Page 1934 - Week 05 - Thursday, 16 May 2019
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(4) What assessment has been made as to the risk to patient health or safety as a result of instances of “orphan” data.
(5) What processes are in place to ensure there is no chance that “orphan” data may come into existence in future.
(6) Have there been instances of “orphan” data in any other department of any public hospital in the ACT; if so, in which departments and hospitals.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) (a) Since January 2017 there have been 10 “orphaned” studies (sets of images) that have required manual matching processes. All 10 studies have been successfully matched.
(b) A manual process is undertaken by the ICT team that supports the medical imaging system to investigate each image that is “orphaned”.
(c) The shortest period of time that it took to resolve an “orphaned” study was four minutes.
(d) The longest period of time that it took to resolve an “orphaned” study was three days.
(2) Often “orphaned” studies are created in time critical cases from the Emergency Department or post a Medical Emergency Team call where the scans are very urgent. During these circumstances’ images are commonly reviewed by the clinical team at the time the image is taken to assist with quick decision making for the specific patient.
(3) There were no instances of “orphan” images or studies on 22 March 2019.
(4) Work is actively and regularly done to ensure that there is no risk to patient health or safety as a result of “orphan” images. The ICT team that supports the medical imaging system have managed over 1.2 million studies or 275 million images over a 10 year period with the Siemens Radiology Information System.
(5) The thorough processes that have been in place continue to ensure that a minimal number of “orphaned” images or studies occur, and if they are to occur, that a minimal amount of manual intervention is required to address the “orphaned” image or study within a very tight timeframe.
(6) Data on the prevalence of “orphan” data is not routinely collected as it is managed on a case by case basis by individual system administrators.
Mental health—office for mental health and wellbeing
(Question No 2348)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Mental Health, upon notice, on 22 March 2019:
(1) How many FTE staff equivalents are employed in the Office of Mental Health and Wellbeing.
(2) What is the staffing structure by classification and FTEs in each classification.
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