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RHH’s new digital medical records system

Royal Hobart Hospital has completed a $1 million conversion of patient records to a fully paperless digital medical record (DMR) system. Since July, all new patient information has been recorded on the DMR, which is capable of scanning 60,000 pages a day. The system stores and manages each patient’s medical history, which is available to staff throughout the hospital.

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