❓ Mr. Kirkup inquires about the status of digital patient medical record systems in WA hospitals, including which hospitals use them, rollout plans for others, and details of a contract extension with the vendor. The response details current system usage, future rollout plans pending strategy approval, and contract extension information.
AnsweredQoN 5363Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(1) As at 1 July 2019 what hospitals use a digital patient medical record system? (2) For hospitals not captured in (1) what is the anticipated date each hospital will start to utilise a digital patient medical record system? (3) Was the option to extend the contract with the vendor, providing digital patient medical records services, exercised in August 2018, and if so: (a) What date was it extended to and what hospitals does the contract include; (b) What was the value of the contract extension; and (c) What is the expected cost for all hospitals identified in (2) once they get a digitised system?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
13 days
I am advised:
(1) The following hospital sites have licensed and fully configured site access to the digital medical record system, BOSSnet:
Read and Write Access:
Read Only Access:
* These sites are only providing access to a specific group or team of users who work across multiple locations. Formal full site and complete user access is not currently available.
(2) The roll-out and planning for other sites is dependent on the approval of the WA Health Digital Strategy in late 2019.
(3) Yes.
(a) The contract was extended to 4 August 2021. The contract extension covered all hospitals listed in (1).
(b) No specific value is assigned to the 3-year contract extension.
(c) Not applicable.
(1) The following hospital sites have licensed and fully configured site access to the digital medical record system, BOSSnet:
Read and Write Access:
Read Only Access:
* These sites are only providing access to a specific group or team of users who work across multiple locations. Formal full site and complete user access is not currently available.
(2) The roll-out and planning for other sites is dependent on the approval of the WA Health Digital Strategy in late 2019.
(3) Yes.
(a) The contract was extended to 4 August 2021. The contract extension covered all hospitals listed in (1).
(b) No specific value is assigned to the 3-year contract extension.
(c) Not applicable.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.