Almost 100 cases of patient harm have been linked to Queensland's new electronic medical record system in just over a year, including instances of patients being administered incorrect doses of drugs.

Key points: Documented cases include child given 10 times the amount of insulin they were prescribed and a patient administered morphine in milligrams, not micrograms

Documented cases include child given 10 times the amount of insulin they were prescribed and a patient administered morphine in milligrams, not micrograms One patient in severe pain was unable to be given pain relief because of a 'computer system failure'

One patient in severe pain was unable to be given pain relief because of a 'computer system failure' Queensland Health says the Integrated Electronic Medical Record (ieMR) is working well

On one occasion late last year, a child at Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane was mistakenly given 10 times the amount of long-acting insulin they were prescribed.

In other examples, a child at the same hospital was given incorrect morphine over the course of a day, an adult at the Mackay Hospital was mistakenly given more than double the required units of insulin and another patient at the Sunshine Coast was administered morphine in milligrams instead of micrograms.

These are just some of the 95 cases of harm linked to the new Integrated Electronic Medical Record (ieMR) system recorded by Queensland Health from January 2018 to April 2019 and obtained by ABC News after a Right to Information request.

Another incident at the Ipswich Hospital in January recorded a patient in severe pain who was unable to be given pain relief because of a "computer system failure".

Health documents state nursing staff were unwilling to administer any medication simply because the "computer system was down".

In another case, a patient was administered drugs due for another person.

Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said the ieMR is largely improving patient outcomes. ( ABC News: Tim Swanston )

The ieMR network replaces various paper-based clinical charts with one online platform and has been deployed across 16 hospitals with a further 14 to come online soon.

While the ieMR was documented to be a contributing factor in each case, Queensland Health said 45 instances were due to user error and 32 because the system was found to be "difficult to use".

Other contributing factors included poor communication, lack of training, missing documentation and inattention.

In March, the ABC revealed the Australian Medical Association secretly called on the State Government to halt the ieMR rollout over concerns about patient safety.

Departing Queensland Health director Michael Walsh was also recently recorded admitting the digital upgrade was "not perfect" but that he was forced to speak positively about it in public.

LNP Opposition spokeswoman Ros Bates has called for an investigation into ieMR. ( AAP: Darren England )

Opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates has now called for an immediate investigation.

"This is worse than the payroll debacle because this time patient care is at risk," she said.

"I really feel for the doctors, the nurses and — particularly now that we know there could be adverse outcomes — the patients who have been affected.

"It's clear the electronic medical record system is a shambles."

But Health Minister Steven Miles said the upgrade was largely improving patient outcomes.

"There has been a notable reduction in medication errors thanks to digital hospitals," he said.

"It also alerts clinicians of possible medication errors or incorrect dosages, something that couldn't happen using clipboards."

A 'new era of safety': Queensland Health

Queensland Health did not respond to the specific instances of patient harm but, in a statement, said the ieMR was working well.

Queensland Health has backed ieMR, saying it improves safety and patient outcomes. ( ABC News: Liz Pickering )

"ieMR represents a new era of safety, accountability and most important, improved patient outcomes," it said.

"It is a system that enables us to monitor, pinpoint and investigate issues more precisely and efficiently.

"We implemented ieMR to improve safety and patient outcomes across Queensland, giving doctors and nurses real-time information, accurate data with which to make the best clinical decision they can.

"Because of ieMR, we can better implement solutions to mitigate the risk of errors occurring again."

In September, several major hospitals operating the system experienced an outage.

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