Our team is hard at work getting ready for the upcoming upgrade to the MEDITECH system.
This means our work on change requests is limited at this time.
Urgent changes that impact patient safety or cause significant disruption to workflows will be addressed as needed.
CHANGE SUMMARY
Change
Change Date
Change Summary
Benefits
Review/Approval
Changes to Frostbite Protocol
Dec.
When the frostbite protocol is ordered by a physician the worklist will now reflex to include the interventions and assessments necessary to complete by the nurse.
Within these interventions and assessments are the instructions required for nursing: Hydrotherapy,[Sa1] Wound Care, and Frostbite Protocol
Decrease confusion for nursing
Provide continuity when following the frostbite protocol
PLC
NAHLC
IV Fluid changes – search function
Feb. 3
To better facilitate IV fluid ordering, all IV fluids are now compiled in a set named:
Nursing must search for the desired IV fluid under “New Sets[Sa2]” instead of “New Meds”.
Improves IV fuid ordering
P&T
PLC
Clarity on deferring / rescheduling / cancelling a case
Feb. 6
New workflow for deferring/rescheduling/canceling surgical cases established with OR booking
Increased clarity for scheduling and enhanced scheduling statistical reports
OR Manager
PCA changes
March. 6
Patient Controlled Analgesic (PCA) assessment will be been moved from the MAR to the worklist
A new Clinical Panel for PCA has been added. This will provide a place to easily view doses attempted vs. doses received - and is built to resemble the previous Pain Management Flowsheet
More intuitive for Nursing
Increase charting accuracy
NAHLC
Inpatient Committee
PLC
FOR INFORMATION
Item
Summary
Review/Approval
Medical Directives
Reminder: Medical Directives are all “order sets”.
When searching in PCS or EDM, the default search location is “orders”.
The nurse should click on “New sets” and then search their keyword (ie: MedDir or seizure) to gain access to the Medical Directive and protocol to implement
N/A
Discharging Scheduled Surgical Admits when OR Cancelled
New DC Dispositions have been added for Surgical Services. While these dispositions will be available to all users, they should only be utilized in the surgical services department
IN-OR Home (Surg Deferred)
IN-OR LTC (Surg Deferred)
Health Records
CNL
Manager
Surgical Services
Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP)
The CHIRPP Assessment has been relaunched in the Emergency Department of all 3 acute hospitals. The assessment populates the worklist based on the selected Chief Complaint. This data is collected and analyzed to improve the lives of all Canadians.
Nursing Leadership & YHC Corporate Leadership
If you encounter any issues or have any questions about these changes, please contact the 1Health support line at ext 8601 (internal) or (867) 393-8601 (external) or through JIRA http://yhsdkb:8080/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/create/6
