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Below is an article from the Advertiser today.

Of relevance is the SA Government's decision to stick with the EPAS software (albeit a fundamentally reconstructed version) provided by Allscripts, to be renamed 'Sunrise'.

Good luck to the Government if it believes that failed software could be fundamentally reconstructed and rolled out by next year and within the existing $421 million budget.
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Controversialpatient record system EPAS to be scrapped and remade under new name Sunrise

South Australia’s troubled electronic medicalrecords system will be scrapped and “fundamentally reconstructed” after a reviewfound the program was poorly implemented and locked out clinicians.

The controversial Enterprise Patient AdministrationSystem (EPAS) will continue to use the same software, Sunrise, created byvendor Allscripts, and is set to be called Sunrise.

Health Minister Stephen Wade said the revampedsystem — which will put clinicians and Allscripts at the forefront of theimplementation and rollout process — would initially be rolled out at RoyalAdelaide Hospital and the Mt Gambier Hospital.

Health Minister Stephen Wade said therevamped system would be initially rolled out at the RAH and the Mt GambierHospital. Picture: Matt Turner

“While there are limitations with the Allscriptsproduct, the bigger issues were with the configuration and the implementation,”he said.

He said the rollout of the Sunrise software at theRAH and Mt Gambier would be completed next year, and within EPAS’ $421 millionbudget.

It’s unclear what the total cost of rolling out thesoftware throughout the state will be, but more than $320 million has alreadybeen spent on EPAS.

EPAS was already fully rolled-out in a range of GPcentres the Port Augusta, Queen Elizabeth and Noarlunga hospitals, theHampstead Rehabilitation Centre and parts of the Flinders Medical Centre whenthe rollout was halted last year. SA Salaried Medical Officers Associationchief executive Bernadette Mulholland said clinicians were “burnt” by EPAS.