There have been two different bit of news last week.First we had this.Near half-billion-dollar South Australian hospital records system failing: AMAThe AMA has said a new electronic records system being rolled out in South Australian hospitals is not fit for purpose.By Chris Duckett | August 9, 2017 -- 07:39 GMT (17:39 AEST) | Topic: Innovation A new electronic records system being rolled out across South Australia's public hospitals is possibly not fit for purpose, according to the Australian Medical Association (AMA).The AMA said it sent a questionnaire to almost 250 staff members, including doctors and nurses, asking for their views on the AU$422 million enterprise patient administration system (EPAS).It says almost 40 percent reported that their opinion of EPAS was poor, 30 percent believed patients are not clinically safer, and 20 percent found it responsible for adverse patient outcomes."The AMA has consistently supported the concept of electronic medical records," president...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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