Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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Hospital ushering in new computerized technology By Mark Ribble LEAMINGTON — Hospitals across the country are migrating to a new way of keeping records, charts and diagnostics and Erie Shores HealthCare is among the leaders in that charge. The new system is called e-VOLVE,
which is a totally computerized hospital information system. It will take the hospital from the traditional paper-based documentation to a computer-based documentation. “We are the first hospital in the Erie-St. Clair LHIN to go live with e-VOLVE,”
said Kristin Kennedy, Vice President of diagnostic results and other things that Patient Services and Chief Nursing Ex- would traditionally be done on paper. “It will provide enhanced care, built ecutive for ESHC. around best practices There has been about standards,” said Kenne18 months of preparation “It will provide dy. and more than 250 people enhanced care, built The system will be able will be involved in helping around best practices to produce shift reports ESHC go live on Sunday, standards.” for doctors and nursing September 27. — Kristin Kennedy staff, as well as flagging “It may take a little loncertain symptoms the ger for us to provide your care, or book appointments while we patient is experiencing during their stay. learn. Please be patient with us as we The entire hospital will be running with adjust,” said Arms Bumanlag, Director e-VOLVE as of Sunday. “ Some things about how we provide of Public Relations for ESHC. “Our staff has been working around the clock and care will look different and it may take a little longer as we adjust,” added Buthis is a massive change for ESHC.” Portable computer stations will re- manlag. “We are doing this to improve place typical things like patient charts, care in our community.”
Erie Shores HealthCare staff gather around one of the new e-VOLVE computers in the operating room, as they learn the new technology, which goes live on Sunday, September 27. Submitted photo
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