13 DHBs to implement Finance, Procurement and Information System

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13 DHBs to implement Finance, Procurement and Information System

Thursday, 23 September 2021

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NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Five DHBs have transitioned to the national Finance, Procurement and Information System (FPIM Oracle), five are due to go-live by mid next year and another three have decided to use the system.

Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, West Coast, Waikato and Southern DHBs are live and Taranaki, Counties Manukau, Waitemata, Auckland and Northland are in progress to implement by July 2022, although the latest Covid-19 outbreak means there may be some delays.

These 10 DHBs cover 80 per cent of the New Zealand population.

Four shared services entities; NZ Health Partnerships, HealthSource, HealthAlliance and the Northern Region Alliance, are also live with FPIM and Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa will also be implementing the national system.

Previously called the National Oracle Solution (NOS), work on the programme was suspended in 2018 then scaled down and renamed the FPIM in 2019. This followed the release of an independent review by Deloitte detailing the challenges facing the project that had led to major delays and cost overruns.

The NOS was intended to replace all 20 DHBs’ finance and procurement systems, FPIM will now be delivered to 13 DHBs.

A new Health System Catalogue (HSC) is also being implemented at all DHBs. Work on the catalogue has started, and the foundation phase is underway and is targeted for completion by July 2022.

A September update from the Transition Unit says, “the HSC is a single, integrated and always up-to-date catalogue of uniquely identified and clearly described products and supporting information and a spend data repository, reporting and analytics.

“It will enable digital engagement with suppliers, better information for hospital purchasing staff, improved purchasing, and reliable and comparable data to support national-level procurement and supply chain data and insights.”

Deputy director general, data and digital and FPIM Oracle senior responsible owner, Shayne Hunter says, “the FPIM Oracle and HSC programmes are laying solid foundations to benefit patients, the health system and taxpayers in step with the Health and Disability System reforms”.

The programme is led and governed by the Ministry of Health and delivered by NZ Health Partnerships.