The program board overseeing the roll-out of the South Island Patient Information Care System (SI PICS) is aiming at a revised date of August 31 to go live at Christchurch and Ashburton hospitals, having slightly delayed the implementation from its original target.

SI PICS, which is being built by Orion Health and was trialled at Burwood Hospital's outpatients and community clinics, will eventually be rolled out to all five South Island DHBs. It went live in Burwood's inpatient wards in March last year and at Nelson Marlborough DHB in May 2018.