On May 17, 2010 CKHA welcomed Elizabeth Krestick, the Regional Coordinator of HOBIC (Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care) program. HOBIC is an exciting provincially funded initiatives that will help us measure the impact of our professional care on the health outcomes of our patients. Only hospitals that have computerized charting are able to participate. Our CKHA charting screens were updated to be able to capture the standardized information from the HOBIC questions. HOBIC information will shed light on the impact of care on a patient’s clinical status. The interprofessional team will have access to the HOBIC information in real time. The information will also assist us in the evaluation and measurement of some of our key projects such as RNAO best practice guidelines and our accreditation Required Operational Practices (ROPs) such as falls prevention. CKHA can expect our first meaningful data from HOBIC in the early fall. We look forward to how this new information will help us to provide better care in the moment and plan for better health outcomes for the people we serve.
Philip Taylor, Professional Practice-Corporate is the CKHA HOBIC lead. In our first phase education sessions will begin on June 9th for our medicine program staff and July 15th for our complex continuing care. The go-live date for the medicine program is June 22nd and the complex continuing care go-live date is July 26th. The education is separate for these two groups as the HOBIC measures are different, recognizing the difference in these patient populations.
