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RFDS LAUNCHES ORACLE CLOUD POWERED AEROMEDICAL EHR TO ENHANCE RURAL HEALTHCARE
The Royal Flying Doctor Service ( RFDS ), Australia ' s rural and remote health services provider , has launched a new nationwide Aeromedical Electronic Health Record ( EHR ) powered by Oracle Autonomous Database , running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ( OCI ), to streamline clinical information collection and analysis leading to faster and better decision-making by medical staff . By moving to the cloud , RFDS has reduced administrative workloads and lowered its data management costs by approximately 20 %.
One of the largest aeromedical organisations in the world , RFDS provides primary healthcare and 24- hour emergency services to those living in rural and remote Australia . The organisation performs 1,000 patient interactions a day and prior to moving to the cloud relied heavily on paper-based processes and disparate , standalone record management solutions . As a result , significant administration efforts , to keep patient records updated , are time-consuming to compile , frequently duplicated and challenging to manage . RFDS welcomed a unified , cost-effective data management system with a strong cybersecurity and data compliance posture to manage organisation-wide patient records .
" We are committed to bringing first-class healthcare and emergency services to people in the hard-toreach areas of Australia . By using Oracle Autonomous Database , we ' ve been able to digitise and consolidate our medical records systems . As a result , we have improved the accuracy , accessibility and security of information for better continuity of care ," said Ryan Klose , Chief
Information Officer , of RFDS . " In this journey , we are undertaking with Oracle , our destination is a fast , frictionless and comfortable healthcare experience for patients in the outback and remote Australia ."
" RFDS provides an incredible service to the Australian Outback , and we are honoured to collaborate with them on their innovative and digital health modernisation journey ," said Stephen Bovis , Regional Managing Director , Australia and New Zealand , Oracle . " The challenges of the pandemic have underscored the critical importance for healthcare organisations to have access to modern technologies and the capabilities they bring . Oracle ' s leadership in cloud and database offerings is the result of decades of innovation and the breadth of our portfolio puts powerful tools in the hands of our customers ." �
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