Metro South Health
# Metro South Health

Metro South Health is the provider of public health care in the Brisbane south side, Logan City, Redland City and Scenic Rim Region.

It has more than 13,000 employees and provides specialist health care to 23% of the Queensland population. Dr Stephen Ayre is the Chief Executive. Cameron Ballantine is the Chief Information Officer.

It runs 5 hospitals, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Logan Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Redland Hospital and Beaudesert hospital and a network of community health centres.

## Electronic health records

Princess Alexandra Hospital is the exemplar site for the implementation of the shared integrated electronic medical record solution for Queensland. It has established a patient administration system at all its hospitals and replaced the Auslab state-wide pathology system. Princess Alexandra Hospital was the first to be fully digitised. Observations and vital signs from patient monitoring devices are automatically uploaded to patient records.

