South Island Tertiary CPOE Update IHealth activation of CPOE at South Island Tertiary sites rescheduled to April-May 2024 The February-March 2024 activation of electronic ordering (i.e., Computerized Provider Order Entry, or CPOE) at RJH, VGH, Gorge Road Hospital and South Island Surgical Centre is being re-scheduled to April-May 2024. Exact […]
Read moreKey takeaways from the IHealth Regional Council meeting of Tues, Nov 14, 2023: – The issue causing the delay was discovered during testing. It could not have been foreseen and is due to Cerner/Oracle technical issues. – If we had proceeded with activation on the system as it was, it […]
Read moreIHealth activation of CPOE at South Island Tertiary sites rescheduled to April-May 2024 The February-March 2024 activation of electronic ordering (i.e., Computerized Provider Order Entry, or CPOE) at RJH, VGH, Gorge Road Hospital and South Island Surgical Centre is being re-scheduled to April-May 2024. A technical issue related to the […]
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Island Health’s third central monitoring system installed to support safe deliveries for moms and babies A woman in labour tries to catch a few precious minutes of sleep in the hospital room where she will eventually give birth. Just beyond the door to her room in the Labour and Delivery […]
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Medical staff can learn about training and support available to them for the IHealth activation coming to Victoria General Hospital, Gorge Road Hospital, South Island Surgical Centre, Royal Jubilee Hospital and a group of Ambulatory clinics in early 2024. The IHealth project team has developed “My IHealth Journey”, a single-page […]
Read moreLots of updates to learn about – check out the August version of the IHealth Update for Medical Staff here!
Read moreHighlights We are switching to electronic ordering in early 2024 Electronic ordering (computerized provider order entry, or CPOE) and a closed-loop medication system are targeted to go live at Victoria General Hospital (VGH), Gorge Road Hospital and South Island Surgical Centre in mid-February 2024 and at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) […]
Read moreThis update follows the March 16 memo about activation of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and a closed loop medication system at Victoria General Hospital (VGH), Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH), Gorge Road Hospital (GRH) and South Island Surgical Centre (SISC). VGH, GRH and SISC will go live in February 2024, […]
Read moreThis memo was circulated last week to medical staff at RJH and VGH: IHealth update: Timing set for CPOE activation at VGH/RJH (including GRH and SISC) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Following several months of detailed planning work, the IHealth team and senior clinical and medical leaders have agreed that […]
Read moreOur South Island MSA Quarterly Meeting is coming up next week, and we’re looking forward to having a great conversation with the IHealth team. We’ve submitted the following questions to them, which they’ll address at the meeting. If you have other questions, let us know or join the meeting. RSVP […]
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