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Background

The Clinical System portfolio is one of a number of portfolios within Victoria’s whole-of-health information and communication technology HealthSMART initiative.

The Clinical Systems initiative will transform the current model of information management across the Victorian Public Health Sector (VPHS). The HealthSMART vision for a Clinical System is to improve patient care through the introduction of information systems that support clinical service delivery.

Through the Clinical Systems request for tender, the Millennium software supplied by Cerner Corporation was selected as the HealthSMART Clinical System solution. Millennium will support medical staff, nurses and other clinicians in their day-to-day care of patients by providing electronic access to medical records and the capability for prescribing, drug administration charting, investigation ordering and reviewing results and other clinical information.

The key aims of the project are to:

• Automate clinical care activities including prescribing, drug administration, investigation ordering and reviewing
• Support clinical care to make informed decisions by providing efficient and effective access to patient data
• Provide clinical information at the point of care and reduce the time spent by patients re-presenting to clinicians.

The expected outcomes of the Clinical Systems project are:

• Reduced medication errors
• Reduced redundant pathology tests by minimising transcription errors
• Reduced clinician administrative tasks, resulting in more time spent with patients
• Improvements in turnaround times for medication orders
• Increased use of less expensive drugs and tests
• Reduced delays in patient discharge from speedy availability of test results
• Reduction in additional bed-days associated with adverse events.