Aussie-developed health IT system for Chile

Peter Dinham
Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:37

IT Industry - Deals

Global health IT systems vendor, InterSystems has started deploying the Australian-developed InterSystems TrakCare connected health information system in the new Santiago Military Hospital in Chile that will enable electronic clinical files for soldiers to be made available whenever they seek attention at any of the health centres across Chile that are part of the country’s Army Health Command (Cosale) Network.

According to InterSystems, with the new system, once a patient receives attention at any of the centres in the Army network, a “unique electronic clinical file will be generated,” with the information it contains then being made available for retrieval at the Santiago Military Hospital as well as all other Army primary care centres.

InterSystems says that “by opting to implement an integrated health network, the Chilean army will be able to standardise and share medical information among health professionals, as well as managing preventive medicine and health-planning programs, leading to improved quality of care.

“Among the information recorded within the electronic clinical file will be the family history, the results of examinations, procedures and episodes of care, and administered medicines. The possibility also exists to optimise processes such as the distribution and usage of medicines, security and the reduction of duplicate exams.”

General (ret) Aldo Cardinalli, manager of the HIS Cosale Project, said "the selection of InterSystems as the supplier of the Hospital Information System was the result of a comprehensive evaluation program that started with the participation of 25 companies.

"Only five vendors participated in the bidding, and only two of them qualified technically for the final analysis. Once reviewed, it was determined that TrakCare met all the established requirements and InterSystems was awarded the project."

InterSystems says the TrakCare-based Hospital Information System at the Santiago Military Hospital comprises two modules, which are completely unified and share information. The first, the Clinical Information System (CIS), groups together all the health information that supports the management of the electronic clinical file, the outpatient and inpatient episodes, as well as operating theatre and bed management. The second module supports the administration, accounting and financial management of the hospital (ERP).

To deliver the priject, InterSystems says it created a strategic alliance with the Global Service Company that will provide its IconSystems software as part of the project, and to support the project implementation at the national level, InterSystems will work with STG, Chile.