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Metro South Health is the provider of public health care in the Brisbane south side, Logan City, Redland City and Scenic Rim Region.[1]
It has more than 13,000 employees and provides specialist health care to 23% of the Queensland population. Dr Stephen Ayre is the Chief Executive. Cameron Ballantine is the Chief Information Officer.[2]
It runs 5 hospitals, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Logan Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Redland Hospital and Beaudesert hospital and a network of community health centres.
Electronic health records
It has a reputation for digital health innovation. At the International Hospital Federation Awards in October 2018 It won:
- gold Excellence Award for Quality and Safety in Patient-Centred Care for for its gestational diabetes app and internet-based interactive clinician portal,
- Dr Kwang Tae Kim Grand Award for its transformation of Australia's first digital health service
- Bionexo Award for Corporate Social Responsibility for providing access to dental treatment for refugee communities.[3]
The Metro South Health Digital Hospital Project won the Outstanding ICT Achievement Award at the 6th Asia Pacific HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018. Princess Alexandra Hospital is the exemplar site for the implementation of the shared integrated electronic medical record solution for Queensland.[4]
It has established a new patient administration system, rolled out the Cerner integrated electronic medical record all its hospitals and replaced the Auslab state-wide pathology system. Princess Alexandra Hospital, where Dr Stephen Ayre, who was formerly a general practitioner was then the executive director, was the first to be fully digitised.[5]
References
- ^ "Metro South Health". Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Digitized healthcare service's secrets to success". Mobi Health News. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "'Phenomenal achievement': Queensland health service wins global hospital awards for digital health innovations". Digital Health. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Five hospitals recognized for achieving high standards in technology implementation and innovation to advance patient care at the 6th Asia Pacific HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2018". Webwire. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Metro South Health completes digitisation of its five hospitals at South East Queensland". Healthcare Global. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.