eCE Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Supports (2014-2022)

*New version available on the community portal through Evidence2Practice Ontario

*New Evidence2Practice Ontario version available on the community portal

*New Evidence2Practice Ontario version  available on the community portal

*New Evidence2Practice Ontario version available on the community portal

The Preventative Care toolbar has been designed to help identify and flag patients who are due for preventative care screening. Indicators on preventative screening will be visually flagged by colours, and the screenings include paps, mammograms, FOBTs, colonoscopies, and BMDs. All functionality can be combined with an already existing toolbar.

Developed by East Wellington Family Health Team

Now available in TELUS PS Suite, the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) Falls Prevention tool is designed to support primary care clinicians and other interprofessional team members prevent and manage falls among people aged 65 and older living in the community. Our goal is to help standardize documentation and support primary care providers in integrating falls prevention into practice. 

Our Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) custom form identifies potential risk factors and guides clinicians through the process of identifying, diagnosing and managing patients with CKD.

Created in consultation with the Ontario Renal Network (ORN)

The Opioid Management toolbar supports clinicians to conduct a complete assessment and provide a tailored management plan that incorporates the patient’s goals while adhering to current best practices in providing improved pain and opioid management overall. 

Based on the National Pain Centre’s 2017 Guidelines for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Our Osteoporosis custom form supports clinicians with early identification and management, enabling them to assess a patient’s risk for fracture using current guidelines, as well as the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX).

Clinical content adapted from 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in Canada and the 2015 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Frail Elderly

The Palliative toolkit has been adapted from the Gold Standards Framework and assists clinicians in the earlier identification of patients nearing the end of life who could benefit from a palliative approach to care. Key features include a Surprise Question prompt, decision support in assessing palliative needs, patient goal planning, access to information about community supports, and more.

Endorsed by the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Regional Program, Early Identification & Prognostic Indicator Guide

The goal of the C.O.R.E Low Back Pain tool is support clinicians with targeted assessment and management, and includes integrating the identification of mechanical patterns for low back pain into patient history questions, revised psychosocial yellow flags section, which includes questions and hints for providers to help identify patients who are at higher risk for developing chronicity, and more.

Clinical content has been adapted from guidelines such as  the Centre for Effective Practice – Clinically Organize Relevant Exam (C.O.R.E) Back Tool, and aligns with the HQO Quality Standards for Low Back Pain

The Hypertension Management tool provides the opportunity to document and analyze historical value ranges for past vitals and lab work, review various lifestyle risk factors and promote self-management. Printable handouts are integrated to provide patient education, patient/provider discussion starters, and self-management support for health behaviour change.

Developed in collaboration with CorHealth Ontario in accordance with current Hypertension Canada clinical best practice guidelines

The Chronic Disease Manager decision support tool supports detection, management and treatment of diabetes and hypertension among patients in primary care.

The tool addresses the incidence of comorbidity and the goal is to reduce redundancies by having one central tool to document and manage multiple chronic conditions. Currently, the tool addresses Diabetes and Hypertension, with the eventual goal to include additional conditions. 

 Based on the 2018 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour (C-CHANGE)