We had to chuckle at a cheeky comment on our top story this week on the riches raining down on Melbourne's Parkville precinct, where after the disappointment of last year a consortium of three hospitals came up trumps in this week's state budget to the tune of $124 million to roll out an EMR.

While no one mentioned the E word you can be assured that the vendor is Epic, as the business case for funding was built to mirror the successful implementation at the neighbouring Royal Children’s Hospital and the long-held plan has always been to have a precinct-wide EMR. The executive director of the Parkville EMR project is Jackie McLeod, who led the roll-out at RCH.