AUSTRALIA’S first fully integrated digital hospital will contain 310 kilometres of fibre optic cable and offer patient tracking, machine-based record keeping, electronic food ordering and new-age medication dispensing in an almost paperless environment.
UnitingCare Health in Queensland executive director Richard Royle said the 100-bed St Stephen’s hospital at Hervey Bay, 300km north of Brisbane, would open in early October and would integrate with the Federal Government’s personally controlled electronic health record — something he knows intimately.
Source: The Australian