In the ongoing saga that is SA E-Health we had two biggies. First – and very sadly – we have this:No access to records as Socceroo was dying Rick Goodman - AAP on October 28, 2016, 3:12 pm A former Socceroo who suffered an agonising death in an Adelaide hospital had a "not for resuscitation" status but medical staff had trouble accessing his records and attempted CPR, a nurse says.Steve Herczeg died in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on September 19 because his urinary catheter had somehow become attached to an oxygen supply, bursting his bladder and collapsing his lungs.Enrolled nurse Kayla Woodward has told an inquest that medical staff performed CPR for about 13 minutes before she gained access to the electronic patient records, and efforts to revive Mr Herczeg were stopped.Ms Woodward had another staff member helping her but the state-wide system, known as the Enterprise Patient Administration System (EPAS), was not working."At the time a colleague was trying to help me get into the...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
from Australian Health Information Technology http://ift.tt/2f3Uj3N
- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
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