New review of iHealth system ‘Highly critical, even quite devastating:’ Health Minister
NANAIMO — The price tag for the much maligned iHealth system, which was being tested at three health facilities in the Nanaimo area, is going up.
The official review by Ernst & Young of the transition to the new electronic records keeping program at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Dufferin Place and Oceanside Health Centre was released Friday, Jan. 12.
The review said while it’s recommended Island Health continue with the program, it will cost at least $220 million to do so, up from the most recent price tag of $174 million, and possibly much more. Slightly more than $117 million has been spent so far.
Health Minister Adrian Dix, speaking to reporters at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Friday, said the review was “highly critical, even quite devastating of how the system was implemented here in Nanaimo and has been implemented on Vancouver Island.”