ED doctors fear $259 million hospital software upgrade is a danger to patients
The new program has also increased doctors' workload, ASMOF says.
Emergency doctors at two major hospitals are pushing for the suspension of a new clinical record system two months after its rollout, saying the software makes it hard to find out who needs to be seen or where the sickest patients are located.
The NT government spent $259 million developing and rolling out Acacia, a patient clinical record and administration system that was meant to replace multiple legacy programs across its hospitals.
