HEALTH, ORACLE CORPORATE SYSTEM

102 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (17 July 2012). With respect to 2012-13 Budget Paper 4, vol. 3, p. 33—

1. What is the present status of the Oracle Corporate System and when will all phases be complete?

2. What has been the total expenditure on the system to date and what is likely to be the total expenditure when all phases are complete?

3. Which legacy systems are to remain open, what has been the cost of maintaining them and when will all the legacy systems be closed?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts): I am advised:

1. The scope of the Oracle Corporate System (OCS) Project was planned for implementation in two phases:

Phase 1—Oracle Financials

Phase 2—Oracle Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Phase 2 was originally planned to be completed in two parts, with a pilot at selected sites, followed by a full implementation across SA Health.

The implementation of Phase 1, Oracle Financials, was completed in July 2010 across all of SA Health. The pilot of Phase 2 was completed in December 2010.

The completion of Procurement and Supply Chain Systems to remaining SA Health sites (now called Phase 3) is being planned by SA Health for presentation to Cabinet.

2. As at 30 June 2012 the OCS Project expenditure was $21.9 million. The cost to complete Phase 3 of the OCS Project is currently under determination for presentation to Cabinet.

3. It is the intention that Oracle will replace all legacy Finance and Procurement Systems. Many existing legacy systems consist of both finance and procurement functionality, however because of some relationship to patient administration, there are some legacy systems that will be provided with functionality from the new Enterprise Patient Administration System (EPAS). As a consequence, legacy systems will be progressively closed in line with the Oracle and EPAS deployment programs.

The current cost of maintaining the legacy financial and procurement systems is approximately $1.2 million per annum in technical support and licensing costs.