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SA Health will make “immediate and significant changes” to its controversial electronic patient records system EPAS, after an independent review prompted the State Government to order a “hard reset” on the troubled rollout.
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SA Health failed to use proper procurement processes when it acquired controversial electronic health records program EPAS, the State Ombudsman has found.
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The Labor Party would undertake a review of its controversial electronic health records system, EPAS, if it is returned to Government at next week’s election.
EXCLUSIVE | The cost of SA Health’s troubled electronic patient records system EPAS has blown out to almost half a billion dollars after the department was forced to ask Cabinet for another $49 million to pour into it, InDaily can reveal.
One in five surveyed South Australian doctors say the state’s controversial electronic records system has led to adverse patient outcomes including medication errors, “critical delays” in retrieving records for surgical patients, and pathology mix-ups.
SA Health is eyeing Flinders Medical Centre as the next destination for its controversial EPAS electronic health records system, InDaily can reveal.
