The Patient - Sysmex New Zealand
The Patient - Sysmex New Zealand
The Patient - Sysmex New Zealand
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<strong>The</strong> Ministry of Health (MOH) in <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> continues to encourage<br />
the promotion of shared services<br />
between District Health Boards<br />
(DHBs) to reduce the long term<br />
operating cost to the NZ health<br />
sector. Canterbury DHB (CDHB)<br />
together with Taranaki DHB (TDHB),<br />
Nelson Marlborough DHB (NMDHB)<br />
and the Hawke’s Bay DHB (HBDHB)<br />
is an effective working model of<br />
such a Shared Services Network.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Configuration<br />
CDHB operate the Delphic Laboratory Information<br />
System (Delphic LIS). <strong>The</strong> CDHB Delphic LIS is on<br />
an IBM RS 6000 HA70 Unix platform (HACMP) using<br />
an Oracle Database. As part of the shared services<br />
environment, the system supports all of the CDHB<br />
laboratories as well as the laboratories operating<br />
within Nelson Marlborough, Taranaki and Hawke’s<br />
Bay DHBs.<br />
Canterbury DHB<br />
CDHB provide, plan and fund local public<br />
hospital and health services throughout the<br />
Canterbury region of the South Island of <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong>, serving an approximate population of<br />
480,000 people. Canterbury Health Laboratories<br />
(CHL) is an integral component of the DHB.<br />
CASE STUDY<br />
Case Study<br />
Multilab Shared Services<br />
LabAlliance, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
CHL is the largest and most well equipped laboratory<br />
in the South Island of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y provide<br />
laboratory services to the city of Christchurch<br />
and several regional hospitals and communities,<br />
as well as acting as a referral laboratory for other<br />
sites throughout the country.<br />
Nelson Marlborough DHB<br />
NMDHB provide an extensive range of services<br />
and managed patient facilities extending across<br />
the north of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>’s South Island, serving<br />
approximately 120,000 people.<br />
Laboratory services operate at both of the DHBs key<br />
hospitals i.e. Nelson Hospital and Wairau Hospital.<br />
NMDHB joined the Delphic LIS Shared Services<br />
Network at CDHB in February 1999.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shared Service Network<br />
benefits the Laboratory, health<br />
providers and ultimately,<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Patient</strong><br />
Taranaki DHB<br />
Canterbury Health Laboratory<br />
TDHB provide public health, medical, surgical, mental<br />
health, allied health, ambulance and primary<br />
health care services to the Taranaki region and<br />
approximately 106,000 people.<br />
Taranaki has two hospitals, Taranaki Base Hospital<br />
in <strong>New</strong> Plymouth and Hawera Hospital, with outlying<br />
health centres at smaller remote sites. TDHB joined<br />
the Delphic LIS Shared Service system at CDHB in<br />
January 2001.<br />
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CASE STUDY<br />
<strong>The</strong> LabAlliance Shared Services Network<br />
<strong>The</strong> diagram below shows the four DHBs included in the Shared Services Network. TDHB and HBDHB<br />
connect to the Wide Area Network(WAN) through a ‘Health Intranet’ funded the NZ Government.<br />
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board<br />
<strong>The</strong> HBDHB consists of a 400 bed hospital in<br />
Hastings and a number of health centres throughout<br />
the Hawke’s Bay region and the Chatham<br />
Islands. Serving an approximate population of<br />
146,000, the HBDHB provides hospital and community<br />
healthcare services, information and support<br />
services, health promotion and environmental<br />
protection services to the region.<br />
<strong>The</strong> HBDHB joined the CDHB Delphic MultiLab<br />
Shared Services Environment in April 2003, allowing<br />
them to provide quality laboratory services in a<br />
cost-efficient manner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Benefits<br />
By sharing the Delphic LIS application across a Wide<br />
Area Network (WAN), the four DHBs have reduced<br />
associated costs dramatically. Purchasing of hardware<br />
can be shared and software upgrade costs<br />
are effectively reduced by up to 50%.<br />
As TDHB , NMDHB and HBDHB utilise CDHB as a<br />
referral site, the Shared Services Network allows<br />
enhanced reporting efficiency for referred tests,<br />
thereby reducing turnaround times.<br />
Additionally there are obvious benefits to the patient<br />
care process. Each DHB can benefit from the ability<br />
to access cumulative patient information using<br />
a Clinical Information Reporsitory, such as Eclair<br />
(Electronic Clinical Information Repository).<br />
Overall, the Shared Services Network benefits the<br />
laboratory, the health provider and ultimately, the<br />
patient.<br />
Models such as that exemplified in the Lab Alliance<br />
Shared Services Network, assist not only in the<br />
reduction of long term operating costs to the NZ<br />
health sector, but also align themselves to the current<br />
MOH/DHB philosophy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shared Services Network<br />
offers dramatic cost savings to the<br />
provider and ultimately delivers<br />
Improved<br />
<strong>Patient</strong> Care.<br />
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