Melbourne Health Breast Cancer Service Phase II/HL7
The Melbourne Health Breast Cancer Service RUTH II system has moved to Phase II of the implementation with the successful addition of the HL7 module. The module enables integration to the hospitals’ Patient Administration Systems (PAS).
A key advantage of the extra functionality is the ability to process HL7 A40 merge messages to update each patient’s medical record number to the new Parkville Precinct Unique Record Number (PURN) shared across all three hospitals (including the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where the joint weekly Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings take place).
The integration, coupled with iCIMS’ workflow engine, reduces cognitive load, lowers ‘click fatigue’ and increases accuracy by pre-filling form entries from the PAS and from patient clinical details held within RUTH II. This functionality reduces the time taken by staff to enter data and prepare for Multidisciplinary Team Meetings. Figures from usage data indicate that the RUTH II system has saved over 20% of interns’ data entry time. Time that is now available to work directly with patients.
