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Summative Notes and CII/CPAR eNotifications prevent patients from falling through the cracks June 2022 You may have noticed new patient reports coming directly to your EMR. Alberta Health Services has initiated a change and clinics enabled on eDelivery are now receiving Summative Notes documents in their EMR. Community Provider Information Boosts Alberta Netcare Records June 2022 Community Information Integration and the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR) are transforming the way healthcare information is shared in Alberta. CII/CPAR numbers keep climbing May 2022 Today more than 1,200 physicians, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals are participating in CII/CPAR and the program continues to break more ground. Important, sometimes lifesaving community information is now being shared with Alberta Netcare through physician, nurse practitioner and team participation in the program. Two major changes in information sharing April 2022 New functionality to enhance information sharing launched in April. You may be seeing some new documents in your EMR inbox and notice something different in Alberta Netcare Portal. AHS is now routing summative notes from Connect Care to your EMR and the CPAR primary provider now displays in Netcare. See your name in lights...er Alberta Netcare Portal!March 2022Family physicians and pediatricians participating in the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CPAR) will notice something different in Alberta Netcare Portal in April. Their name will appear prominently in the demographics area of their patient's records in Netcare. Connecting providers regarding their patient’s mental health January 2022 Many Albertans are reporting that the pandemic is impacting their mental health. For patients whose family physician is participating in Community Information Integration and the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR), basic event information about patient emergency department visits or hospitalizations is shared with their family physician. Read more on how that information sharing is informing and improving patient care including their mental health. How does CII/CPAR inform patient care? January 2022 Community Encounter Digests, which share select information from the physician office to Netcare, are increasingly informing care decisions in emergency departments and hospitals. Participation in Community Information Integration and the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR) is transforming the way healthcare information is shared in Alberta. Dr. Chris Le, an Edmonton Zone family physician, describes in the short video at the link how he believe CII/CPAR improves patient care. CII/CPAR eNotification allows for early cancer diagnosis December 2021 Dr. Sunil Datar is a family physician within the WestView PCN. He is participating in the Community Information Integration/Central Patient Attachment Registry, so he is notified via his clinic EMR when one of his CPAR-paneled patients has been discharged from emergency or hospital. Recently, that eNotification process resulted in an unexpected diagnosis. Watch the short video at the link of the story in his own words. Physician improves continuity of complex care with CII/CPAR November 2021 Dr. Chris Le is a family physician who joined the Community Information Integration/Central Patient Attachment Registry program to improve continuity for his patients. Dr. Le recognizes that sharing even small amounts of information can lead to significantly better outcomes. Watch the short video clip at the link where he describes how sharing information benefits patients, particularly the vulnerable and complex, when they are seen in acute care. Community paramedic leverages physician contributions to CED in Netcare October 2021Ronda Ryder was at a long-term care facility when she was asked to see an unscheduled patient who had fallen and felt faint. Read more to find out how the AHS community paramedic used the Community Encounter Digest in Netcare to learn of the patient’s relationship to her PCN physician and was able to provide follow up calls that supported the patient getting the care she needed. More than a thousand Alberta physicians now live on CII/CPAR September 2021 Today over half a million Albertans have a Community Encounter Digest in their Netcare record. The program continues to break ground. Planning in unpredictable times rather than reacting September 2021 In a time with high unpredictability, CII/CPAR can bring some planning and predictable work to the provider and team. More than one thousand community physicians now have their EMR integrated with in over 230 clinics across Alberta Bridging Communication Barriers for Patients July 2021 At his Calgary family practice, many of Dr. Barney Truong’s patients are immigrants who do not speak English. Language barriers are challenging for patients and medical professionals, and Dr. Truong is acutely aware of the information gaps in our health care system that can result from these challenges. Read more to find out how participating in CII/CPAR can help overcome communication barriers. Are you a PS Suite user? June 2021 You can sign up right now for the Community Information Integration/Central Patient Attachment Registry program. There are already 12 clinics using PS Suite that are live, and another 11 clinics in progress to implement CII/CPAR and connect their clinic EMR to the rest of the health system. Are you an Accuro user? May 2021 If so, you can sign up for CII/CPAR There are already over 120 providers in 20+ clinics using Accuro that are fully live and another 145 in 25 clinics in progress to implement CII/CPAR and connect their clinic EMR to the rest of the health system. Are you a Med Access user? May 2021 If so, you can sign up for CII/CPAR. There are already 373 physicians in 70 clinics using Med Access that are fully live and another 150 physicians in 32 clinics in progress to implement CII/CPAR and connect their clinic EMR to the rest of the health system. Are you a Wolf user? April 2021 If so, you can sign up for CII/CPAR. There are already 189 physicians in 40 clinics using Wolf that are fully live and another 108 physicians in 23 clinics in progress to implement CII/CPAR and connect their clinic EMR to the rest of the health system. Are you a Healthquest user? April 2021 If so, Microquest Healthquest EMR has a straightforward implementation of CII/CPAR. “Healthquest users will experience a fast and easy implementation”, according to Michael McDermott, Project Director, Community Information Integration at Alberta Health. Alberta Netcare becoming more informed with community information March 2021 The number of community physicians sharing select information from their community EMR with Alberta Netcare grows weekly. Improving the Patient Experience - CII/CPAR eNotification leads to better outcome during COVID-19 February 2021 For Edmonton family physician Dr. Janet Craig, eNotifications from Community Information Integration/Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR) have proven to have potentially life-saving impacts. New Year - New Progress on the CII/CPAR initiative January 2021 Growing participation in Community Information Integration and the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR) is making a difference to continuity of care for Albertans. Archived News
See your name in lights...er Alberta Netcare Portal!March 2022
Family physicians and pediatricians participating in the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CPAR) will notice something different in Alberta Netcare Portal in April. Their name will appear prominently in the demographics area of their patient's records in Netcare.
Community Encounter Digests, which share select information from the physician office to Netcare, are increasingly informing care decisions in emergency departments and hospitals. Participation in Community Information Integration and the Central Patient Attachment Registry (CII/CPAR) is transforming the way healthcare information is shared in Alberta. Dr. Chris Le, an Edmonton Zone family physician, describes in the short video at the link how he believe CII/CPAR improves patient care.
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