Page 1470 - Week 04 - Thursday, 12 April 2018

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Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) (a) The payment to AGFA Healthcare Australia was for 100 per cent completion milestones of hardware delivery and software licensing for the new ACT Health Integrated Diagnostic Imaging System (IDIS).

(b) The payment to Orion Health was for maintenance and support for clinical software used by ACT Health for the period 1 January to 30 June 2018. This software includes Clinical Portal (used by most clinical staff to access clinical applications and provide a summary view of a patient’s clinical information) and Rhapsody (an integration engine used to pass data between a range of clinical and administrative systems).

(c) The payment to Westpac Banking Corporation was a quarterly bulk superannuation payment for the Visiting Medical Officer’s (VMOs) for the period October 2017 to December 2017.

(2) ‘Other receivables’ is the title of an account code. In this particular instance, this was a coding error and has been rectified for all future payments.

Government—notifiable invoices
(Question No 1035)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 23 March 2018:

(1) In relation to the notifiable invoices register for January 2018, what is the purpose of the grants paid to (a) MRCF Pty Ltd and (b) Wellways Australia Limited.

(2) What are the contractual arrangements with each company.

(3) What further amounts are to be paid to each company under its contract.

(4) What are the expected or anticipated outcomes from these contracts.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) (a) The amount paid to MRCF Pty Ltd is part of an agreement between ACT Health and MRCF. The MRCF is an investment collaboration established in 2007 to support Commonwealth and state governments and universities in Australia to commercialise innovations. This agreement provides a mechanism to assist research organisations in the ACT (including universities and ACT Health) to fund early-stage research discovery commercialisation.

(b) The grant paid to Wellways Australia Limited (Wellways) is for the provision of:

A centre-based, sub-acute, 24 hour step up/down supported accommodation and outreach program for adults (five beds) including; a minimum of 1,095 supported occupied accommodation days per annum; and a minimum 150 transitional support hours provided to people exiting the accommodation per annum.


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