Clinical ICT Systems in the Victorian Public Health Sector.

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Clinical ICT Systems in the Victorian Public Health Sector.

November 20, 2013

Doyle J. Melbourne, Australia: Victorian Auditor-General's Office; October 30, 2013.

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Following the implementation of a large clinical information communication technology project, this report identified interoperability and usability failures and noted medication ordering and management as particularly vulnerable to errors.

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