Have Some Questions About Fiona Stanley Hospital? Maybe These Might Answer Them For You
The $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital
is the biggest health infrastructure project ever undertaken by the
State Government. To give you an idea of the size of the project, the
hospital includes 6,300 rooms, 4,400 timber doors, 36,000 light
fittings, 50,000 power outlets and 1,000 kilometres of power and
lighting cabling.
When will construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital be completed?
Practical
completion of Fiona Stanley Hospital took place on 6 December 2013, and
the hospital will begin opening in October 2014.
Fiona Stanley Hospital
is the most complex public tertiary health facility to be commissioned
in WA Health’s history, and the most complex in Australia. Opening a new
tertiary hospital on the scale of FSH is a significant task that
involves extensive testing of systems and processes at every operational
level. As with all projects of this size and complexity, challenges
need to be overcome and solutions tested.
Addressing
challenges with the information and communications technology (ICT)
will be one of the main priorities over the coming months. The October
2014 start date gives us sufficient time to test, trial and bed down all
systems and processes to ensure that we deliver the highest quality
patient care when Fiona Stanley Hospital opens its doors for patients.
What are the Information and Communication Technology issues?
Fiona Stanley Hospital
will be one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in Australia
and an unprecedented level of work is going into its digital and
information technology systems. The hospital will integrate a suite of
48 core systems into one hospital. On top of this there are a
significant number of smaller clinical applications. It also needs to
interface with the Facilities Manager, Serco, as well as connecting to
the State-wide system that the rest of WA Health uses. This involves
everything for the clinical, administrative and infrastructure systems -
including patient records and medication management, as well as
delivering new levels of patient care and convenience.
This
state-of-the-art technology will be delivered into every level of the
building – requiring 48 km of communications cabling across five main
buildings, covering 150,000 square metres.
As
patient safety is WA Health’s main priority, WA Health wants to take
the time to ensure that every service is thoroughly tested, trialled and
bedded down to ensure that we deliver the highest quality of patient
care when FSH opens its doors. WA Health is confident that FSH will have
a state-of-the-art ICT system when it opens in October 2014.
What is being done to resolve the issues?
A
strong team of people dedicated to this project is in place to overcome
any issues or challenges prior to opening. The staged opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital over six months will enable us to continue a rigorous testing process right up until the last service comes into operation.
How does the technology at Fiona Stanley Hospital differ from other hospitals?
Fiona Stanley Hospital
will be one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in
Australia. It will use state-of-the-art technology to deliver new levels
of patient care and convenience – from streamlining admission,
discharge, bookings and record-keeping to providing video links for
doctors and patients – right down to bedside entertainment systems.
For
doctors and nurses, that means everything they need to know about a
patient can be called up bedside on a single screen - patient records,
x-rays, scans, medication management and other vital medical information
right at their fingertips. For patients, that screen delivers
television, movies and the internet to their bed – as well as giving
them the ability to make video calls to family and friends outside the
hospital.
The
same system will streamline hospital administration to reduce
duplication and provide greater convenience for patients and staff. This
is technology that is already in operation at Albany Health Campus,
which is the first of the new generation of WA hospitals, and was opened
in May 2013.
How do we know the systems will work when the hospital is opened?
WA Health is making information and communications technology (ICT) at Fiona Stanley Hospital its
absolute priority over the coming months. To this end, an ICT test lab
will be set up in a training ward on the site. This will enable us to
test all of the services and programs required at Fiona Stanley
Hospital with WA Health staff in a real-life clinical environment.
The
Facilities Manager, Serco, has been invited to participate in the ICT
lab to test their systems and ensure they integrate with FSH. Every ICT
component will be tested, trialed, bedded down, and adjustments made if
necessary. We are confident that FSH will have a state-of-the-art ICT
system when it opens in October 2014.
What happens if I don’t know how to use all of the technology at Fiona Stanley Hospital?
Staff and volunteers will be available to help patients and visitors with the technology at Fiona Stanley Hospital, such as assisting with the Way-finder navigation system and Patient Entertainment Systems.
Being a paper-light hospital, what happens if the servers go down?
Like
most professional, large organisations, there will be full business
continuity and disaster recovery plans that will be enacted in the case
of any such interruptions.
Will this delay impact on other health infrastructure projects?
Absolutely not.
What parts of the hospital will be opened first? And last?
Please view our Opening Schedule for details about our hospital’s phased opening sequence.
When will the hospital be fully operational?
April 2015.
Is this delay anything to do with the Serco contract, or its operations?
No,
not at all. The Facilities Manager, Serco and the State are working
closely together to bring Fiona Stanley Hospital online. The
relationship, and the contract, is very strong.
How will the relationship between Serco and the government operate? Who will be the boss?
Fiona Stanley Hospital
is owned by the State, with the WA State Government responsible for the
provision of all clinical services to the public. Serco has been
contracted by the WA Government to deliver non-clinical services within
Fiona Stanley Hospital. WA Health and Serco Australia will be working
together under strict performance guidelines to ensure the highest
quality patient care.
If you are interested in keeping up to date with
whats going on at Fiona Stanley Hospital, visit their webpage http://www.fsh.health.wa.gov.au/ from where the above
information was fully sourced
