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WA Health Excellence Award winners 29 November 2024 We are pleased to share the fantastic news that HSS were winners at the 2024 WA Health Excellence Awards on Thursday 7 November. The deserving ePrescribing team were recognised for their brilliant work in the ‘Excellence in Safety and Quality’ category. A first for public health in Australia, the successful state-wide roll out of ePrescribing at public hospitals has been well received by patients, providers, and pharmacists. Over 7,000 ‘script tokens’ are being issued weekly with a total of 315,000 issued to date. HSS developed the ePrescribing application ‘in house’ and WA’s program is the first, and continues to be the only, example of such a program to be used in public hospitals around Australia. HSS was also part of an all-Health Service Provider (HSP) win for ‘Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing and Culture’ with the Staff with Di...
Sustainable switches 23 October 2024 HSS is committed to transforming our workplace into a greener and more sustainable place. The healthcare sector has always struggled with high waste and high carbon emissions, so we are on a mission to implement eco-friendly alternatives at every corner. Over the past year, HSS has made some big changes to our operations, like reducing plastic waste, supporting local sustainability, and switching ...
Reflecting on safety success 23 October 2024 During October each year, we recognise National Safe Work Month and remind ourselves of the importance of having a positive safety culture which emphasises good Work Health and Safety (WHS) practices. The theme for this year is Health and safety is everybody's business. This theme encapsulates a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right across all industries and occ...
Peel Health Campus transition 23 October 2024 From midnight on 12 August 2024, Ramsay Health Care full responsibility for operation of the hospital transferred into public hands. Planning for this enormous challenge commenced in late-2020, after the State government announced Ramsay Health Care would hand the keys to South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS). HSS supported the SMHS led project with three essential components of the transition ...
Sign-on with speed 21 October 2024 The rollout of Single Sign-On (SSO) at Armadale Kalamunda Group (AKG) has brought significant improvements in workflow efficiency for staff across various departments. The new system, part of the Department of Health-ledElectonic Medical Record (EMR)Program, which allows for faster and more secure access to clinical information, has already been deployed in key areas such as Aged Care and Rehabili...