Frontline or community caregivers are healthcare workers who provide routine and essential services in medical practice. These individuals often serve as the initial point of contact and\/or ongoing peer support for patients and caregivers throughout their health care experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having access to community health workers means\npatients with chronic conditions like diabetes, significantly improve their\ncondition due to regular health coaching and having better access to care teams.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community caregivers play a critical role in providing\na local context for proven health solutions, and they connect families and\ncommunities in the health system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By sharing\nhospital patient data with community caregivers automatically, they can make\ntimely and valuable decisions that directly impact a patients\u2019 health after\nhospital discharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing\ndata with caregivers can help them optimise treatments, initiate preventative\nmeasures and prevent patients from having to repeat their stories at each point\nin the care continuum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the\nchallenge isn\u2019t just heaping more data on caregivers, it is embedding data in\ntheir workflow in a meaningful way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s explore a few ways sharing data with community caregivers can help impact a An example of timely and valuable information sharing is medication reconciliation after patients leave the hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since\nmedication problems contribute enormously to patient readmissions to hospital,\nhaving timely information to those responsible (pharmacist, physician, nurse)\nfor medication reconciliation means that caregivers can discontinue medications\nand advise patients what needs to be taken and when. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When patients are discharged and\ngo back into the community, they often need more attention to reduce hospital\nreadmission rates. This is achieved by connecting caregivers with technology\nand making sure the patients are well supervised by healthcare professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, when a hospital discharges a patient, the hospital discharge record should be pushed out to the community caregiver responsible for that patient\u2019s health. Access to the hospital discharge record will enable the caregiver to assess the patient\u2019s clinical experience in hospital and initiate preventative measures or interventions to reduce the risk of hospital readmission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For\ninstance, issues such as whether the patient is at risk of falls, and needs a\nwalker or a physio, can be flagged and the community nurse can initiate\npreventative measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By\npushing the Integrated Assessment Record (IAR) to community healthcare professionals,\nit enables collaborative care planning and enhanced communication between\nproviders, for the goal of promoting high-quality care for patients in the\ncommunity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Orion Health\nspecialises in pulling together information from many disparate systems to\ncreate more useful sources of information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Orion\nHealth has experience implementing technology like this globally, such as\nNorthern Ireland, Canterbury and Canada. With active projects in Newfoundland\nand Labrador, New Brunswick and in Ontario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
patient\u2019s health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTimely medication reconciliation can reduce patient hospital readmissions \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Timely interventions can reduce hospital readmission rates<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
High-quality healthcare for patients in the community<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
How can Orion Health help?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n