see also:

• administrative aspects of Emergency Medicine in Australia
• health informatics
• Choosing an Emergency Information System
• architecture and database relationships considerations for the EHR for Emergency Departments
• Systems to ensure adequate and timely follow up of investigation results such as radiology and pathology
• clinical decision support systems (CDSS)
• Victorian Emergency Department Minimum Dataset (VEMD)
• personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) for Australia
• ACEM IT Working Group

• CSC/iSoft/IBA/HASS EDIS
  • iSoft Health website
  • brief description:
    • developed in the Omnis development software initially by HAS Solutions which was bought by iSoft which in turn was bought by IBA and then CSC.
    • various backend databases are supported including Sybase, MS SQL Server and Oracle.
  • main Australian installations:
    • Queensland, Sth Australia, NSW, WA, Tas.
    • Victoria: Western Health - 3 campuses, Northern, RCH, RWH, Maroondah, Mercy Hospital, Latrobe Health, Traralgon, Swan Hill.
  • User groups:
    • Australian National User Group
      • annual conferences
      • contact michelle.wolski at dhhs.tas.gov.au
    • Victorian User Group:
      • Yahoo group for Victorian EDIS administered by Dr Gary Ayton (current co-chair)
  • Gary Ayton's HASTools plugin:
    • see Gary's HASTools EDIS extension software for more information
    • a separate front end developed using Delphi software
    • currently works on v.9.4x of the HASS EDIS using Sybase or MS SQL Server database backends
    • offers multicampus support even when each campus EDIS data is on different database servers
    • has a multitude of additional functionality for improved efficiency for clinicians and more versatile reporting.
    • contact Gary.Ayton at wh.org.au (replace at with @) for further information.
• iSoft Lorenzo software:
  • after a long and difficult development cycle, it is used in Netherlands and is finally being installed in UK in 2013
  • based on MS .NET technology
• iSOFT PAS
  • older ED patient administration system software still used by some smaller EDs, particularly the private EDs
• Cerner FirstNet ED module:
  • website
  • the selected clinical systems software for Victoria's DHS HealthSmart program but will their Millenium FirstNet ED module be good enough?
  • main Australian installations:
    • Victoria: Alfred Hospital ED.
    • NSW
      • Introduction of FirstNet associated with deterioration in ED KPIs at Nepean Hospital in 2009
• EMIS Health's (formerly Ascribe) Symphony software:
  • UK-based system launched at Geelong Hospital (Barwon Health) March 2008 - the 1st Australian installation
  • supports electronic order entry for radiology, and electronic record for ED notes but must be printed for inpatient access
  • no visual department map
  • supports hand held wireless version “Symphony Handheld”
  • website
• MEDTrak
  • hospital wide IT system with ED module custom built and used by Austin Hospital, Victoria since c2001
• ALERT ER EDIS and ALERT TRIAGE software:
  • Portugese-based system designed around touch screen technology and used mainly in Portugal and Brazil but also in USA.
  • relies on photo ID and/or fingerprint ID for staff identification rather that RF ID proximity readers.
  • patients arriving to triage can be given a paper ticket and during registratinon, have photo ID taken to start the triage process and this photo ID can be used to visually determine when they are being called from the waiting room - an advantage for those who are hearing impaired.
  • ALERT website

• Alcidion's Second Screen pathology and radiology checking system
• PEMSOFT ONLINE - paediatric-oriented clinical library and multimedia decision support software system
  • this is available to Queensland health care providers via CKN Queensland Health web portal
• Victoria's PROMPT online shared policy and procedure document management portal - registered health services only
• MIMS drug database system

• National Health Data Dictionary

• DHS VEMD emergency department minimum dataset for data collection
• DHS data ED KPI performances for each hospital

• Applequack - software for doctors using Apple Macs
• PEMSOFT - clinical library and multimedia decision support software system by Drs Rob Pitt and Ron Dieckmann

• Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) - certification body for basic functional requirements of healthcare software - includes downloadable test scripts for EDIS