How to go live with a $124m EMR in three hospitals in the middle of a pandemic

It is good to read about the evolution of this Melbourne project from the Royal Children's Hospital. This report emphasizes the stress related to the implementation of complex EMRs into the clinical environment and the need for adaptability for ALL, including the system itself, is critical for success. A similar process and the lessons learned were reported on the use of an Open Source EMR in the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone and the Boston marathon disaster. Dr Jonathan Teich, Harvard University, wrote on how to manage these crises with one word: "preparedness". He continued, "When disasters strikes, the medical team needs to know what will happen when patients start arriving. They need to know where patients will be, have access to the resources they’ll need and be prepared for fluid situations.“It’ s important to avoid confusion and get everyone up to speed." This would sem to have happened in Melbourne.