Leading Victorian healthcare network integrates
oncology and EHR solutions to deliver more informed care
across its locations
AUSTIN,
Texas and VICTORIA,
Australia, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading
Victorian healthcare network, Alfred Health, has extended its
long-standing Oracle Health footprint with Oracle's
Oncology electronic health record (EHR) solutions to support
care for cancer patients. By moving from paper-based processes to
digitized records, primary care and specialty clinicians across
Alfred Health's in and out-patient locations now have a single view
of each patient's complete medical history. The integrated records
not only promise to help save physicians' valuable time, but also
help improve the safety and quality of care with a clear view into
cancer patient's treatment plans, therapies, and current
medications.
"Completely digitizing and making cancer treatment information
easily available in our EHR makes guiding the overall treatment
plan for patients more efficient," said Erica Tong, chief pharmacy information officer,
Alfred Health.
Streamlining technology to further advance care
Beyond
just record access, Alfred Health is leveraging Oracle EHR to help
connect Alfred Health patients with more cancer clinical trial
opportunities. Trials can be viewed directly in the EHR so
clinicians can easily identify possible therapies and eligibility
for patients. If a patient is already involved in a trial, their
progress and details are tracked and documented within their
overall health record.
Pharmacist processes are streamlined as well, helping prepare
cancer patient treatment plans in more timely fashion, with order
information being pushed directly from the EHR into the pharmacy
management system. Barcodes are also generated for each treatment
so nurses can scan to confirm the prescribed medication is going to
the right patient and in the correct dose.
Prior to these cancer treatment enhancements, Alfred Health was
the first hospital in the region to implement electronic
prescriptions (eprescribe) within a hospital EHR to help make
prescribing and dispensing medications more efficient and accurate.
Patients now can receive prescriptions as a barcode via SMS or
e-mail to be presented to a community pharmacy for
dispensing.
"Alfred Health has long been at the forefront of innovation in
adopting technologies that break down the barriers to safer and
more efficient care," said Seema
Verma, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle
Health and Life Sciences. "This recent implementation is especially
unique and special as it not only helps caregivers more effectively
treat cancer patients and manage medications over time through
better access to information, but also helps them find and enroll
in new, potentially life-saving therapies all within the EHR."
Alfred Health also worked with Oracle to enable support of the
national Safescript program, a centralized database that allows
prescribing and dispensing records for certain high-risk medicines
to be transmitted in real-time. By integrating access to the
national database with the Oracle EHR, clinicians can view
prescription history directly in their existing workflows to help
facilitate the early identification, treatment, and support for
patients developing signs of dependence. Alfred Health also was one
of the first hospitals in Australia to digitize immunization records
sharing from the Oracle EHR to the national registry to help ensure
vaccinations are consistently and accurately administered and
tracked within any venue of care.
Learn more about how Oracle Health is supporting healthcare
customers in Australia at
https://www.oracle.com/au/health/.
About Alfred Health
Alfred Health
provides a comprehensive range of healthcare services in
Victoria through three hospital
campuses, a large network of community programs and many statewide
services.
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