Case Studies

State of Victoria Uses TrakCare to Improve Community Healthcare

In the Australian state of Victoria an A$360 million project called HealthSMART is under way to refresh and replace existing information and communication technology across the Victorian health system. The goal is to create an integrated statewide information system that will improve healthcare quality, efficiency, and outcomes for a population of over 5 million.

TrakCare Brings Electronic Patient Record to Residents in theMountains of Italy

The local health authority (Authority), of Valle d’Aosta, in the mountainous northwest corner of Italy, provides medical services to approximately 118,000 residents in 74 towns.

Organized into four districts, it manages two hospitals (Viale Ginevra and Beauregard, with 436 beds and 40 outpatient positions) and a clinic (15 beds, eight outpatient positions) in Aosta, the regional capital. In addition, multispecialty ambulatory care facilities are distributed among the region’s districts. Overall, in one year the Authority handles approximately 50,000 emergency room episodes and 22,000 hospital admissions. Ambulatory services amount to approximately 220,000 visits per year.

Rapid Deployment of TrakCare Yields Immediate Benefits for United Family Hospitals and Clinics

United Family Hospitals and Clinics (UFH), based in Beijing, China, is the operator of 12 hospitals and clinics. With plans for expanding its network of healthcare facilities throughout China, UFH needed more from a healthcare information system (HIS) than its current solution could provide.

St George’s Hospital Gets on the ‘FastTrak’ to Electronic Patient Records

Had St George’s Hospital intentionally set about to trial the integration capabilities of InterSystems TrakCare™ Web-based healthcare information system, it probably could not have devised a more strenuous test than the New Zealand government’s mandatory integration requirements.

Santiago’sWestMetropolitan Health Service Improves Care Delivery for 1.2Million PeopleWith TrakCare

West Metropolitan Health Service (Sistema de Salud Metropolitano Occidente – SSMOc), part of Chile’s National Health Service, operates 20 facilities responsible for the health and wellbeing of 1.2 million people in the western area of Santiago. As part of Chile’s effort to reform a public healthcare system that was becoming increasingly inefficient and costly, the government passed laws (Acceso Universal con Garantias Explicitas – AUGE) guaranteeing healthcare service levels for all citizens, financial protection for people with certain acute or chronic conditions, and a focus on prevention.