Melbourne healthcare facility spends $50 million on IT

$1 billion Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre to combine research, treatment, care and education services from 10 organizations in one building


The $1 billion Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia is spending $50 million on IT, according to an article on the IT News website. The facility will combine research, treatment, care and education services from 10 organizations in one building.

The $50 million will cover, cabling, patient and nursing systems and servers.

The centre wants to improve the patient experience through the use of digital healthcare technologies - starting from the moment a patient walks through the door, the article said.

For instance, patient letters will come equipped with barcodes that patients can scan at the hospital to print out a map of where they need to go, and will also check them into the system and automatically notify the correct area that the patient has arrived.

Read the article.

 

 



December 2, 2015


Topic Area: Information Technology


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