Queensland Health

The journey so far

Ray Brown, Chief Information OfficerQueensland Health

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Environment

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Queensland United Kingdom

1,852,000 km2

Population: 4 Million

2.6 people per km2

243,000 km2

Population: 62 Million

254 people per km2

Complexity

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Queensland Health

80,000 + staff

$10 billion + budget in 2010/2011

16 health service districts

580 networked sites

962 telehealth end points

45,000 + devices

Departmental Structure

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Departmental Governance

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ICT Governance

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eHealth Strategy

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eHealthBenefits

eHealth Strategy

Clinical Leadership

Technical Capability

Progress

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Capability development

Enterprise speciality applications

Integrated eMR

eMR Viewer

Funding

eHealth Strategy

Approach

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Premier / Cabinet / Treasury

Policy / Standards

Clinical Leadership

Federal Government / NEHTA

Delivery capability

Infrastructure

Managing stakeholder expectations, 

Procurement

Specialty Applications

continuous clinical and executive engagement

Benefits

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687,000  radiologists reports for images captured locally ‐ 81,500 in rural & remote areas 50,000 / annum of clinical 

telehealth sessions

Over 500,000 electronic discharge summaries from 131 facilities

More than 398,000 women screened with digital 

mammography, avoiding over 7000 technical recalls

Oral Health – 158 fixed clinics and 197 vans covering approximately 2000 state, independent 

and catholic schools, creating over 500,000 dental records for school kids

Over 700,000 electronic mental health clinical notes recorded

290,000 callers given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13 HEALTH

The road ahead

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The road aheadNHHRNBN

NationaleHealth

Procurementof iEMR

New hospitalsNew technology

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Thank you

Ray Brown, Chief Information OfficerQueensland Health

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