Anaesthesia Information Management System

Details

Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) wishes to procure an Anaesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) that will be used for pre-assessment, planning and operating room processes through to post-operative care. This will allow the seamless transfer of data through the peri-operative journey to increase hospital efficiency, improve the patient experience, and improve patient safety.

What we need:
We need a turnkey solution including implementation and configuration of pre-operative, intra-operative and PACU modules at the same time. The software is expected to be installed on a device, preferably a touch screen device, attached to the current anaesthetic machine fleet i.e. we don’t need separate terminals.
The solution needs to satisfy CDHB’s requirements outlined in this document, with a focus on performance, portability, reliability, security and usability, with the ultimate aim of improving patient safety.

What we don’t want:
We do not want theoretical proposals about abstract or speculative approaches to improving health.
We do not want an acute pain module at this point in time.
We don’t require separate terminals. Ideally we want software on a touch screen device that can be attached to our current anaesthetic machine fleet.

What’s important to us:
We are looking for credible and established providers who have the capability and experience to implement and support us.
The provider should ideally have a good track record working and implementing in a Health context across Australasia and should have a long term view to providing services including local support within New Zealand.
Universal preoperative access to previous anaesthetic records to allow identification of prior difficulties encountered or adverse events is a key safety requirement.