Experience understanding the clinical environment
osTechnology have built a solid reputation in research, developing the best decision support system and being involved in all aspects of clinical decision support development. This comes through over 3 years of solid intensive clinical system studies, design and evaluations. Now in 2008 osTechnology plan on commercializing their clinical technology solutions and release a product line.
Client
The Canterbury Hospital Emergency Department
Project
Provision of secure data warehousing and database services.
Description
Antibiotic study: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influenced follow up compliance following discharge from the emergency department. This served to highlight the role and importance of effective discharge documentation and communication between emergency departments and primary care providers. This study can be found at Emergency Medicine Australasia 2005; 17: 450-456
Client comment: “ osTechnology proved their success understanding clinical requirements for documentation and ethical considerations. Their knowledge of clinical infrastructure services and underlying capabilities ensured the research project was completed in a timely and efficient manner”
Client
Western Area Health Service (Research Project)
Project
Online based survey, infrastructure, ethics and security compliance, database storage.
Description
National Emergency Department IT survey. This study required the survey of every Emergency Department in Australia. There was considerable emphasis on security and confidentiality. This involved undertaking threat modelling analysis to map out the data flow and storage capabilities. We also performed security penetration testing on the database and web platform, submitting multiple entries of garbled data and running live tests to simulate various data entry scenarios.The result of the study was a robust survey which met strict health confidentiality information compliance and captured valuable survey data across Australia.
Client comment: “osTechnology’s ability to meet stringent ethical committee requirements of user confidentiality and security ensured our success presenting the study in Canada 2006”
Client
Health Communication Network (HCN)
Project
Customisation to HCN hospital based content management system.
Description
Rapid implementation of content management system. This allowed the large majority of leading hospitals access to their own individual personalized content for staff and users to access. The project enabled HCN to leverage off its core search technology platform and provide integrated solutions for customers across Australia. Our dedicated quality assurance meant flawless implementation and a system which HCN could extend to various other sectors.
Client comment: “osTechnology was able to demonstrate an understanding of my business needs and goals. You will appreciate how the team at osTechnology are easy to deal with, responsive, able to meet tight deadlines and most importantly, they are technically competent.
Client
Primary Healthcare & Health Communication Network
Project
Web Content Management System and data conversion
Description
Primary Health Care Limited provides a comprehensive range of services and facilities to general practitioners, specialists and other health care providers who conduct their own practices and businesses at its medical centres, licensed day surgeries, specialist and dental clinics. We were involved with the provision of a content management system and customization of the hospital search platform.