3.3.5 Ensure infrastructure and digital investment sustainability
Ensuring sustainability of digital investments by strategically selecting new systems, planning for the replacement of ageing assets and deploying technology to improve the overall equipment lifecycle management. Covering all asset categories from network infrastructure through to servers and end user computing.
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Optimise the management of applications, equipment and infrastructure lifecycle by aligning to the statewide modern infrastructure procurement and management frameworks. Examples of actions include:
Streamlined processes for decommissioning of legacy systems Evergreen ICT infrastructure, consumed as a utility Refined device management processes and tools Stronger connectivity and underling network and infrastructure Improved user experience opportunities across health facilities through better end points
Partner with eHealth NSW to leverage investments across commissioning activities Consider taking on procurement reform initiatives which will provide a better catalogue management capability, enhance contract management and sourcing lifecycle steps and improve the traceability of inventory items Consider consumption-based procurement of ICT Infrastructure as a way of reducing total cost of ownership, ensuring smart and savvy procurement Consider whether Wi-Fi coverage in all areas, including community health facilities, is matched to the required models of care, e.g.: ensure tablets for community care are equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities Consider moving away from individual clinical services procuring or maintaining their own system, to enhance reliability and security. This will require alignment with clinical services on roles and responsibilities Consider privacy and security requirements when assessing each As-a-Service offering Consider the impacts of transitioning from a capital to an operational expenditure model.
Northern Sydney LHD in partnership with eHealth NSW
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5.1 Align to the statewide modern infrastructure procurement and management frameworks
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Leveraging improvements to Health Grade Enterprise Network, including Wi-Fi improvements to health facilities
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► Aligning to statewide investments for the data centre reform ► Investigating “End Point As a Service” to provide evergreen end user compute including computers, mobile devices and printers. This also could include enhancing common desktop workspaces for staff to access emails and join videoconferencing calls
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Implementing modern device management capability, inclusive of mobile device management (MDM), bring your own device (BYOD) policies and standard operating environment (SOE) requirements Considering the use of As-a-Service application delivery as part of the application lifecycle to
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Reduced capital expenditure.
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strategically make decisions on the type of applications we should be maintaining.
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