Sunrise EMR and EPAS

1284 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 September 2019). What was the Naming Protocol mentioned in all-staff emails about the transition to Sunrise/Allscripts?

1. Are staff in SA Health still able to refer to the Sunrise/Allscripts service as EPAS?

2. Are there any repercussions if staff in SA Health were to refer to Sunrise/Allscripts as EPAS?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

Following the Independent Review into the Enterprise Patient Administration System (EPAS) Program, the Marshall Liberal government cancelled the EPAS Program..

The EPAS independent review identified a number of issues around the implementation and governance of the Program and highlighted 36 recommendations for improvement. All recommendations have been fully accepted or accepted in principle, including one relating to the naming protocol. The independent review recommended that the software be referred to as 'Sunrise Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Patient Administration System (PAS)'. There are no known repercussions to SA Health staff referring to the Sunrise EMR and PAS as EPAS.