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“The right information to the right people, at the right time.”
August 6th, 2013, Volume 1, Issue 10
GO-LIVE SPECIAL EDITION
Providence Care is preparing to implement a new system that will change how medical information is captured, recorded and shared across our organization. Our new electronic Patient Record (ePR) system will help us provide safe, high quality care and services to our patients, clients and residents. The ePR will mean real-time, point-of-care information is available to clinical staff.
This special edition highlights the functionalities for milestones 1 & 2 only. More functionalities will be added as we reach future milestones in early 2014.
Implementing the ePR is a “journey”
Every staff member with an ePR system login will be able to:
Implementation of a system of this complexity and size across our whole organization will be a journey – it will not happen all at once. For the past two years, our ePR team and many others at Providence Care have been involved in preparing for the shift to an electronic patient record. We will be “turning the system on” in stages through the fall of 2013.
The first milestone is September 25th, when we Go Live at St. Mary’s. The second milestone is Fall/ Winter 2013, when we Go Live at MHS and Providence Manor.
• Access a single, confidential, computer-based patient record • Access the ePatient Record from any computer, at any time, on any computer at Providence Care and simultaneously by multiple users • Continue to do all current work done in MEDITECH in the new system • Have access to timely and relevant information: o Patient chart review from Providence Care including: - Current and historical patient information - Some nursing documentation (i.e. vital signs, heights, weights and allergies) - Physical and discharge summaries - Laboratory and Radiology orders and results - Medication Administration Record and medication orders - Quick view of patient level information ( e.g. allergies, height/weight, registration/contact information) - KGH and HDH lab and radiology results, transcribed reports, and scanned documents posted to the record post discharge • Access web links and e-library services directly from the desktop
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