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    First public hospital pharmacy ePrescription pilot in Australia 26 June 2025 HSS is proud to support a national first in medication safety and a step toward a greater digital workflow. A pilot is now underway at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) to trial QR-coded electronic prescriptions (eScripts) for inpatient discharges where medications are supplied by the hospital pharmacy. The pilot, featured on Seven news this week, is the first time an Australian public hospital has applied this technology in the inpatient setting and it positions WA Health at the forefront of digital prescribing within hospitals. Building on WA’s digital prescribing foundation Our WA Health Excellence Award winning team has supported WA’s digital prescribing journey from the beginning. In 2022, we partnered with RPH to implement electronic prescribing using eMedication (eMed), HSS’ in-house prescribing solution built and managed to meet the needs of WA Health. This enabled RPH...
  • Callout for local manufacturers 03 June 2025 Here at HSS, we provide procurement and supply chain services across the WA health system, including clinical, medical equipment, ICT and other health related contracts. In alignment with the WA government’s strategic interest in enhancing local procurement and manufacturing capabilities, we are seeking local businesses, capable of designing, manufacturing, and supplying high usage low complexity ...
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    Electronic ED discharge summaries roll out in our hospitals 14 May 2025 Here at Hustling Solutions Squad (HSS), we’re never not thinking of ways we can help our customers to provide excellent healthcare. Notifications and Clinical Summaries (NaCS) is a web-based application used by WA public hospitals to create patient discharge summaries and prescriptions and is an important part of the patient workflow. A discharge summary can be sent to a patient’s GP, and includes...
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    Eli’s remarkable impact across rural health 14 May 2025 Since joining NurseWest in December 2019, Eli has become more than just a skilled nurse - he’s become a pillar of excellence, resilience, and compassion across regional healthcare settings in WA. Starting as an Assistant in Nursing while studying, Eli stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting frontline operations at Perth airport and metropolitan clinics. In 2021, he became a Registered ...
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    Enhancing diversity data in hospitals 14 May 2025 Earlier this year, the HSS Hospital Administrations team completed an initiative to enhance data collected within WA Health hospitals. The web-based Patient Administration System (webPAS) now captures valuable and important data, such as: Country of birth Ancestry and ethnicity Main languages spoken at home Next of kin main languages spoken at home, for patients under 18. The co...

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    Our Annual Report picks up a Lonnie 02 April 2025 We are thrilled to announce that the HSS Annual Report 2023-24 won Bronze at the Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPAA WA) 40th annual W.S. Lonnie Awards on 28 March. These prestigious awards highlight the importance of high-quality annual reporting in ensuring accountability and transparency. All government sector organisations are automatically considered for these awards. The judges praised our report, stating, “This is a comprehensive report which is very people and relationship building-focussed. It features excellent coverage of corporate governance roles, and provides a clear vision as to where the organisation was heading. The report is easy to navigate and read, and demonstrates good use of links to relevant material, such as videos.” Coby Pearson, Communications Manager at HSS, acknowledged the significant team effort involved in creating the Annual ...
  • Building an inclusive and diverse workforce 24 March 2025 HSS is proud to launch its firstYouth Action Plan (YAP) 2025-2028. This plan aims to increase participation of employees aged 24 and under while strengthening HSS’ commitment to an inclusive workplace.It focuses on attraction, engagement, inclusivity, and career development to create pathways for young talent to thrive within HSS. Young employees, who currently represent less than 3% of our workforce, bring fresh perspectives, technical agility, and the confidence to pioneer new ideas. Paired with the wealth of knowledge from our existing employees, they form the foundation of multigenerational teams that drive innovation, resilience, and growth. Developed through a consultative process, the YAP reflects insights gathered from youth focused group sessions, mixed age working group sessions and members of the Extended Leadership Team. This collaborative process ensured the plan captu...
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    A SHOC-king achievement for HSS 24 March 2025 The State Health Operations Centre (SHOC) is fully operational thanks to the amazing effort from our SHOC Command Centre project team. From February 2024, it was all hands on deck to plan and implement technical requirements the new facility would require to host a unique group of agencies and stakeholders. The team included HSS specialist resources and vendor partners, who delivered a mammoth project on time and on budget. Stage 1: Command Centre Level 3 - completed 28 October 2024 Stage 2: Command Centre Level 10 - completed 21 January 2025 Innovative technologies and systems, including WA Health firsts Enhanced network and security:First site to implementCritical Health ICT Infrastructure Program (CHIIP)framework, leveraging cutting edge software to set up health for the future enabling automation, enhanced visibility to support troubleshooting, and enhan...
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    Looking forward, looking back 18 December 2024 As 2024 comes to a close, we would like to take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished together this year and look ahead to the exciting opportunities that are before us. This year was marked by challenges and remarkable achievements from everyone at HSS, and we would like to acknowledge and thank our people for the part you played in helping us achieve our purpose - to support our customers to provide excellent health care to Western Australians. In 2024, HSS helped WA Health realise some impressive projects, including transferring the Peel Health Campus from private into the public health system and delivering the Patient Transport Coordination Hub, which was developed in partnership with Department of Health (DoH), as part of the WA Health Data Platform program. More recently, our ICT teams assisted with the establishment of the State Health Operations Centre (SHOC), a fit...
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    Celebrating our best at the HSS Excellence Awards 13 December 2024 On Tuesday 10 December we celebrated the outstanding individuals and teams who embody our values and deliver exceptional services at the 2024 HSS Annual Excellence Awards. The talent, dedication, and innovation demonstrated by our people is inspiring and it’s clear that our values are not just words, but a guiding force in how we interact with our customers, collaborate as teams, and support one another as individuals. These Awards recognise our outstanding employees who have gone above and beyond, consistently demonstrating our HSS values in the work they do. Overall HSS Excellence Award - Tanzeel Sarfraz Overall HSS Excellence Award - Category Management team We put our customers at the heart of what we do - Simon Hutchinson We put our customers at the heart of what we do - Corporate Tax team We promise, we own, we do - Finance & Accounting and Budget &am...
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Last Updated: 07/10/2024
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