QI in Action eBulletin #108: COVID-19 Vaccination Data & GeriMedRisk

In this Issue:

• COVID-19 Vaccination Data Workflow Updates
• COVID-19 Vaccination Information Available via the Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR)
• Digital Health OHT Community of Practice (CoP)
• GeriMedRisk
• Upcoming Webinars

COVID-19 Vaccination Data Workflow Updates
As of May 18, 2021, and onwards, Health Report Manager (HRM) has been pushing data prospectively to physicians/nurse practitioners when their name has been collected through COVax_ON at point of vaccination. Further information around HRM COVax_ON Vaccination Reports can be found on the OntarioMD website here.

COVax_ON is now up to date to allow for documentation of mixed vaccines for those who received the AZ vaccine as their first dose. When adding the second dose vaccine a pop up will appear to remind you that this is not the same vaccine as the first dose. To proceed to the next step, you can write “guideline update” within the text box.

COVID vaccination data is now also available through the provincial clinical viewers, Connecting Ontario and Clinical Connect. Access to the viewers can be requested via Ontario Health’s Digital Health Service’s website. In the upcoming weeks, you will also see curated lists of enrolled patients that have been vaccinated made available on a monthly basis to physicians through the eReport tool which is available to any patient enrollment model (PEM) physicians in Ontario.

Any PEM physician with an Ontario Health ONE ID account will have access to their reports. Physicians without a One ID account can get one through the CPSO website or by making a request at Ontario Health’s Digital Health Service’s website.

Please click here for the COVID-19 vaccination toolbar created by Guelph FHT to help support providers in vaccine data documentation. In addition, please click here for a HRM workflow document, thanks to Dr. Scott Laing of Ottawa. As the vaccination reports are sent via HRM, some issues have been flagged and OntarioMD is working to resolve these issues as they become aware of them. Please check out the OntarioMD website for up-to-date notes on any issues identified and fixed. Below is a list of updates as of June 8, 2021:

• HRM COVax_ON Update – June 4, 2021
• HRM COVax_ON Update – June 2, 2021
• Apparent Duplicate COVID-19 Vaccination Reports from HRM

Content below developed by Ontario Health
COVID-19 Vaccination Information Available via the Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR)

The DHDR is a provincial repository of publicly funded drugs and pharmacy services, and all monitored drugs (regardless of payor). Ontarians’ COVID-19 vaccination information from COVaxON (the ministry’s provincial solution for COVID-19 vaccination information) is being made available through the DHDR as a quick solution to enable secure and easy access to authorized health care practitioners throughout the province.

Similar to existing DHDR records, COVID-19 vaccination information available through the DHDR is limited to patients with a valid Ontario Health Number (HN).

More information can be found within this document here.

Content below developed by Ontario Health (Population Health and Digital Excellence) and the Ministry of Health

Digital Health OHT Community of Practice

Ontario Health (Population Health and Digital Excellence) and the Ministry of Health are proposing that a province-wide Digital Health OHT Community of Practice (COP) be established that would provide a framework for OHTs to collaborate and share at a provincial level related to their digital and virtual needs and programs. This group would be a sub-component of the broader OHT Learning Collaboratives and Communities of Practice and supported by the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health.

 
The COP will be co-facilitated by OH regional digital leads and OHTs would be invited to showcase their best practices and lessons learned related to digital needs/programs for mutual learning across the province on a given topic. This collaborative should make it easier for OHTs to work on their requirements.

This group will meet quarterly but the COP would serve as a forum for engagement more broadly in between the meetings. This will include ongoing collaboration, on-line sharing, webinars, and workshops on key subjects. Importantly, the group will have an online collaboration space on the OHT Collaborative platform called the Digital Health OHT Community of Practice that can help support these activities. The COP will be used to facilitate sharing of leading practices, enabling scale of successful initiatives and standardization across OHTs/regions.   

To learn more, please check out the Digital Health OHT Community of Practice Quorum group.

Content below developed by GeriMedRisk
A Geriatric Specialist Resource for Primary Care Providers: GeriMedRisk

GeriMedRisk Consultation Process:

1. Prescriber (doctor, nurse practitioner, specialist) or allied health care professional* identifies medication, mental health or physical concern in their patient.
2. Clinician sends consult question and patient medical records to GeriMedRisk via eConsult, phone, fax, or central intake referral.
3. GeriMedRisk team reviews question, medical records, and conducts a best possible medication history with patient/caregiver.
4. Clinician receives a single, integrated consult note and relevant educational materials typically within 5 business days.

*Includes pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants or other clinicians in partnership and with the consent of the prescriber.

Educational Resources for Primary Care Providers

• Drug information: GeriMedRisk creates geriatric drug information summaries and infographics on safe prescribing for older adults.
  • Browse the library here and request at no cost.
• GeriMedRisk- Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology rounds:
• Monthly online accredited rounds on topics in safe prescribing.
  • Join the mailing list to stay up to date.
• COVID-19 Drug Information Resources

Upcoming Event: Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology And GeriMedRisk: Drug Safety For Older Adults Beyond “Start Low, Go Slow”

On June 24, 2021 at 12 pm, join Dr. Joanne Ho (geriatrician, clinical pharmacologist and co-executive director of GeriMedRisk) to learn more about how GeriMedRisk can support your patients’ care. Click here to register.

For more information: www.GeriMedRisk.com |1 (855) 261-0508| info@GeriMedRisk.com | @GeriMedRisk

Upcoming Webinars:

• Cancer Screening During the Pandemic and Onwards
  • June 21, 2021 (8-9 am EST)
• Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology And GeriMedRisk: Drug Safety For Older Adults Beyond “Start Low, Go Slow”
  • June 24, 2021 (12-1 pm EST)
     

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