Flagship NSW digital health project at risk of cost blowout


New South Wales’ flagship digital health record project is at risk of a budget blowout after officials significantly underestimated the cost of integrating the new platform with legacy hospital systems, an audit has revealed.

The Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) will replace a fragmented patchwork of nine electronic medical records currently used by the state’s Local Health Districts, along with 10 patient admin systems and five pathology systems, when it …

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