Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

We are talking about two different things. Undoubtedly, overall process flow and patient care will be improved by the rolling out of a full electronic health record. That will be a major system of record in hospitals, and it will start with the children's hospital. Our preference would be to roll that out more quickly and get it approved and funded. That is an ongoing discussion we are having with the Department of Health.

Innovation and individual point technologies that may assist are a separate issue. The access to the core medical record is about having a system of record. That relates to a major backbone investment. That investment is currently ongoing in the children's hospital. Outside of that, most emergency departments have had investment in computer systems. There is an element of computerisation, but it is not nearly the same thing as a digital record.