What's Changing?
Advanced Cerner electronic health record capability is coming to ambulatory care at South Island locations. This IHealth activation will focus on:
- Standardization of registration and scheduling within the electronic health record (EHR)
- Implementation of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and bar-coded medication administration
- Implementation of electronic clinical and provider documentation
- Implementation of electronic ordering to document Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST).
The planned changes support the completeness of the patient chart in the EHR and will enable teams caring for patients in different centres to see important documentation related to their care.
To standardize ambulatory clinic processes, this digital transformation will include the following objectives:
- Eliminate unnecessary variation in work processes with adoption of electronic tools in a consistent way across ambulatory settings
- Identify opportunities for improvement in business processes or clinical care delivery and implement at scale to deliver on the strategic goals of the organization
- Understand and set criteria to identify when standardization is not the best option.
