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Oroo WeklTlnes.Wednecsday, November 1,19 lj Durham Hospitals go 'Live' with integrated health system Patients across Durham Region are the real winners as the Region's hospitals launch a fully integrated elec-. tronic health care information network - the first of its kind <tinOntario. After more than two years of planning, the system starts 'rolling out' ta Decemnber. This process will continue over the next few months. The part- ner hospitals include Ajax and Pickering CGeneral Hospital; Memorlal Hospital, Bowmanville: North Durham Health Services (Port Perry and Uxbrldge); and Whitby General Hospitai Since 1989, Oshawa General Hospital has been using the system on its own; now the other hospitals in the Region will be joined on this system. The system links ahl the acute care hospitals in Durham allowing themi to share patient information. With an tategrated system, the objective is to electroni- cally bring together ail of the patient's health care informa- tion for those health care providers dlrectly lnvolved with care and treatmnent. "'Clnicans can get an Immediate and complete medical background, which helps them make decisions about la patient's care", explains Dr. Robin Davies, Chief of Staff at Oshawa General Hospital. "It means the health care team, be it the nurse, doctor, physiothera- pists, or other members can get access to any tests, diag- noses, or treatments on a need to know basis that the patient has received previ- ously in that hospital or any in the Region. This used to be a time-consuming process for members of the health care team, now we will be able to get this information more quickly and save our patients' Urne". Health care providers will have a complete and up-to- date patient history tacluding results of tests and x-rays, medication history, visits to other Durham hospitals, and a record of any allergies to medications. Patients will no longer have to repeatedly try to recaîl or explain informa- tion. "Our goal is better patient care. This will save patients' Urne and discomfort because we can minimize repeat tests and assessments". explains Tom Schonberg, President and Chief Executive Officer at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, and Chair of the projects' implementation planning committee. The system will provide one access point for al Durhamn Region hospitals. Costly duplication can be minimiÉzed, athough cost sav- tags are not the prlmary moti- vation for taitiating the pro- ject. As always, confidentiality of patient information is a pri- ority. Access to patient infor- mation will be controlled through a variety of security measures lncluding pass- words and tracking proce- dures. Policies and proce- dures are in place to deail with this important issue. "Only those health care providers wlth a 'need to know' will be authorized to access to a patients' record", explains Ray Biriggs, Regional Director of Information Systems for the Durham hos- pitals. Patients will be asked to provide their approval to allow their information to be shared amongst the hospitals in Durham. By providing their approval, patients willl be ensurtag their health care providers get quick access to their health recorhdspia Since 1994, Î,h optl l the Re ionve recognized the necessity I integrate thei 1r systems to allow the sharing of clinical Informa- tion. In the falI of 1996, the hospitals formally signed an agreement to proceed. The Durham initiative is the first Urne in Ontario that different hospital corporations at mul- tiple sites have joined to form such a partnersh'iP. Eventually, the goal is to include doctors Offices, cli- ics and other health care providers, and community health care Organlzatlons such as Durham Access to Care (formerly Dlurhamf Home Care), the Victran Order of Nurses, and Saint Elizabeth Health Care, aipd long term care facilities. It 15 anticipat- ed that Whitby M4ental Centre will also join this SYstem. This pro] ects five-year cap- ital cost Is estimated at $4- million whlch wlll be shared by ail the participating hospi- tals. A recently-released study by the University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey Business School and com- mlssioned by the Ontario Hospital Association has ldentlfted pro] ects lnvolvring information technology, such as the one in Durham, for special fundlng to assist hos- pitals in the ongoing restruc- turing process. By initlating this proj ,eet, the Durham hos- pitals are talng a vital step towards this ldentified need. 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ONTARIO Daesof Publication: Noveinà l9 & 26,1997 Marie P. Knight, C.M.O, CMM Il SDeputy Clerk Corporation cf the Municipality cf Clarington 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario Li C 3A6 Telephone: (905) 623-3379 P.O. #51171