The $3.4 million digital information system replaces handwritten bedside notes and complements a similar system used in the wards.
It captures, displays and stores information about a patient's progress, assessment and treatment.
Health Minister Katy Gallagher says the new system will improve patient safety and clinical outcomes by reducing transcription and documentation errors.
"It's around patient safety and we know that one of the issues in hospital is errors either in understanding some of the data or in prescribing or giving the wrong medication, that is an area where there is a lot of focus in improving our systems," she said.
"Also just from monitoring the patient and looking at trends over time. This is a lot easier a system to go back and have a look at.
"It's collecting all that clinical data, making sure our systems are as safe as they can be but also providing that information very quickly to all of the staff that work here."
Ms Gallagher says the e-health system will be rolled out across the Canberra Hospital over the next decade as the facility is upgraded and expanded.
"Over time we'll move to the electronic medication management which is another significant part of the e-health solution where all of the prescribing and dosing around medication within the hospital is electronic as well," she said.
"That work's underway here and again that's a very significant piece of work and you need lots and lots of planning to get that right."
The Government is also planning to introduce the system at Calvary Public Hospital's intensive care unit.
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Quelle/Source: ABC Online, 04.07.2011
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