Posted on: April 24, 2024
Staff at VGH and RJH, and colleagues at Gorge Road Health Centre sub-acute units and South Island Surgical Centre, are encouraged to attend the IHealth World Café events on April 30 and May 1.
In the lead-up to Go-Live, the World Café is a great opportunity to ask questions, participate in demos, and learn about the upcoming IHealth activation through nine different themed “stations." (See list of stations below.)
Where and when is the IHealth World Café?
- VGH: Tuesday, April 30, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Cafeteria
- RJH: Wednesday, May 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the PCC Atrium
The events are co-hosted by the IHealth team and site leadership. Staff can enter a prize draw at each site for a chance to win a prize.
IHealth World Café Stations
Colleagues from Clinical Operations and Corporate Services (Clinical Informatics, Medication Safety, and Provider Education and Experience) will be available to provide information and answer your questions at these themed “stations":
IHealth 101
Learn about IHealth and how it will impact you and your colleagues, patients, and families. Ask questions about the purpose of IHealth, and discuss the expected benefits of activation/Go-Live for computerized ordering (CPOE) and other advanced functions of the electronic health record (EHR).
What to Expect at Activation
Find out what to expect at Go-Live at this station. Learn about “cutover", the process of transitioning patients' paper orders to the electronic ordering system. Preview what your first shift will look like, and find out how you can access support during Go-Live when you have questions or need help.
Professional Practice
Find out about changes to practice to make now and during your activation journey for greater success at Go-Live for electronic ordering (CPOE) and other advanced functions of the EHR. Learn how tools, processes, and standardization can support the transformation and delivery of safe and quality care for our patients.
Excellence in Quality and Safety (Medication Safety)
Learn about the "big picture", the "why" behind IHealth and the upcoming activation. Connect with leaders to ask questions, and find out how IHealth aligns with Island Health's strategic goals for improving staff and patient experience.
Barcode Medication Administration
Get a hands-on demo of medication bar code scanning, and learn how a closed-loop medication system looks in action, and how it can improve patient safety.
Provider Experience
Walk through the medical staff learning journey and get assistance registering for the Virtual Facilitated Classroom and In-Person Workflow Review Education sessions with the Provider Education and Experience team. And get your questions answered by the IHealth Medical Staff leads.
Nursing Unit Assistants
“Keep Calm and Clerk On." Get answers to your questions about the Nursing Unit Assistant's vital role with the care delivery team during and after Go-Live. Find out details on what will change for unit clerks and nursing unit assistants when electronic ordering and other new functions in the EHR go live.
Ambulatory Clerical Education & Workflow
Find out about the new tools being introduced to Ambulatory clinics and how the introduction of a centralized contact centre will support clerical workflows. See the tools up close, and understand what your education journey looks like.
Allied Health
Meet your Allied Health Informatics Team for informal demonstrations of what your practice looks like with CPOE in acute care. We are available to answer questions and help you learn what you can be doing right now to prepare for this transition.