Digital health

Dr Lee Woods RN PhD FAIDH - a Senior Research Fellow at the Queensland Digital Health Centre - shares her journey as a nurse and clinical informatics researcher who is working to bridge the digital skills gap in the Australian health workforce

A framework to evaluate the economic value of electronic medical record systems in hospitals has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

Implementing electronic medical records in Queensland hospitals led to a reduction in medication complications and hospital-acquired infections, and positively boosted hospital activity, a University of Queensland (UQ) study has found.