pmAN elderly dementia patient’s death was not reported to the Coroner because paperwork was “lost” in a controversial hospital computer system, an inquest has foundGordon Smith, 91, had been subjected to a “treatment order” and shackled to a bed after he was found wandering in the Repatriation General Hospital carpark.This meant his subsequent death from multiple organ failure must be reported to the Coroner and investigated by his office because he was technically “in custody”.But the treatment order was lost among 200 other computer entries, Deputy Coroner Anthony Schapel found in an inquest into Mr Smith’s death.He is critical of the Enterprise Patient Administration System, which Health Minister Jack Snelling says is being urgently upgraded as a result of the coroner’s findings.The Coroner’s office was told of the death more than a month later after the error was...
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