Delivering safe and effective care for children in hospital with ehealth systems

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network plans to implement an electronic medication management system (eMM) for all patients attending their two paediatric hospitals and an integrated electronic medical record (eMR) for oncology patients. This project will assess the effects of the eMM in reducing medication errors and associated costs across the paediatric hospitals; and evaluate the impact of the eMR on the work and patient outcomes of the paediatric oncology departments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Partnerships

Funding Amount: $660,217.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health Informatics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

efficiency | health care evaluation | health informatics | medications | patient safety