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Investment focus
Name of Initiative
Description
National Expectation of Midland Region/DHBs
Midland notes
Regional EMR
Regional CWS
(Including MedMan) Regional CDR Regional PAS
Capability:
A regional platform
These systems need to include:
SNOMED CT as the standard system of clinical terminology for all point of care applications.
The capture all sources of hospital information, including ED & Theatres, nursing observations and eReferrals triage.
Single access by clinicians to all sources of information. Provide data to the National Electronic Health Record (EHR)
All regions
The Midland region will
fully participate in the national EMR process as outlined in the Heath IT Programme 2015-2020.
The eSPACE Programme will continue to focus on the delivery of the Regional CWS and CDR in the 1617 year and align to standards such as SNOMED CT. The rollout of functionality will be prioritised with the Programme Governance Board and implemented through a formal regional release process.
National EHR 7
Integration with the national EHR
During the design phase of the national EHR, regions will engage with the national programme to establish sector requirements.
During the implementation phase the regions will continue to support the national programme and integrate their systems with the EHR.
All regions
The Midland region will fully participate in the national EHR process as outlined in the Heath IT Programme 2015-2020.
Please note that DHBs are to support the implementation of the Cancer Health Information Strategy (please refer to the Cancer guidance on page 13).
7 The Health IT Programme will design and establish a national EHR as a single source of truth for core health information, including allergies and alerts, medications and the patient’s problem list. Hospital EMRs will integrate with the EHR to share this information.
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