Articles and updates from the Clinical & Systems Transformation project.
Are you curious what it’s like to flip the switch and go live with a clinical information system?
Then make an appointment to listen to this new CST audio podcast featuring Dr. Eric Grafstein, the CST project's Chief Medical Information Officer for VCH/PHC.
As a health professional for more than 17 years, Corrie Irwin understands the clinical benefits of electronic patient records – a key component of the Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) project. But when Corrie’s mother was recently hospitalized, she got a whole new perspective.
The Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) project is proud to present a new audio podcast, The Doctors Are In.
In our pilot episode, Dr. Eric Grafstein, the project's Chief Medical Information Officer for VCH/PHC, has a candid conversation with Dr. Phil Shin, North York General Hospital’s Chief of Medicine and Medical Director of Critical Care, about his hospital’s implementation of a new clinical information system, which began in 2012.
In a room filled with physicians, nurses, allied professionals and pharmacists, the future of health care is starting to come into focus.
As part of ensuring that our new clinical information system (called CST Cerner) will work for us, health professionals from across VCH, PHSA and PHC are being brought together to take a close look at system functionality. They're also giving invaluable feedback on the workflows that will become part of our future.
Tiffany Trownson has a personal stake in the Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) project. She experienced the nightmare of sepsis firsthand, and lived to tell the tale.
“My mother worked in the hospital my whole life,” says Tiffany. “We had this policy in the house that you never go to emergency if you have the flu.”
The Vancouver Pharmacy Production Centre (VPPC) was officially opened yesterday, marking a major milestone for health care providers across VCH, PHSA and PHC and a big step forward for the Clinical and Systems Transformation (CST) project.
Why better data will lead to better patient care, according to Dr. Charles Lo, an anesthesiologist at St. Paul's and Mount St. Joseph hospitals.
"What the project promises for us is the opportunity to collect meaningful and high quality data, and I think that is really the next frontier in terms of health care improvement.”
Not sure what the Clinical & Systems Transformation project is all about?
Watch this two-minute animation to learn more.
Cindy Sellers has given nearly 40 years to VCH as a nurse and manager of the Sea to Sky sites.
Learn why she's looking forward to the changes that will be brought about by the Clinical and Systems Transformation (CST) project.
Get a look at the future of medication administration in this video, which goes through the clinical process of closed loop medication management.
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