A High Reliable Journey: First Canadian Bi-Directional Infusion Pump Interoperability

A High Reliable Journey: First Canadian Bi-Directional Infusion Pump Interoperability

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM · 1 hr. (US/Pacific)
Venetian | Level 3 | Lido 3104
General Education
Technology

Information

Mackenzie Health, a high reliability organization, embarks on a zero harm journey with the commitment to deliver reliable and safe care to our patients. Research has demonstrated repeatedly that smart pump interoperability reduces infusion medication administration errors. In addition, this integration brings forward improvement quality and timeliness of clinical documentation. Our digital health clinical informatics, nursing and pharmacy teams developed an interdisciplinary collaborative approach to create interoperability between our electronic medical record and infusion pumps. Let’s examine the integration to connect two systems, 2,500 pumps, and approximately 2,000 hardware devices to act as a single unit in Canada’s first bi-directional interoperability implementation. Discover effective engagement strategies that were pivotal to success, a governance structure that supported collaborative decision making, and lastly a comprehensive training and go-live strategy as we endeavored to achieve an organization-wide change in nursing and pharmacy practice.  

Sub-Topic Category
Digital Health Transformation
Target Audience
Chief Digital Officer/Chief Digital Health OfficerCNIO/CNOPharmacy Professional
Level
Intermediate
CEU Type
ACHEACPECAHIMSCMECNECPDHTSCPHIMSPMI/PDU
Contact Hours
1.00
Format
60-Minute Case Study
Learning Objective #1
Evaluate the power of multidisciplinary collaboration across clinical informatics, nursing, pharmacy and biomedical engineers that enables an organization to be successful in a transformative journey, and together, co-designing a workflow to support reduced medication errors during infusion medication administration
Learning Objective #2
Identify standardized clinical practices for physicians, nursing and pharmacy early on as part of workflow assessment to develop strategies that allow technology to transform and improve clinical workflow
Learning Objective #3
Describe a risk evaluation framework and approach to enable incorporation of mitigation strategies into the desired clinical and systems workflow
Learning Objective #4
Describe a training and go-live strategy that supports a multisite, organization-wide transformational change to clinical practice and sustains compliance to support improved quality and patient safety
Learning Objective #5
Demonstrate an ongoing interdisciplinary leadership governance model that creates accountability at all levels of management across the different programs and portfolios
Session #
66