Please click here to download the PDF.

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Highlights:

• Designed to assist PCPs in the early identification of patients nearing the end of life and/or who could benefit from a palliative care approach
• Follows the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Regional Program Early Identification & Prognostic Indicator Guide (“Would you be surprised if the patient were to die within the next year?”)
• Provides easy billing for a palliative visit (K023) and details additional bonuses
• Local resources are provided that are appropriate for the current Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) phase of the patient
• Available for Telus PS Suite EMR
• For more information contact Justin Wolting at justin.wolting@ehealthce.ca

Following the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Regional Program Early Identification & Prognostic Indicator Guide, adapted from the Gold Standards Framework (GSF), the Palliative EMR toolkit was developed to assist primary care providers (PCP) in earlier identification of patients nearing the end of life, who could benefit from a palliative approach to care.

Prompted by the Surprise Question, based on general and specific indicators detailed in the GSF (i.e. “Would you be surprised if the patient were to die within the next year?”), the PCP is provided decision support in assessing the palliative needs of the patient and is then provided with the appropriate Waterloo Wellington resources, relative to the patient’s current Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) phase.

Examples of resources available within the Palliative Care Tool:

• Patient goal planning
• Local referrals to hospice services
• LHIN resources
• Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)
• Conversation guides
• Community supports

In cases where the patient’s current needs would not be fulfilled through the palliative approach to care, the PCP is provided with Advance Care Planning tools that allow them to customize a reassessment date where the Surprise Question can be asked again.

Billing

The Palliative Visit Form (Image on the right) provides a framework for PCPs to properly document and bill palliative visits in a variety of scenarios. Billing can be as simple as documenting a K023 for an office palliative visit greater than 20 minutes. More complex visits, such as house visits with added special visit premiums, can also be documented.

Additional incentives, such as the Special Premium Bonus for having 4 or more patients with a billed K023, are also detailed within the tool.

The Palliative Care Toolkit is available in Telus Practice Solutions in two ways: As a button, added to an existing toolbar or as a stand-alone toolbar.

For more information on how to obtain the Palliative Care Toolkit please contact Justin Wolting

Email:

justin.wolting@ehealthce.ca

Did you miss our webinar on Virtual Care? We've includeded the presentation deck and video for Big White Wall that was featured in the presentation.

Description

Virtual care allows patients to securely connect with their health care providers online. In this presentation, the QBIC program will provide an overview of various online solutions, including Virtual Visits, PCVC, and Big White Wall, and how they can support both patients and providers in the region.

Download the PowerPoint presentation here.

Big White Wall Video

Have a question? Please email: meghan.brenner-burgoyne@ehealthce.ca or wendy.lang@ehealthce.ca

Did you miss our webinar on Leveraging Partnerships to Enhance Patient Care? We've included the presentation deck below!

Description

Effective use of digital health tools is key to ongoing process efficiency within the healthcare sector. The SCA program, in collaboration with our system and vendor partners, is increasing efficiency and improving access to care through the implementation of an innovative eReferral solution.

Download the PDF version of the presentation here.

Have a question? Please email: eReferral@ehealthce.ca

Did you miss our webinar on Standardizing Primary Care Information through the use of EMR tools? We've includeded the presentation deck below for you to review!

Description

Looking to demo an EMR tool that support clinicians with data quality clean up and then explain the clinical value for primary care providers and their patients.

Download the PDF version of the presentation here.

Have a question? Please email: disha.desai@ehealthce.ca

Join our WEBINAR for a live demo

For users interested in sending or receiving electronic referrals, join us for a demonstration of the Ocean eReferral solution. This webinar will walk you through the eReferral workflow from initiating an eReferral (in Practice Solutions EMR) to receiving and processing the referral.

Date: November 28th, 2018

Time: 12pm

Register: Please e-mail eReferral@ehealthce.ca

Please click here to download the PDF.

Visit the System Coordinated Access site by clicking here.

Digital Health Week is right around the corner! This year, Digital Health Week will be held from November 12th – November 16th.

The focus of Digital Health Week is to increase awareness and provide further education on the ways digital health is transforming health care. Increasing awareness about digital health provides further opportunities for collaboration and continued discussion about how our health care system can be more connected through digital tools and services.

To celebrate Digital Health Week, members of our eCE team will be hosting daily webinars.

Interested in signing up?  

Take a look at our webinar schedule and secure your spot today!

Webinar Schedule

Tuesday, November 13th

Title: Virtual care in WWLHIN: exploring innovative methods for healthcare delivery to support patient care

Description: Virtual care allows patients to securely connect with their health care providers online. In this presentation, the QBIC program will provide an overview of various online solutions, including Virtual Visits, PCVC, and Big White Wall, and how they can support both patients and providers in the region.

Date & Time: Tuesday, November 13th  2018 at 12:30pm-1:30pm

Wednesday, November 14th

Title: SCA Program and eReferral - Leveraging Digital Health Tools and Partnerships to Enhance Patient Care

Description: Effective use of digital health tools is key to ongoing process efficiency within the healthcare sector. The SCA program, in collaboration with our system and vendor partners, is increasing efficiency and improving access to care through the implementation of an innovative eReferral solution.

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 14th 2018 at 12:30pm-1:30pm

Thursday, November 15th

Title: Clinical Value of Standardized Primary Care Information Through the Use of EMR Tools

Description: Looking to demo an EMR tool that support clinicians with data quality clean up and then explain the clinical value for primary care providers and their patients.

Date & Time: Thursday, November 15th 2018 at 12:30pm-1:30pm

Registration: Please email communications@ehealthce.ca

Can’t make any of the scheduled webinars? We will be posting all webinar content on our blog following Digital Health Week!

We look forward to you joining us! If you have any questions, please email communications@ehealthce.ca

Please click here to download the PDF.