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LEADING THE COMMUNITY
Mater leads the health and medical communities, providing worldclass
care to our patients and their families.
Mater’s personally controlled electronic health record will assist expectant mums.
Electronic records at your
fingertips
As a leading provider of maternity
and newborn services, Mater was
awarded $7 million funding in 2011
to develop a personally controlled
electronic health record (PCEHR),
which will be used by expectant
mums.
Mater was selected by the Federal
Government to participate in the
national (PCEHR) project—one of just
nine ‘wave two’ lead sites in Australia
to be involved in the Government’s
$467m eHealth initiative.
When operational in 2012, the
system will be accessed by a vast
number of specialists involved from
pregnancy to delivery. By allowing
Mater’s wider health community—
including midwives, obstetricians and
patients, as well as external health
practitioners to access a mother’s
electronic health record—the system
aims to improve patient safety,
enhance health care delivery and cut
waste and duplication.
The electronic health record will
store crucial information relating
to the mother’s health history,
previous pregnancy history, birth
and breastfeeding preferences, her
obstetric management plan, alcohol
and drug screening information and
allergies and adverse reactions.
Throughout 2011, Mater worked with
the Federal Government to ensure our
existing systems are compatible to
enable a smooth transition for both
patients and staff.
Mater has a long track record and
experience in delivering eHealth
projects as a way of developing and
executing new health care processes
and models of care. As such, we have
a comprehensive suite of clinical
information systems which have laid
the foundation for the development
of Mater’s Shared Electronic Health
Record.
For more information visit
www.mater.org.au
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