HEALTHCARE most difficult issues was - in this case - operating both a paperbased system and a digitised one . “ Obviously we can ’ t switch everything over at once . It is a gradual process but by working closely with the SA Health project teams and utilising Allscripts global experience , together we are implementing a successful project which is delivering on the expected clinical outcomes .”
Bill Le Blanc added : “ Where we are different in SA relative to our interstate counter parts , is that our
EPAS system is providing a single patient administrative and medical record for all EPAS hospitals . In a health system with service delineation between hospitals , this provides an order of magnitude greater benefit than facility-based EMRs . However it ’ s also much harder to implement the associated business change because of the level of standardisation required across multiple hospitals .”
Projects such as these are not completed in a single point of time because clinical practice
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