Queensland Health's new finance and supply chain management system

Tabled Report 4: 2020–21

Tabled date

2020-09-23

Report year

2020-21

Health Information technology

Entities audited

Not identified in the published HTML audit scope.

Recommendations

1. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Health and the hospital and health services

   redesign the project governance and accountability frameworks to ensure clear and unequivocal accountability for project delivery

   The framework should ensure all designated parties take ownership of:

   • completing project readiness activities in a timely manner and to a specified quality (Chapter 4)
   • understanding change implications to their entities and updating local guidance (Chapter 4)
   • correctly identifying user roles and ensuring the right staff are trained at the right time (Chapter 4).

   The framework should clarify that a senior executive from the department should be the senior responsible owner throughout future whole-of-system projects. The department needs to take a governance-leadership role and should continue to include the HHSs in the design and implementation of whole-of-system projects (Chapter 4).

2. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Health and the hospital and health services

   undertake a cost-benefit analysis to determine when and how to progressively convert appropriate inventory storage locations to fully managed inventory locations, to provide real‑time insight into stock level and consumption (Chapter 5).

   This should include facilities to be utilised for the newly established state clinical stock reserve.

Authoritative report — Queensland Audit Office

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