Caring for Those Who Care
Every day at Timmins and District Hospital, we see care in many forms. We see clinicians delivering complex treatment. We see teams working together to navigate complex patient needs. And
On June 21, we held our Annual General Meeting to share how the 2024-2025 year went. These annual events are important touchstones where, as a health care organization, we hold ourselves accountable to you. Looking back, this past year was marked by progress, and partnerships.
I’m proud of all the ways our teams pulled together to accomplish so much, guided by our strategic priorities of improving the patient experience; improving the well-being of our providers; strengthening population health; sustaining financial stability; and advancing health equity and social accountability.
A huge milestone on that list was the Meditech Expanse One Health Information System implementation — one of our largest ever change management undertakings that involved the whole TADH team. The ONE (one person, one record, one system) Initiative is a region-wide project to improve the delivery of health care through the creation of a single electronic health information system. The primary goal of this initiative is to enhance safe, evidence-based care.
Not only is this important for our community but also for the rest of the north. I have the honour of chairing the Board of ONE HITs, a northern based shared service organization. This past year, ONE HITs successfully launched Meditech Expanse across our Northeast Hospital Network, including Timmins, and released its first strategic plan.
Patients in Northeastern Ontario can now present to any of the 23 partner hospitals and have their one chart available. This is something we’ve been dreaming about for years: a more seamless patient journey and experience. No more relying on paper for transfers and a more complete chart is available with physician notes, diagnostic imaging and much more.
This digital health upgrade is making health care delivery more efficient, reducing the need for repeat testing and going over patients’ medical histories, and helping prevent medical errors by providing clinicians with the information they need to make informed care decisions.
Beside enabling the one-chart concept, the new Meditech Expanse has also streamlined our processes at TADH, saved team members time, and created new safety checks along the way. For instance, the bedside medication verification offers a series of checks by scanning patient wristbands and medications to ensure patients are getting the right medicine at the right time – reducing the possibility of errors.
TADH has and will continue to evolve to meet the needs of our community. At the heart of our work is a clear vision: to provide exemplary care for all Northerners. You can read our full 2024-2025 Annual Report that outlines all of our accomplishments of the past year on our website.
Hope you get to enjoy some of the warmth of summer.
Take care,
Every day at Timmins and District Hospital, we see care in many forms. We see clinicians delivering complex treatment. We see teams working together to navigate complex patient needs. And
As we settle in the new year, I find myself reflecting not only on what we have accomplished this past year, but on the longer arc of work that continues
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