@sax @chris.rumball I attended the HiNZ webinar on South Island Hospitals and enjoyed the talk on Cortex .
I work in General Practice and wonder whether there has been any exploration of the use of cortex and workflow forms in General Practice context . Secondly I wondered whether as had been brought up in questions whether there is provision or are you exploring offering telehealth options via the Cortex platform .
Thanks
Grahame
Thanks for the question @grahame.jelley. We’re in the process of setting up Cortex for use in the community, with an initial pilot aimed at coordinating MDT teams in the community focussed on chronic pain management.
I’d be interested to learn more from your perspective about the possible ‘problems to solve’ from a GP perspective using a platform like Cortex. We could arrange a call if easiest.
Yes, we have explored the possibility of telehealth integration into Cortex and can see great synergy by having it tightly integrated alongside the patient notes and Circle of Care.
Kind regards
Chris
Apologies for delay in response Chris
Couple of thoughts. I was involved in some innovation planning up here in Northland whereby we developed a process and set of resources to coordinate MDT using our existing but not well liked Whanau Tahi tool. DHB put in place for access to core GP dataset which provides core dataset of classification. Alerts, meds and allergies in a single viewwithinnconcerto. As part of the package there is Care Co ordination module and an Advanced Care Plan module. We have Te Hono which is a rural GP to hospital peer and case conference type meeting over ZOOM. We linked this concept into a MDT process hoping to establish General Practice and community and hospital interface . Will ask for ability to share access for you.
From a primary care of GP flow point of view without a true understanding of your product this is what I might imagine
Pre work is a cornerstone of Healthcare home strategy and part of building a fence back from the edge of the cliff preventing hospitalisation.
In my practice we have recall systems for various aspects of preventative care but no real way of easily creating a cohesive individual view of upcoming recalls. We also have recently had access to a presumably AI process that searches our medication database for upcoming due prescriptions which allows us to communicate ahead it time with patient. It seems sensible to me to look across whole record and try and produce a view of not only prescriptions but also upcoming recalls and work out an process to bring all these into a pre planned intervention event. Likewise we over order blood testing and having workflow associated with key long term classification and the evidence based appropriately timed supporting labs would reduce overuse and standardise. These processes and planning will be applied in variable approaches and standardisation across individuals, practices and PMS. The lab data is available across the sector via various platforms so presumably searchable and able to be processed into structured alogorithms.
Hopefully not a unfettered ramble and happy to understand your processes and thoughts on Community application
Stay safe and well
Grahame