Connect Care Bytes Blog: February 2025

2025-02-28

On Other Channels...

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here. Note: A camera icon in a post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

General

Support

Manual

See What's New (updates and additions)

Spring 2025 Upgrade

Between the Charts: CMIO Newsletter for Prescribers (current issue and archives)

Current issue: February 2025

2025-02-27

Between the Charts: CMIO Newsletter for Prescribers - Issue 15 Now Available

Our monthly newsletter for prescribers, called "Between the Charts", summarizes key news items, Epic system updates, efficiency tips and extras that will help prescribers optimize their Connect Care user experience, all in two pages. The next issue is now out, available at the below link! This issue includes information on:

Spring 2025 Upgrade
March Optimization (aka Thrive) classes
Connect Care clinic-administered medications soon to be in Netcare
Upcoming Connect Care satisfaction survey
Out of country/province/zone patients in Patient Lists
Update to "Place in Outpatient/Hospital Ambulatory Surgery" order availability
Order tool updates that may impact prescriber personalization
Epic's instructional videos and Epic Earth
And more!

Edit - Mar 4/25: Please note the item on page 2 regarding a new order to request rare specialty tests has been edited in the digital version of the newsletter, as the change date is being rescheduled.

The previous issues can still be accessed, via the archive in the Connect Care Manual.

If you have any feedback on this issue or have a suggestion for content you'd like included in a future issue, please send us an email.

2025-02-21

Update: Phased Replacement of IMPAX Viewer - Edmonton Zone Delayed

As previously posted, Provincial Enterprise Imaging (PEI) is replacing the IMPAX system as the new Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS). The next phase of implementation was originally scheduled for March 4, 2025 in Edmonton Zone. However, PEI implementation in the Central Zone has revealed new issues in the PEI system. AHS technical teams and the vendor are working together to find the root cause of these issues and a solution. In the meantime, to ensure patient safety and support clinical workflows, the PEI team has opted to delay the planned implementation of PEI in Edmonton Zone.

We will post the details here once a new implementation date has been established.