Clinical Solutions

TransForm is continually leading projects that are designed to improve the safety, quality and consistency of patient care across the Erie St. Clair region and beyond.

Helping support health service providers in establishing common clinical and process standards, including workflows, order sets, clinical guidelines, integrated plans of care and a common electronic health record. Our proven data analytic methods and industry metrics are designed to pinpoint areas for improvement and deliver the best possible outcomes.

Transforming Care

One project at a time!

TransForm has successfully implemented several digital tools for health service providers through project and change management best practices.

TransForm has experience implementing provincial digital health assets like eConsult, ClinicalConnect™, eReferral the federal Integrated Assessment Record and implementing regional Hospital Information Systems (HIS).

e-VOLVE

The e-VOLVE project brings together four hospitals in the Erie St. Clair (ESC) region to transform the way clinical services are delivered, by equipping the region with a modern hospital information system (HIS).

Cerner teams worked closely with TransForm’s e-VOLVE project team and the hospital partners on this coordinated effort to bring together multiple hospitals, transforming the way clinical services are delivered, by equipping the region with a modern hospital information system (HIS). TransForm and Cerner’s flexible implementation teams quickly pivoted, moving several phases of the hospital technology transition process virtual so the project could continue despite travel restrictions put in place during the pandemic. The collaboration between e-VOLVE, the hospitals and Cerner allowed this transformational initiative to progress smoothly.

The Cerner EHR supports an enterprise-wide view of patient care in both acute inpatient and outpatient settings. This seamless integration across the continuum of care enables providers to make informed, data-driven decisions without leaving the clinical workflows. Having one single EHR used across six facilities is a strategic move to simplify access to patient records, streamline data and improve the patient and provider experience with better tools at their fingertips.

eConsult
What is eConsult?

A secure, web-based tool that allows doctors or nurse practitioners timely access to specialist advice. The tool often eliminates the need for an in-person specialist visit.

What Are The Benefits?
- ACCESS: over 90 specialty services
- FAST: Specialists respond to questions within 1 week, often as quickly as 2 days
- NO COST
- SECURE: eConsult meets all of the standards for privacy of communication between healthcare providers
- EFFICIENT: In about two-thirds of eConsults, the doctor or nurse practitioner gets all the advice they need to treat you themselves
How Does It Work?
1. Your doctor or nurse practitioner sends a question to a specialist.
2. The specialist responds and provides advice.
3. Within 1 week your doctor or nurse practitioner uses the specialist’s advice to provide care to you.
4. Usually 2–4 weeks later your doctor or nurse practitioner refers you to the specialist.
eConsult Newsletter
Access the eConsult website

Want to know more?

Contact:

Darren Hopper
Change Management and Adoption Coordinator
Darren.Hopper@transformsso.ca

Matthew McAvoy
Change Management and Adoption Coordinator
Matthew.McAvoy@transformsso.ca

Clinical Connect

With the very successful deployment and adoption of digital tools to health care providers across southwestern Ontario, the cSWO Program closed out its activities on March 31, 2020.

ClinicalConnect will remain available for use and continue to be operated by the ClinicalConnect Program Office.

Up until March 31, 2020, our cSWO Change Management and Adoption Delivery Partner team has continued to support your organization with your onboarding activities to access electronic health records viewable through ClinicalConnect. This includes completion of required agreements and/or assessments.

As of April 1, 2020, all remaining project activities has transitioned to Ontario Health – Digital Services and the ClinicalConnect Program Office, who will continue to support your efforts. Further information and updates will be available on line at: https://info.clinicalconnect.ca/onboarding.

TransForm will continue to play a key role in the adoption of digital health assets in the Erie St. Clair region while the cSWO Program transitions its responsibilities to the Digital Services Unit of Ontario Health. The implementation of digital health assets such as eReferral and eConsult will continue to be spearheaded by TransForm and its site coordinators will continue to be the key contact locally for digital health assets.

It is our pleasure to work with your team to advance your digital health access and adoption to support the delivery of safe, high-quality and timely patient care.