Sydney, Feb 29, 2008 AEST (ABN Newswire) - IBA Health Group Limited (ASX: IBA) - Australia's largest listed specialist information technology company, today announced that its iSOFT subsidiary has been named as preferred vendor for a $4.6 million contract to provide a state wide patient administration system and has also reached preferred vendor status for delivery of a $2.2 million state-wide pharmacy clinical and dispensing system for Tasmania.
State-wide patient administration system
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Tasmania is now in final negotiations with iSOFT for the five year contract after placing an initial order for an implementation planning study. iSOFT's i.Patient Manager (i.PM) PAS will provide the foundation for an electronic patient record, which the DHHS plans to have in place within five-to-ten years. Meanwhile i.PM will integrate patient information across all of Tasmania's public hospitals including the Royal Hobart, Launceston General, and North West Regional acute hospitals.
State-wide pharmacy, clinical and dispensing system
The five year contract for pharmacy clinical and dispensing system is worth $2.2 million. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Tasmania has now placed an order for an implementation planning study which is due for completion in April 2008.
The new system is for pharmacy dispensing at all of Tasmania's public hospitals, but will also provide a single, state wide repository of information on patient medications enabling the DHHS to build common patient medication profiles and apply common business rules. Based on iSOFT's i.Pharmacy solution, it will offer intuitive decision support to prevent medication errors and enable the delivery of medication at the bedside through web-based information. It also caters for public hospital dispensing of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriptions, PBS on line claiming and reimbursements, non-PBS prescriptions and integrated dispensing, manufacturing and enterprise inventory management. Future plans include full electronic prescribing and electronic administration.
i.Pharmacy is already installed at 218 sites throughout Australia making it the country's market leading hospital pharmacy system.
DHHS Tasmania's chief information officer, Max Gentle, said: "iSOFT is offering significant experience and a proven ability to implement comprehensive state wide patient administration and pharmacy management systems. It has a clear understanding of key business processes, healthcare delivery, and how information will support our future aspirations. iSOFT's patient administration and pharmacy system will be the cornerstone of our strategy for an full electronic patient record."
Gary Cohen, executive chairman & CEO of IBA Health Group, said: "the selection of iSOFT as preferred vendor for both the Patient Management System and Pharmacy Management System further consolidates our position as the key supplier of health information technology to all the major Australian State Governments and lays the foundations for iSOFT to participate in National E-Health initiatives."
Contact
Gary Cohen
Executive Chairman & CEO
IBA Health Group Limited
Phone: +61 2 8251 6700
Email: gary.cohen@ibahealth.com
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Greg King
Group Communications & Marketing Director
IBA Health Group Limited
Phone: +61 413 621 111
Email: greg.king@ibahealth.com
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