Improving Patient Care at Oxford County Hospitals

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 09:05

There will be 13 hospitals in the region launching the One Chart Project. Ingersoll and Tillsonburg will be the first ones to go live with the electronic system that is said to will optimize functionality to support patient portals.

INGERSOLL/TILLSONBURG - The Alexandra Hospital in Ingersoll and the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital are excited to launch the "One Chart Project", the next step for inpatient clinical documentation for the electronic health record.

One Chart clinical documentation will transform how care is provided to patients and advance the electronic health record capabilities across AHI and TDMH as well as 13 other hospitals in the region. President and CEO for AHI and DMH Sandy Jansen says they excited to go live on March 3,2020.

“Significant work has been done to prepare for this very important quality and patient safety initiative. It is a real privilege and achievement to have AHI and TDMH launch this project for the region.”

Jansen adds One Chart will improve the care patients receive across the region as it standardizes the way nurses care for their patients, and how they document the care that was given.

"It promotes continuity of care between healthcare providers by improving communication through a single source of truth and enhancing care process management. The electronic system will also optimize functionality to support patient portals, population health tools and advanced analytics."

Patients and families may experience some delays in care on the inpatient units and in the emergency department as we launch One Chart. Our nurses might be spending more time than usual at the computer as they learn the new system. One Chart Project Manager for AHI and TDMH Jodi Edwards says additional support and resources will be on hand to support our staff during this transition time and we appreciate your patience.

“One Chart will improve safety, reduce risk and improve the overall quality of care we provide to our patients. We appreciate
the public’s patience during the implementation of this project in early March.”