PROMIS Helps Support Integrated Care in IHAThe BC Provincial Renal Agency’s groundbreaking PROMIS database system has been recognized as a key element of a major initiative for Interior Health’s new Integrated Health Centre in Penticton. The multidisciplinary health care team at the centre required a robust new information system to support delivery of integrated chronic disease management for patients in the South Okanagan with one or more of the cardiovascular cluster of chronic diseases. The new system was required to:
The project team assembled to develop the new system included information technology staff from IHA and the BCPRA, as well as clinical staff from the centre. The project team worked closely to merge the needed functionality from both PROMIS and IHA’s electronic health records system into a new integrated care support system. The result is a software platform that can be used to support the expansion of the integrated care model for chronic disease management throughout the province.
The project team responsible for the success of this initiative was recently singled out for recognition in the team category at the 2007 Public Information Technology Awards in Victoria. |
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