Monday 20 October 2014: Media hit by Ebola fever It feels like every time you listen to the news, pick up a paper or go online Ebola is dominating the headlines. While the risk of us getting a case here in NZ is extremely low, the possibility of a suspected case is more likely. Australia has had 11 suspected cases to date (with none testing positive for Ebola) so we are certainly preparing for the possibility of a suspected case arriving on our shores. Due to our international arrivals, a case is more likely to turn up in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. Many of you are already involved in preparations and I thank you for your work on this. Our previous experi- ence with pandemic influenza means we have tested systems and are well versed in managing infectious diseases. I would like to reiterate some facts about Ebola. 1. You can’t get Ebola through: Casual contact with someone who has no symptoms of the disease. Air, water or food. 2. The only way a person can get Ebola is through direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is already showing symptoms of the disease. 3. If a person does not have symptoms, they are not contagious. The Ministry of Health has the most up to date and relevant information on Ebola on their website, including guidelines for health professionals. This will be updated regularly. In Canterbury, our health system is ready if a case were to appear today. A suspected Ebola patient would be treated in isolation at Christchurch Hospital. Our preparations and training are ongoing to ensure staff are familiar with the equipment and procedures in the unlikely event of a suspected case. We issued a detailed media release about our preparations last week. The countdown is on till Tuesday 28 October 2014 – No Parking day Next Tuesday, 28 October – the day after Labour day, is when on-site parking at Christchurch Hospital will cease to exist and our new Drop Off Zone (outside the main entrance) and Park & Ride service will start. Please familiarise yourself with the new arrangements and help us communicate them to our patients, their families and friends who visit the hospital. Wherever possible we are trying to limit unnecessary traffic coming on to the site, as it will be a construction zone from 28 October. If you currently drive to work, you may like to check out the idea of carpooling or catching a bus – further links and details are available here. If you are on the receiving end of ques- tions or concerns from members of the public please let them know that there is a lot of information on the CDHB website and direct them to www.cdhb.health.nz/ parking or they can email specific ques- tions to [email protected]and we will get back to individuals.
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Monday 20 October 2014: Media hit by Ebola fever
It feels like every time you listen to the news, pick up a paper or go online Ebola is dominating the headlines. While the risk of us getting a case here in NZ is extremely low, the possibility of a suspected case is more likely. Australia has had 11 suspected cases to date (with none testing positive for Ebola) so we are certainly preparing for the possibility of a suspected case arriving on our shores.
Due to our international arrivals, a case is more likely to turn up in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch. Many of you are already involved in preparations and I thank you for your work on this. Our previous experi-ence with pandemic influenza means we have tested systems and are well versed in managing infectious diseases. I would like to reiterate some facts about Ebola. 1. You can’t get Ebola through:
Casual contact with someone who has no symptoms of the disease.
Air, water or food.
2. The only way a person can get Ebola is through direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is already showing symptoms of the disease.
3. If a person does not have symptoms, they are not contagious. The Ministry of Health has the most up to date and relevant information on Ebola on their website, including guidelines for health professionals. This will be updated regularly.
In Canterbury, our health system is ready if a case were to appear today. A suspected Ebola patient would be treated in isolation at Christchurch Hospital.
Our preparations and training are ongoing to ensure staff are familiar with the equipment and procedures in the unlikely event of a suspected case. We issued a detailed media release about our preparations last week.
The countdown is on till Tuesday 28 October 2014 – No Parking day Next Tuesday, 28 October – the day after Labour day, is when on-site parking at Christchurch Hospital will cease to exist and our new Drop Off Zone (outside the main entrance) and Park & Ride service will start. Please familiarise yourself with the new arrangements and help us communicate them to our patients, their families and friends who visit the hospital. Wherever possible we are trying to limit unnecessary traffic coming on to the site, as it will be a construction zone from 28 October. If you currently drive to work, you may like to check out the idea of carpooling or catching a bus – further links and details are available here. If you are on the receiving end of ques-tions or concerns from members of the public please let them know that there is a lot of information on the CDHB website and direct them to www.cdhb.health.nz/parking or they can email specific ques-tions to [email protected] and we will get back to individuals.
Burwood Steady-as-she-goes at Burwood. Work to install the sewer pipe continues at Gate 1.
Another large concrete pour is scheduled for Tuesday 21 October, for Level 2 of the Ward Blocks. The pour is planned to begin at 4am and possibly run until 11pm. Neighbours have been informed.
The pictures show the Back of House building’s textured walls, and the nearby weeping elm, which will be retained in the landscaping.
Christchurch
Our new webcam is up and running on the roof of the Riverside building. The view shows the future site of the Acute Services building. There is a link to the webcam on the intranet site – visit the Facilities Develop-ment pages.
The roading work at the front of Christchurch Hospital is now in its fourth week. It’s being done in small sec-tions to minimise disruption and is expected to take until the end of October. The current public car park at the rear of the site will still be available to patients and visitors during this time.
A reminder to staff who walk or bike across the Rolleston Avenue bridge or around the Oxford Terrace in-tersection to please take extra care while the works are going on.
Riverside exit now closed The Riverside rear doors are now closed. Hospital deliveries and couriers can still access the clean dock at the rear of the site, as usual, via the Rolleston Avenue bridge. Patients and visitors should use the main entrance at the front of the hospital.
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Ward 14, Christchurch Hospital Great professionalism and care. Took a real interest and concern for me as a patient. Wards 10 and 17, Christchurch Hospital The nurses looking after my mother are awesome . Ward 15, Christchurch Hospital I just wanted to express my gratitude to all the staff on Ward 15. Caring, compassionate staff. Lovely emphathy witnessed with patients. Experience shines through. Busy ward but always time for a smile and a caring word. Particular thanks to Mary, Bev, Monica and Kathy. Fantastic care. Also wanted to mention the housekeepers and cleaners. Ward 18, Christchurch Hospital All staff friendly and efficient. Especially our meals and the tea lady. Always with a smile and a few words and very patient taking meal orders. Her name is Anne. Eye Clinic, Christchurch Rebecca Stack is great. Thanks for saving my sight. Wards 14 and 15, Christchurch Hospital I have nothing but praise for the all the staff involved in my stay in hospital during last month (9-16 September), from the wheelchair orderlies through the CT and X-Ray staff, catering staff, and nurses, to the doctors and surgery team who dealt with me. In particular I wish to mention three of the nurses, who in my opinion went the extra mile for me--Grace, Amabel, and Mallory. SARA Ward 11, Christchurch Hospital Please pass my thanks on to the staff of (SARA) Ward 11 and the ward I was admitted to. During my short two night stay for my appendix the nursing staff were helpful, kind and professional. My only suggestion was that bringing me a roast meal just after I returned from surgery, whilst nice was a bit of a waste. Ward 1B - The Princess Margaret Hopsital, Older Person’s Health Specialist Service Please accept my sincere thanks for the care you took of my father in the last days of his life. To all the nurses who tended to his needs and especially to the two doctors who gave me honest information and provided the medical care requested. I could not have wished for more. Ward 1B - The Princess Margaret Hospital, Older Person’s Health Specialist Service To Doc Tom and the staff of Ward 1B. On behalf of ... we would like to thank you for all your wonderful care and support during his stay at PMH...thank you for getting him to a position to enjoy a good quality of life in his final weeks. His increased fitness and walking distance surprised us all up until his last couple of days...once again thank you for all your care.
Ellesmere Hospital Thank you all for the compassion, the love and the wonderful care you showed Mum during her time at Elles-mere Hospital. We could not have found a more loving, caring home for Mum to spend her final days. To know that Mum was in your care was a real comfort to us all.
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Frequently asked questions Having done around 35 presentations to staff on the changes at Christchurch Hospital, David Brian and Daniel Park have amassed a long list of questions asked by staff. Answers are available on the intranet. A version for the public is also available on the CDHB website.
User Group news All User Groups have now finished their design meetings for the Developed Design phase. The design team is busy preparing the final issue of plans for the User Groups to review, in preparation for sign-off over the next few weeks.
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Volunteers to help provide guidance
around Christchurch Hospital Up to fifty extra volunteers are being trained to help people arriving
at Christchurch Hospital find their way around when the rebuild
work starts.
The $650 million rebuild project started at the beginning of October
with a staged reorganisation of traffic flows. This will take around
four weeks and will culminate on 28 October with the closure of the
parking lot behind Christchurch Women’s Hospital.
In addition, because of infection control and safety issues, the
entrance at Riverside has been closed.
Christchurch Women’s Hospital entrance will be for birthing moth-
ers only. This means at least 4,000 people a day will be moving
through the main entrance of Christchurch Hospital.
The volunteers will be crucial to help people who are used to using different hospital entrances, find their
way to their appointments, or to visit patients.
The “wayfinding” volunteers, whose ages range from 18-80, will wear blue vests with “Can I Help You” in
white lettering on the front and back. They will be stationed at the main entrance of Christchurch Hospital.
Working two shifts, 8am-12pm and 12pm-4pm, their role will be “helping hands”, meeting and greeting
patients and visitors and offering assistance.
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Above: Carol Jenman, a volunteer at Christchurch Hospital in one of the new blue vests.
Above: (from left seated) Pat Alston, Rowena McKenzie, Marina Pilkaya and Zia Matthies spend time with Emergency Planning Assistant Tui Theyers (right) and Christchurch Hospital Volunteer Coordinator Jan Danrell (standing at back) as part of their induction and training process ahead of starting as the Christchurch Hospital’s new wayfinding volunteers.
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Welcoming our new Health Minister to Canterbury Our Board Chair, Murray Cleverley, David Meates, health leaders and senior clinicians welcomed the Minis-ter, Dr Jonathan Coleman, to the Design Lab last Wednesday. The visit had been scheduled by the Minister as part of his plan to engage with managers and clinicians from all 20 DHBs to hear what is working well and what isn’t in our health system. He began by applauding the achievements of the previous Health Minister, Tony Ryall, and of the DHBs themselves and of his wish to carry on that excellent work. He spoke of the importance of health targets in measuring those achievements and in ensuring we are focusing resources on delivering the right mix of services. He said he wants to make achievements in health a lasting legacy of this government. He acknowledged the importance of clinical leadership and engagement in ongoing healthcare improve-ments and achieving better integration between primary and secondary care. He’d clearly done his homework on Canterbury and was quick to recognise the excellent care we have con-tinued to provide through some truly challenging times over the past four years. He described our achieve-ments as ‘remarkable’. He understood and appreciated the challenges we will continue to face as we pro-gress with the biggest publicly funded health project in New Zealand’s history, our $650 million hospitals redevelopment. He sees the health effects of depriva-tion and child poverty as perhaps the toughest challenge we face. He sig-nalled an intention to address up-stream causes of poor health in the at-risk population as an important strate-gy for avoiding the proverbial ambu-lance at the bottom of the cliff. The Minister devoted the rest of the
engagement session to listening to the
concerns of the group and answering
some thoughtful and challenging
questions.
Health Minister, Dr Jonathan Coleman,
speaks with staff.
“Some people will arrive feeling un-nerved by the changes,” says Volunteer Co-ordinator, Jan Danrell. “We are not here to be direction-giving robots. We want to add some TLC, to lessen any stress people may be experiencing and help them feel more comfortable.” The new recruits, who include international students and partners of Christchurch rebuild workers, come from South America, Russia, India, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. They will be trained to be sensitive to the needs of people coming through the door. “Do they need a wheelchair, or an arm to lean on, do they need someone to take them all the way there, or someone to sit with them for awhile, or somebody to wait with them while their husband or wife parks the car and catches a shuttle in?” says Jan. All the volunteers will be taught to recognise situations that they cannot deal with, such as a person with a lot of medical equipment, and when to ask for help from the orderlies. They will also receive training on how to use a walkie talkie and what to do in an incident situation, Jan says. Carol Jenman has volunteered at Christchurch Hospital for nearly three years. She usually works in the shop, which she loves doing, but says she is excited about this new role. “We already get lots of enquiries about where people need to go, so I expect there will be a lot more of those.” She says interacting with such a wide range of people makes the shifts pass quickly. “It’s definitely never boring!” If you are interested in volunteering at Christchurch Hospital, please contact Jan Danrell on (03) 364 0640 ext 89663.
Monday 20 October 2014
Spark at our Design Lab—more places now available Just a reminder of this event, which could well be a one-off opportunity to get a sneak preview of some cutting edge technology aimed at safely supporting people to stay well at home. You can also get an inside view of some of our clinical infor-mation systems already in play in Canterbury but usually only visible to clinicians (note, for privacy reasons these will be realistic demonstra-tions, not real patient data). Health-e-home is all about providing the sector with solutions that achieve better health outcomes, more effi-ciently. Our own theme is about com-munication: Empowerment through access to high quality information (HealthInfo and HealthPathways), better integration by providing access to clinical information where and when it’s needed (HealthOne), and improved systems that reduce errors and waste and above all, save time (ERMS and eMeds). It runs tomorrow, Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 October from 9-5 and from 9 ‘til noon on 23 October. Be-cause this is proving popular, we have opened up the sessions to allow more people at each one. Although that will make things busier, no-one should miss out because they can’t find a space to suit. You can see a special full-scale model of how technology solutions can support people-centred healthcare in the home. Alongside Spark Digital’s display, we are showcasing some of our own technology-based initiatives including HealthPathways and HealthInfo, HealthOne (formerly known as eSCRV), ERMS (Electronic Referrals Management System) and an eMeds initiative recently launched at Hillmorton—electronic prescribing and administration (ePA). Executive sponsor and Executive Lead - Health Innovation Stella Ward says she is delighted to be able to host such a great event where our innovations are showcased alongside that of our Strategic Partners – Hewlett Packard, Orion Health and Pegasus Health. “Spark Digital has been working with the Via Innovations team on how best to showcase future technolo-gies to our community and our clinicians. Our health system goal of keeping people well and safely support-ed in their own homes can be enabled by the use of technology so I hope as many people as possible from across the Canterbury Health System take advantage of this opportunity to preview what is possible.” We will be using four rooms representing the transition through primary care to a hospital environment, with HealthInfo providing the bridge from the home care initiatives on show - thanks to Spark and selected vendors. The Spark Digital team will showcase some of these latest innovations in technology, partnered with lead-ing healthcare technology providers, including: Vigil Guardian wristband - monitors patient heart rate, skin temperature and activity levels (including fall detection) and sends this data wirelessly to the Vigil Gateway. This is then monitored at a Community Care Centre and can automatically trigger an emergency response. Kinross Application Messaging Service (AMS) – a mobility platform that enables healthcare workers to capture, send, receive or share information using a range of devices including standard mobile phones. SHI Global’s Healthlynx - a secure cloud-based injury management and wellness website that enables health professionals to create and deliver dynamically progressive prescriptive exercise programmes tai-lored to a patient’s ability and condition.
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Monday 20 October 2014
Canterbury Medical Grand Round
Friday 24 October 2014, 12.15-1.15pm (lunch from 11.50am)
Speaker: Professor Mark Henaghan, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago
Title; "On leadership and Longevity"
What makes sustainable leadership? How do leaders keep momentum?
Chaired by Professor Peter Joyce, University of Otago, Christchurch Dean. Opportunity for questions after-wards
Chair: Professor Peter Joyce, Dean University of Otago Christchurch Convenor: [email protected]
DVD Recordings available within two weeks on majority of sessions.
Venue: Rolleston Lecture Theatre
Video Conference set up in:
Burwood Meeting Room
Meeting Room, Level 1 PMH
Wakanui Room, Ashburton
Telemedicine Room, Admin. Building 6 – Hillmorton
HSA Global’s CCMS Patient Portal *- a secure cloud-based portal providing patients with test results, access to their care plan and assigned tasks, educational links and contact details for their care team. * Note, with collaborative care in mind this aims to address the needs of patients with long term or complex conditions and is quite separate from our own Patient Portal currently in its proof of concept phase which is intended to have a much wider application. Medimap’s Medi-map application - a cloud-based solution which delivers medicine charting and admin-istration by linking the prescriber, rest home and pharmacy in a shared interface. Gen-i Virtual Clinic – a secure, cloud-based video conferencing service that enables healthcare providers and patients from different locations to meet via a range of video-enabled devices. Gen-i ReadyCloud Collaboration – a hosted, unified communications solution that knits together voice, presence, messaging and video into a single interface. Cisco EX90 – a personal telepresence system for the desktop. All are welcome and the set up works best with teams of 10 or so – you do need to book though, so that
parking demand and visitor flow can be accommodated.
To book your space please choose the day and time you would like to attend on this booking page:
https://v1.bookwhen.com/healthinnovation Group bookings taken as well.
Stay connected in hospital Patients and visitors at Christchurch Hospital can now stay connected wirelessly free of charge.
Nearly 4,000 people come through the doors of Christchurch Hospital each day. Patients can feel cut off
from their normal lives while in hospital. Now we can help reconnect them to the outside world while they are with us. This step forward is particularly welcomed given the redevelopment of Christchurch Hospital and our need to ‘future proof’ our facilities. More and more patients and visitors bring their own device with them and now they can use them free of charge while they are in our care. The service is provided in conjunction with local telecommunications provider Snap, who have been provid-ing CDHB with a range of services for over four years. It will be available 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Mark Petrie, chief executive of Snap is excited about this initiative. “As people live more of their lives online, we are delighted to be supporting a service that allows patients and visitors to remain connected to friends and family, keeping their independence while in hospital,” Mr Petrie says. The service can be accessed from many Canterbury DHB sites including Christchurch Hospital and some parts of Burwood and Hillmorton hospitals as part of a six month trial. Other sites, such as The Princess Margaret Hospital will not have the service due to technical capabilities. Ashburton Hospital may provide the service following the six month trial. Support for the service is available via the CDHB website which also provides instructions on how to connect. FAQs Which CDHB sites provide free public Wi-Fi? Most of the Christchurch campus - Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women’s and outpatient areas have the free service. Exclusions include the Great Escape Café and University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine. Some areas of Burwood and Hillmorton Hospitals also have free public Wi-Fi. How will people know exactly where it is available? Signage, posters and other promotional materials are currently being prepared that will make it clear where the service is available. How easy is it to use and how reliable is the service? Full instructions will be provided via a number of different ways including our website. The service will be reliable as it’s delivered over high speed fibre infrastructure. However priority will be given to clinical data. Who is paying for the service? CDHB will provide the infrastructure and Snap will provide the internet feed. What restrictions are there?
Sites and content deemed inappropriate will be blocked when using the service. Similarly content accessed by people within CDHB facilities on their own network is subject to CDHB policy.
It will also not be possible to download material like movies due to file size.
Help will only be available for users via the CDHB website. What will happen after the six month trial? The service will be evaluated with a survey and diagnostic analysis.
In-house co-operation results in huge gains for eye socket patients A partnership between two CDHB specialists and the Medical Physics Bioengineering (MPBE) team has resulted in fewer return trips to the theatre for patients and savings of more than $100,000. Up until 2013 eye socket implants (to repair fractures caused by inju-ry) were sourced from local engineering companies. The models were made externally and each one cost $800. There was also a delay for the models to be made and returned to CDHB. Then the pre-bent socket plates were ordered from Europe. This was an additional $1,000. Jason Erasmus (Medical Specialist, Dental) and Christopher Lim (House Officer, Dental) resolved to find a more economical and effi-cient way to meet this need. On hearing that the University of Canter-bury had a 3D printer that could potentially make the custom models they requested funds to purchase a 3D printer for their department. Then they discovered that our MPBE team already had one. Jason began working with Steven Muir from MPBE in early 2013 to produce their own custom models. Now the process is all in-house. Images are taken of a person’s eye fracture and software used to produce a model via the MPBE 3D print-er. The model is then used to customise a locally manufactured titanium orbital plate. The material costs for the model are less than $10 (although staff time increases production costs to $60) and the titanium plate costs around $25. Jason and Chris are also using inter-operative scanning to decrease theatre time and drastically cut the readmission of patients for fine-tuning of their implant. Traditionally, and still if the patient is being operated on at Christchurch Hospital, the patient receives eye socket surgery, goes to St George’s to recover and is assessed the following day to see if the implant was fitted correctly. If it wasn’t, the patient has to go back into theatre to have the implant adjusted. Now, if the patient is operated on at Burwood Hospital (which has an in-theatre scanner), patients are scanned on the operating table as soon as the implant is fitted. If it is not fitting properly changes are made there and then, before the patient goes into recovery. “If you add up the savings in produc-tion costs and calculate the savings in theatre time the average cost for each patient is reduced by $2,500 to $3,000. We’ve done forty operations over the last 18 months at Burwood Hospital using these new technolo-gies. None of these patients have had to return to surgery for adjust-ment. We estimate we’ve saved more than $100,000 and saved our patients time, risk of another anaes-thetic, inconvenience and extended recovery time,” says Jason.
A titanium eye socket plate custom fitted to a bio model. Both parts are now produced in-house by our MPBE team.
Right: MPBE team member Steven Muir with the 3D printer used to make the biomodel for an eye socket plate.
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Be part of the MPBE $10,000 Health Innovation Challenge If you have a clinical challenge and think you may know of a solution but lack the technical expertise or
funding to make it a reality, then we can help.
The MPBE $10,000 Health Innovation Challenge, offered in association with Via Innovations, is open to
everyone in the Canterbury Health System who has an idea about improving patient care. The winner/s
will receive $10,000 worth of development time, materials and marketing to help make their idea a reality.
‘Runner-up’ projects may also be considered for development.
More information about the team including departmental contact details, for
potential innovators who want to find out more about MPBE’s capabilities can
be found at www.cdhb.health.nz/mpbe. You can contact them on ext. 80852;
Business Proposals and Concept Brief All Business Proposals that may be Capital and/or Operational, should now be completed on the new
template available on the Intranet under CDHB Forms (see below).
All proposals for new technology or new service or significant change or involve a Proposal for Change that
will have an impact on a number of departments, or across the DHB, will require the use of the Concept
Brief, prior to the presentation of a detailed Business Proposal. The Concept Brief template is available on
the Intranet under CDHB Forms:
Forms Finance – Business Proposal Template
The template replaces the previous Business Case template and Major Capital Expenditure Request forms.
Finance – Concept Brief Template
The guidelines for the use of the templates are also available on the intranet.
If you have any queries, please contact your divisional finance team.
The Footloose Fun Walk and Run is on again this year to offer you, your family and your friends an opportunity for a great day out! Register to participate today and come along with your family to North Hagley Park on 2 November 2014. There are 2, 5
and 10 km walk and run events – it is up to you how much you want to do. All the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to support vital services that our Society provides in the community for people living with Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s like home visits and special-ised physiotherapy sessions.
If you require any more information go to the Facebook event page for updates.
eMeds a hit at Hillmorton Hospital Last week, Hillmorton Hospital staff and the eMeds team got together to celebrate the successful implementation of ePre-scribing and Administration (ePA) through all four wards of Hill-morton Adult Inpatient Services. This is the first of many big steps to come for eMeds in Canterbury. There was cake, and judging by the speed it disappeared, peo-ple like cake – and it tastes better when it’s been well earned. Programme sponsor and Innovation Lead Stella Ward is delight-ed with the way the rollout has gone and says it’s a compliment to both teams. “It’s always a great feeling when a plan works as it should and I am very proud of the professionalism, enthusiasm and sheer determination that made this one work. Happy as I am with the technical component, it’s the people who have really made the difference.” Firsts aren’t new to Hillmorton. John Beveridge tells me that the Mental Health Service was the first service in the CDHB to intro-duce an electronic clinical record, way back in Y2K. John is a Nurse Consultant at Hillmorton, with responsibility for keeping the Mental Health electronic systems up and running as they should. “eMeds is a natural progression from that early start, and the latest achievement in our goal of making sure computers continue to realise their potential as useful and versatile tools for clinical teams and to facilitate better, safer care for our patients,” says John. The seemingly simple things done well can also deliver the greatest benefit: John says VDI (the virtual desk initiative) has proved hugely popular at Hillmorton. Like so many of our clinicians, they don’t work from an office most of the time. “Swiping a sensor on an enabled computer is all it takes for your documents and profile to follow you wher-ever you go. It was rolled out a few months ago and has been the perfect complement to ePA,” says John. Stu Bigwood, Director of Nursing at Hillmorton, is excited about the difference ePA is already making to
patient safety. And he has nothing but good things to say about the eMeds team and what he describes as a ‘winning recipe’ for a successful rollout (not the cake). “Our team appreciated their support, especially after hours, and I have been so impressed with their flexibility and adaptability throughout. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Hillmor-ton team for the way they have embraced this initiative – it just proves that if a change process is well supported as this one has been, and clearly linked to better patient outcomes, then staff will get behind it. “These guys got the recipe just right. To all those scheduled for the next phase of the rollout - Tupuna, PSAID and AT&R (all at Hillmorton), you can look forward to a smooth and well-managed process. I never expected anything but positive out-comes from having eMeds here, but our rollout experience has proved that change doesn’t have to hurt.”
Above: Working well together, Stu Bigwood with Sue Nightingale, CDHB Chief of Psychiatry.
Left: Stella Ward thanks the teams involved in the eMeds project.
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Invitation to take part in wearable technology research CDHB clinicians are being invited to try Google Glass as part of research to be carried out by Orion Health Software Engineer, Mo Nda Yakubu. Mo wants to work with CDHB clinicians to undertake research into the use of wearable technologies, including Google Glass, in patient care. Google Glass is an optical head-mounted device that displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format. Wearers communicate via the internet using natural language voice com-mands. Mo’s research will investigate how new technologies such as Google Glass can be used in healthcare. In particular, how doctor-patient interaction can be improved using Google Glass during patient ward rounds in the hospital. Participation involves carrying out an experiment using software installed on Google Glass and filling out a questionnaire at the end of the experiment. Participation is voluntary, will take no longer than 45 minutes and is completely anonymous. No individual will be identified and information collected will be kept strictly confidential. Before moving to New Zealand to study software engineering, his parents wanted him to study medicine and become a medical doctor, Mo says. “But because of my passion for software development I convinced my parents to let me study software engineering.” Mo joined Orion Health in 2011. “This allowed me to work in the healthcare field as my parents wanted me to. As a software engineer, I get to work in a field I am passionate about and design and build software for doctors, who in return save people's lives.” Mo was part of a joint innovation week between CDHB and Orion Health. He visited Christchurch Hospi-tal, talked to clinicians about their day-to-day interaction with software and observed how they were used
for day-to-day work. “From what I gathered, a lot of clinicians find a lot of the software complicated, time-consuming and counter-intuitive.” This realisation motivated him to pursue a Masters Degree in Human Interface Technology specialising in Interaction Design at the HITLab, University of Canterbury, he says. The research will be conducted during the month of November at Christchurch Hospital (exact dates and time to be confirmed). To register your interest: Please fill out the form on http://goo.gl/qSRXRL. Left: Google Glass in use.
Award for visionary application in child protection Keeping children safe is the aim of an award winning electronic application created by Canterbury DHB staff. Child and Family Safety Service (C & FSS) Co-ordinator, Sue Miles, won an Institute of IT Professionals award for eProsafe. The electronic application is designed to promote the health and wellbeing of children and their families who are experiencing child abuse, neglect or family violence by allowing DHBs to share relevant case information. The application was written and designed by Sue, along with two CDHB ISG staff; Business Systems Analyst, Jenny Anthony and Developer, Raquel Ocampo. The Excellence in Health Informatics award, in partnership with Health Informatics New Zealand and sponsored by Orion Health, is for an individual or team that has achieved outstanding results with innovative technology in the health sector. Sue, who was nominated by CDHB’s IT department, says the win is a “great honour”. “I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the whole C & FSS team. They have been very supportive working with me to realise this dream. The commitment of the CDHB IT department who partnered with the C & FSS has also been outstanding.” eProsafe brings together and condenses relevant information into a uniform format to allow health profes-sionals to quickly develop an understanding of the issues that a family is managing. This ensures that staff managing acute situations of violence and abuse can obtain information held by DHBs in a timely manner. It also allows DHB staff to track the work undertaken, assess risk more accurately and ensure appropriate measures are put in place. Sue says when she started work at CDHB in 2002 there was no systematic means of collating child protec-tion or family violence information in one place. Information was stored in different departments and in many different electronic and paper based systems. Numerous death reviews have said that failure to share information with relevant parties is a major recur-ring issue. One example is the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s report (2002) into the investigation of the death of toddler, James Whakaruru, which said: “the fact that different health professionals had indi-vidual pieces of information and did not, due to a lack of communication, coordination and consultation, ever attempt to integrate this information is clearly regrettable and unacceptable.” “It is obvious that if we can have information that promotes accurate analysis of cases we are going to pre-vent further harm to children”, Sue says. Sue began addressing the issue in 2002 and three years later the first version of eProsafe was introduced within CDHB. In September 2013 an upgraded version of eProsafe was rolled out. Since then it has been introduced to Nelson Malborough, West Coast and South Canterbury DHBs. CDHB plans to introduce it to Southern DHB and some North Island DHBs have signalled their interest and asked the Ministry of Health to make implementing eProsafe a national project. Paediatrician, Clare Doocey, says eProsafe has made the job of providing holistic care much more of a reality. Continues on the following page...
Above: Child and Family Safety Service Co-ordinator, Sue Miles, left and Chair of Health Informatics New Zealand, Liz Schoff.
International Infection Control Week 20 October—24 October “Staying Ahead of the Game”
Infection Prevention: Defence is the best Offence. The 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene and Surgical Site Surveillance are examples of programmes the In-fection Prevention and Control Service participate in to help to stay ahead of the game. So what are you doing to prevent the spread of infection? During the week various activities
will be happening to learn more
about what we can do to defend
against infections. Activities in-
clude; Poster displays on your
hospital poster board and fun
entertaining games in the Bur-
wood and TPMH cafeterias.
Please contact Infection Preven-
tion & Control for further infor-
mation.
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“I am able to easily have immediate access to information about previous involvement and wellbeing con-cerns, what support has been offered to families, other professionals and agencies involved and any ongo-ing concerns.” eProsafe has the ability to link together information relating to family members so a complete picture is available for the clinicians involved. “The application helps us overcome one of the major difficulties in keeping children safe and optimising their outcomes - the fact that often those involved in the care do not have access to all the relevant infor-mation and therefore the complete picture,” Clare says. ISG Application Support Manager, John Hawkins, says that, “While it is one thing to understand the com-plexity of the issues, and sympathise with the James Whakaruru incident. It’s quite another to turn that into action through a vision and come up with a solution as effective as eProsafe and then persist through the development process to the current product.” The success of Sue’s vision will result in fewer children harmed, he says.
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Monday 20 October 2014
What does your job involve? My job is to keep the gardens and grounds tidy, weed free, trees trimmed and rubbish free. I look after Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury Laboratories, the old Lyndhurst Hospital site, and sector bases in Lin-wood Ave and Riccarton Road. Why did you choose to work in this field? After working in a factory making furniture for 10 years I was made redundant. Through a friend I had an opportunity to work as a gardener for CDHB. It was working either in another factory or outside. Outside won. That was nearly 36 years ago now! What do you like about it? Working outside on a nice sunny day and leaving the environment I work in neat and tidy. Also you meet some interesting people to talk to and share about gardening. What are the challenging bits? After cleaning up an area and making it look good, to come back a few days later and find it full of cigarette butts and rubbish. Who do you most admire in a professional capacity and why? All those hardworking doctors and nurses, especially those who work in the Emergency Department. The last book I read was… We Die Alone, by David Howarth. The book is about Jan Baalsrud, who walked across Norway to escape from the German army in World War 2. It is all about the trials he went through and the people who helped him escape to Sweden. Most enjoyable read. If I could be anywhere in the world right now it would be… Cruising around New Zealand in our campervan. My ultimate Sunday would involve… Having quality time with family and friends One food I really dislike is… Sardines and shellfish. My favourite music is… Anything from the 60s, 70s and 80s, easy listening.
Staff Wellbeing Programme: Wellbeing Workshops - all staff
Wellbeing Workshops – all staff A limited number of wellbeing workshops are available to all staff during October/November. Click here to register. For more information click here or visit the Staff Wellbeing Programme intranet page Staff Wellbeing Programme intranet page – Pilates, Zumba, Yoga, Mindfulness… Check out this page for information on yoga, Zumba, Pilates, mindfulness, walking groups, Earthquake Support Coordinators, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP - free counselling for staff), and more…see the Staff Wellbeing Programme intranet page for more information. Free Counselling available for all staff – EAP Services For more information click here or visit the Staff Wellbeing Programme intranet page Earthquake Support Coordination (ESC) Service ESCs will run drop-in desks at main hospital cafes from 1000-1330hrs during October as follows: CHCH Campus – Great Escape café – Wednesday 22 October Our Earthquake Support Coordinators (ESC) are dedicated to helping CDHB staff deal with issues related to EQC, insurance, accommodation etc. Contact an ESC directly on 371 5598 or visit the Staff Wellbeing Programme intranet page for more information. Andy Hearn Staff Wellbeing Coordinator Canterbury and West Coast DHB Phone: 03 337 7394 | Ext: 66394 | Mobile: 027 218 4924 [email protected]
Breast feeding friendly in ECE resource launch Te Puawaitanga has collaborated with the University of Canterbury to produce a resource called “Being breastfeeding friendly in early childhood education”. The resource has practi-cal tips and information about creating a moth-er and breastfeeding friendly environment . The ultimate goal to support women to breastfeed for longer. The resource is available at whanauoraservices.co.nz Right: This photo shows Carol Bartle of Te Puawaitanga Breastfeeding Advocacy Service and Dr Judith Duncan of the University of Can-terbury launching the resource on Monday 6 October.
Have you recently been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes? Volunteers are needed for a study investigating the relationship between gut bacteria and glucose tolerance. The research findings will help to develop future dietary interventions to change the gut flora of people with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes to a healthier profile. We are seeking individuals who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes within the last three months. Participation in the study will involve recording what you eat for four days and attending a sin-gle appointment of approximately one hour during which we will do simple measurements, take samples and provide you with dietary advice at your request. You are also invited to take part in another study look-ing at new biomarkers for diabetes during the same visit if you wish. If you have any questions about the study or if you would like to participate in the study please contact: Renée Wilson, [email protected] ext 81586.
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To meet the team..
Meet Kath Clark, the newest member of
our recruitment team.
How did you get into recruitment?
In 2009, I went to a recruitment agency
to register my interest and they offered
me a position to work there. It wasn’t
anything I had thought of earlier – but six years later, I am still
doing it!
Describe a normal day:
Currently it is training and meeting the many people I will be in
contact with over the coming year. But typically recruitment is
one huge coordinating feat – juggling candidates, hiring man-
agers, interviews, phone screens...
What do you love about the role?
Making a candidate’s ideal role a reality for them.
What do you do to relax?
I love heading to the mountains, or the hills when I can’t get there. I really enjoy the gym too...and a good Pilsner.
Lest we forget: Remembering the Marquette nurses While the Christchurch Hospital Nurses Memorial Chapel is closed due to earthquake damage, we plan to remember our heroic World War One nurs-es at a special event.
We invite you and your colleagues to “Lest we forget: Remembering the Marquette nurses.”
We would be delighted if you are able to join us on Thursday 23 October 2014 at 4.00pm at St Michael’s School Hall, Durham Street, Christchurch (entrance between Oxford Terrace and Tuam Street).
As well as remembering the nurses who perished or survived when the Marquette was torpedoed by a Ger-man U boat in the Aegean Sea on 23 October 1915, there will be an update on plans to restore the earth-quake damaged Nurses Memorial Chapel.
Visit the Christchurch Hospital Nurses Memorial Chapel website at http://www.cnmc.org.nz/ Please pass this invitation on to your colleagues and friends.
Next year an important centenary commemoration service is planned for 23 October 2015. If you would like to be kept in touch with 2015 events and progress as we work towards re-opening the Chapel, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Monday 20 October 2014
In brief…
Read the latest SCIRT news here
Canterbury Health Laboratories Night Lecture Series
The Biology of Cortisol. A hormone for all causes Tuesday 21 October, 7pm—8.30pm Speaker: Dr John Lewis For a list of future Canterbury Health Laboratories Night Lecture Series refer to this poster.
We need new donors...come and give blood at… Christchurch Hospital, Great Escape Café Annex Thursday 23 October 10am—3pm...more information
