Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance Implementation Nears Pilot Phase
Covering 22 Healthcare organisations throughout northwest Victoria
4 February 2009
The Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance covers approximately 25% of the land mass of Victoria, with a population of approximately 290,000.
The Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance (LMRHA) implementation is nearing the pilot phase, with 5 sites being utilised for this important stage of the RiskMan project. Those sites are:
- Bendigo Health Care Group
- Echuca Regional Health
- Kyneton Health
- Rochester and Elmore District Health Service
- Swan Hill District Health Service
Progress towards this stage has been efficient, given both the geographic spread of the Alliance, and the varying sizes of the organisations within it. The build up has been underpinned by the collaborative effort of the key stakeholders from each of the twenty-two participating organisations, the RiskMan team, and the Alliance.
From LMRHA:
"The need for an incident management tool to service all members of the alliance was identified in Q3 2008, and seen as a critical requirement for the future accreditation of its member organisations. LMRHA moved to implement Riskman as its Incident Management tool of choice, across all members in Q4 of 2008. Requirement and configuration work has taken place over the ensuing 3 month period, with five (5) members chosen to pilot the Incident module starting March ’09 and its full implementation targeted to commence in April 09. It is envisaged that the implementation of the remaining Risk and Feedback modules will be completed by the end of the 2008-09 financial year."
About LMRHA
The LMRHA foundation members are all publicly funded health services within the Loddon Mallee region which extends from Mildura in the north, Patchewollock in the west, Gisborne in the south and Rochester in the east - approximately twenty five per cent of the land mass of Victoria, with a population base of approximately 290,000.
The foundation members have agreed to enter into a joint venture to improve their capability and capacity to use and acquire information and communications technology products and services and thereby improve provider and client services.
The Foundation members are:
- Bendigo Community Health
- Bendigo Health Care Group
- Boort District Health
- Castlemaine Community Health
- Cobaw Community Health
- Cohuna District Hospital
- Echuca Regional Health
- Inglewood District Health
- Kerang District Health
- Kyabram District Health Service
- Kyneton District Health
- Macedon Ranges Health Services
- Maldon Hospital
- Mallee Track Health and Community Services
- Manangatang District Hospital
- Maryborough District Health
- McIvor Health and Community Services
- Mt Alexander Hospital
- Northern Districts Community Health
- Robinvale District Health
- Rochester and Elmore District Health Service
- Sunraysia Community Health Services
- Swan Hill District Health
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