Theme 6. Using data to demonstrate value and improve quality of care
Presentation Details
- Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017
- Concurrent Session F
- Time: 11:45am-12:30pm
- Room:
- Style: Presentation (information provided to audience, with opportunity for audience to ask question)
- Focus: Balance between both (e.g. Presentation of a best-practice guideline that combines research evidence, policy issues and practical steps for implementation)
- Target Audience: Leadership (ED, clinical lead, board chair, board member, etc.), Clinical providers, Administrative staff, Representatives of stakeholder/partner organizations
Learning Objectives
- Learn how a large family health team adapted a program developed in a specialized clinical setting to meet the needs of primary care patients and providers
- Understand how EMR-integrated patient tablets are used to complete clinical assessment scales, automatically calculate scores, and update the patient chart
- Learn tips and tricks used to standardize program data entry and allow for quick, easy, single-search data extracts
- Hear creative ways to reduce barriers and increase patient comfort when using technology for data collection
Summary/Abstract The DAVINCI program is an integrated care pathway developed by CAMH to concurrently treat patients with a diagnosis of depression and alcohol use disorder. In this session, you will hear how the Hamilton FHT adapted the program to optimize delivery for a large primary care organization through a series of clinical and technical innovations. This includes introducing a shared care group format model and using the Ocean Tablet platform to improve patient experience and easily collect and manage large amounts of data - with real-time feedback to clinicians. You’ll get a detailed look at how the FHT developed and implemented an integrated care pathway for the 16-week program that can be easily repeated. You’ll also learn how the team at Hamilton FHT leveraged the Ocean Platform to administer bi-weekly assessment scales before the group session, automatically completing a series of complex algorithms that were not possible in the EMR. This data collection approach meant that the patient’s chart was updated in the EMR in real-time, thereby allowing the psychiatrist to review each patient’s results before seeing them. The presentation will cover the clinical, technical, and patient perspectives of the program innovations, and include a live demo of the data collection approach so that attendees can see it in action.
Presenters
- Jesse Lamothe, QIDSS, Hamilton FHT
- Brad Laforme, MSW, RSW, Substance Use Program Coordinator, Hamilton FHT
- Nadeem Akhtar, MBBS (Lond),MA (Cantab),MRCPsych(UK), Psychiatrist, Hamilton FHT
Authors & Contributors
- Sari Ackerman, Research Assistant, HFHT, sari.ackerman@hamiltonfht.ca