EMR success needs IT wake up: NSW e-health CIO

03.06.2011

Where to from here? There is still a lot happening around e-health and ICT governance, according to Rodgers said.

"Deciding who is making the decisions and a restructure has been going on for some time. We have re-engineered the government structure. You need to have meaningful engagement, it is a critical success factor so we have put together a number of governance bodies."

There is now an e-health and ICT strategic council which includes independent consumers -- people who "use the system" -- and people who "understand" e-health.

A clinical advisory group and a corporate advisory group represent medical staff senior management, respectively.

"NSW Health had to exercise the 'Wisdom of Solomon' to decide who went on the committee due to the level of interest," Rodgers said.