Nurses taking a leadership role in the adoption of communication and informations systems.
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lead story
eHealth....bring it on...Nursing is ready!!
Irmajean Bajnok
It is evident as we wrap up the fourth phase of the Nursing and eHealth Project, funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, that we have effectively increased the nursing profession's understanding of and full participation in Ontario's eHealth Strategy and supported nurses to take a leadership role in the adoption of communication and information systems in all health-care settings.
The project team has embarked on a number of important initiatives throughout this year.
Central East LHIN Plans to Standardize Computerized Clinical Documentation
Alison Mahony
The nine hospitals of the Central East Local Health Information Network (CE LHIN) have developed a vision to share a single health information system (HIS).
On April 2, 2009, a group of nursing leaders from across the CE LHIN met to discuss the HIS consolidation initiative.
Ontario's Critical Care Information System - Supporting resource utilization management for critical care units
Susan Sarvas RN
Ontario's Critical Care Information System (CCIS), a key initiative of the provincial Critical Care Strategy, is a real-time performance measurement system that supports resource utilization management for critical care units and Critical Care Response Teams.
It enables the electronic collection of hospital and patient-specific critical care data across the province, which is used to generate real-time and historical reports on indicators including bed occupancy, delayed discharges, readmission rates, and outcomes.
Nursing IT Workgroup Promoting eHealth at Sunnybrook
Farah Khan Choudhry
At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a group of committed staff nurses meet on a monthly basis to advance nurses' knowledge of information technology.
The "Nursing Information Technology Workgroup" is a sub-group of the corporate Nursing Council.
RNAO
and Canada Health Infoway (CHI) - Nursing Peer to Peer Strategy
The eHealth Project team wishes to acknowledge Margaret McCormack, RN, BScN, eHealth Champion, formerly Manager, Health Informatics at Lakeridge Health, and currently Clinical Health Informatics Manager at the Scarborough Hospital, for all her assistance in the Canada Health Infoway (CHI) Nursing Peer to Peer Strategy.
Bayshore Home Health: PDA/Tablet Initiative. A Year in Review
Tanya Baker
Bayshore Home Health has completed a review of lessons learned through our tablet project, a leading eHealth initiative in the home care sector.
As we move into the second year and phase of the project, nurses are excited about our next steps. In an effort to reduce workload, increase efficiency and job satisfaction, we are working towards receiving and sending secure client information via tablets at point of care.
eHealth must deliver the right information and tools, right at our fingertips
Nancy Ledebre
Wendy Gifford
SEHC is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization at the forefront of community health care. Building on a century of experience, we strive to deliver expert care and enlightened solutions that are informed by research, enabled by technology and delivered with compassion.
One of our key corporate strategies is to leverage technology to generate knowledge which advances health outcomes.
E-Health for Friends of Hospice Ottawa
Holly Watson
On Thursday Feb 12, 2009, I was fortunate to attend the eHealth Champion Network Workshop in Kingston.
Since the introduction of the internet for general use in the nineties, I have been amazed by the rapid development of electronic systems for health care records management.
Promoting Interprofessional e-Learning in Long Term Care
Ria Spee
Raina Minler
The purpose of this article is to highlight the ways one organization employed computer technology to identify inter-professional staff learning needs and to describe the positive response of staff to using e-learning to meet core competencies at the Veterans Centre of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
In 2007, the Veterans Centre (VC) of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre voluntarily submitted themselves to the MoH Facility Standards for LTC for the province of Ontario.
Key Messages
Successful 1st and 2nd Stage eHealth champion workshops
Tanya Santo
The RNAO Nursing and eHealth team is extremely pleased to announce that we now have over 450 eChampions who have attended a Stage 1 eHealth workshop.
We have had tremendous feedback from our eChampions who have truly benefited from attending the eHealth workshop and participating in the eChampions Network teleconferences. This is very evident in the work of the many eChampions featured in this edition of eHealth for Every Nurse newsletter.
eHealth Toolkit
Tanya Santo
The RNAO Nursing and eHealth project team is excited to announce that the RNAO eHealth Toolkit is in the final stages of production and will be made available in early June 2009!
This eHealth toolkit will provide a user friendly, evidenced- based reference for nurses and other health professionals taking a leadership role in integrating eHealth technology into nursing and other health-care practices within their organization.
Street Nursing Outreach (SNO) Online/Intouch: a Virtual Community of Practice for Street and Outreach Nurses
Sally Binks
A community of practice is formed by a group of people for the purpose of working collaboratively in a shared domain of interest.
The mission of this online community of practice is to provide a safe and accessible environment for nurses who work with homeless and underhoused populations in order to share common interests, and explore and address shared issues or concerns so that they can improve the health of their clients.
'Technology Drill Down' days at The Ottawa Hospital: An end user Engagement Strategy
Julie Latreille
Marlene Ghattas
Anne Gilchirst
Dr. Kathryn Momtahan
The Technology Drill Down (TD2) process engages front line staff in the discussion of appropriate technologies that could increase efficiency in the delivery of care and safety at the bedside.
The TD2 exercise asks participants to identify their current state processes, brainstorm their future desired state processes and identify technologies that could help to close the gap between the two.
A Community Hospital's Electronic Journey: Nurses and Clinic Scheduling
Carol Cooke
Quinte Health Care (QHC) is a hospital corporation in South-eastern Ontario that provides outpatient clinic services to patients at its four sites.
In 2006, a project was developed to introduce Meditech Community Wide Scheduling to all sites.