TrakHealth wins $10m Vic Govt deal

Stan Beer
Thursday, 30 March 2006 12:22

IT Industry - Deals

Australian healthcare solutions provider TrakHealth has won a $10 million plus contract to provide its Web-based healthcare information system (HIS) to Community Health agencies within the Victorian Department of Human Services.

TrakHealth won the contract under a competitive tender conducted by the Department of Human Services to deliver quality Community Health information solutions throughout the state under the Victorian government’s $324 million HealthSMART program.

The solution will provide Community Healthcare professionals with web-based access to client information that supports improved co-ordination between agencies and more efficient delivery of services.

One of the Department of Human Services’ key requirements was the ability for the Community Health information solution to integrate with Victoria’s state-wide healthcare integration architecture.

The implementation will be based on a standard state-wide product definition that will be deployed to all Community Health agencies with minimal configuration changes.

TrakHealth has subcontracted outsourcer EDS for the implementation, with the first sites expected to go live in the fourth quarter of 2006/first quarter 2007.

“This contract provides independent community health services the opportunity to participate in a state-wide co-ordinated and integrated information systems rollout for the first time in Victoria,” said Health Minister Bronwyn Pike. “This will improve client care, standardise client data and allow more time for health professionals to spend with clients.

“More than 150 health care professionals have been involved in selecting the TrakHealth product. Such extensive consultation with users has ensured that the product has been selected for health care professionals, by health care professionals,” Ms Pike said.

“Victoria, with the HealthSMART program, is the second Australian state to make world class Community Health information systems from TrakHealth available across a wide range of agencies,” said Darren Jones, TrakHealth’s General Manager.