With the implementation of the Integrated Electronic Medical Record (ieMR) there are significant opportunities to use the digital platform to improve the quality and efficiency of care for patients and provide solutions to important clinical issues. Digitising Patient Flow represents an opportunity to build on existing tools to identify delays to patient care.
Digitising Patient Flow – Phase one
Initiative Type
System Improvement
Status
Close
Added
31 August 2018
Last updated
14 October 2020
Summary
Key dates
Apr 2018
Jun 2018
Implementation sites
The scoping study delivered in Phase 1 was developed in partnership with the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH).
Partnerships
This project was initiated by the Service Improvement Team in HIU as well as teams involved in the development of Waiting for What (WfW) and Watching Our Waits (WoW), and the potential pilot site – the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Aim
The Digitising Patient Flow (DPF) Project aims to deliver information solutions to improve the flow of patients through public hospitals, leveraging existing tools, and converting and improving them in a digital environment. Phase one of the DPF project aimed to assess the need for and ability to digitise patient flow information, utilising data captured through integrated digital applications.
Benefits
- Embed a sustainable escalation and monitoring process for patients with delays in their care.
- Reduce risk of complications or adverse events associated with long stays.
- Improve patient and carer experience.
- Improve team communication, care planning and care coordination processes.
Background
In non-digital hospitals tools have been developed to assist clinical teams in the monitoring, management and early escalation of delays in care. Waiting for What (WfW) and Watching Our Waits (WoW) are two tools whose objectives could be translated into the digital environment with the implementation of the ieMR.
