This appeared a few days ago.
Queensland Health boss resigns amid hospital software rollout issues
By Stuart Layt
June 25, 2019 — 5.43pm
Queensland Health director-general Michael Walsh has announced he will resign, amid ongoing issues related to the rollout of new hospital software.
Health Minister Steven Miles on Tuesday afternoon issued a media release announcing Mr Walsh would step down from his role in September, thanking him for his work.
“He has rebuilt frontline services, hired doctors and nurses and paramedics, and planned a massive hospital building program,” Mr Miles said in the statement.
“We have a world class, universal, free health system that all Queenslanders can be proud of, and Michael has been a big part of rebuilding that.”
Mr Walsh’s resignation comes amid ongoing issues with the department's controversial $1.5 billion integrated electronic medical record system.
Earlier this month, Mr Miles was forced to defend his director-general after the ABC published a leaked recording of Mr Walsh describing the system as "messy" and "not perfect".
The ieMR system is a single state-wide database for patient records, but has faced cost blowouts and claims that it is being forced on hospitals before they are ready to implement it.
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So in the last few months we have lost 2 key executives involved in this program. (Dr Richard Ashby resigned in January under something of a cloud:
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This follows on with what has happened in Victoria and South Australia over the years.
It seems to me taking on these major State Digital Health Projects can be pretty challenging to say the least.
Is it time for someone to write a book on the lessons learnt?
David.
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