CEO Update Monday 20 June 2016
Advance Care Planning – The plans of 670 Cantabrians are now shared electronically on HealthOne This is a New Zealand first, and possibly a global first as we strive to ensure a strong patient voice throughout the continuum of health care in Canterbury. With an Advance Care Plan stored in your secure electronic health record – HealthOne, it means that wherever you are in our health system – with your general practice team, or under specialist care in hospital, everyone knows what your wishes are for future health care and end of life care. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is the process of discussion and shared planning for future healthcare. It involves an individual, their family/whānau and health care professionals from throughout the system. ACP gives patients the opportunity to develop and express their preferences for future care, based on: »» their values, beliefs, concerns, hopes and goals, »» a better understanding of their current and likely future health, »» the treatment and care options available. In 2013 we started a programme of work to integrate ACP into our existing structures, three years later we are the first area in the country able to share plans electronically across the primary – tertiary care interface, via HealthOne, the shared electronic health care record
being used by a growing number of DHBs in the South Island. Each month another 40-50 ACPs are being added to HealthOne. There were fewer than 50 in June 2014, and there are now more than 670 stored in the system. Well done to general practice teams who are creating 80% of ACPs with their patients. There is national training in creating Advance Care Plans and more than 700 health professionals in Canterbury have completed the level one on-line training. Over half of all patients completing an ACP have cancer or heart disease. Since September 2014 when we started collecting data, there have been 641 hospital admissions involving patients who have Advance Care Plans. Importantly, most people with an ACP are dying in their preferred place. Of those with ACPs, only 18% are dying in hospital.
If you support older family members, or those with chronic conditions, you could encourage them to talk to their GP about developing an ACP while they are well. Advance care planning gives everyone a chance to say what’s important to them. It helps people understand what the future might hold and to say what treatment they do and don’t want. It can help people, their families and their healthcare teams plan for future and end of life care. Because it can be stored electronically in HealthOne families and healthcare providers – across our health system can quickly see what the person wants – particularly if they can no longer speak for themselves. More information, is available here. Our local ACP champions are Dr Kate Grundy and Jane Goodwin.
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