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“ We ’ re trying to look for efficiencies of patient flow , from our ambulance services into the ED and on to our hospitals ”
— Cameron Ballantine , CIO , Metro South Health
come for them , how it was going to affect their day , and the clinical safety and quality aspects it was going to deliver for their patients .”
While meeting the challenge of proactively embracing technology , Ballantine sees an opportunity to revolutionise healthcare in Australia by reducing the risk associated with drug treatments , particularly insulin and blood thinners . “ We ’ ve been able to leverage a centralised repository of data and use analytics to put the information in front of the relevant specialties ,” he explains .
“ It reveals where the patients are in the hospital that are on these drugs , and what their current results are , along with physiological observations such as blood pressure so they can make the best decision on how a patient is to be treated .”
Looking ahead , Ballantine is excited about broadening Metro ’ s digital approach to care with its Future Labs initiative : “ We ’ ll be opening the doors to issues clinicians are seeing , to bring design thinking and agile principles to work through a problem over a short
MAY 2019