ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES

ITACAlberta eHealth Update

October 2009

AHS Strategic Directions

Supporting Services LayerKey supports for the delivery of care

LabLab DIDI RxRx

Identity Management (person, provider, etc.)Identity Management (person, provider, etc.)

Interface Engine, Repositories, Data WarehousesInterface Engine, Repositories, Data WarehousesDocument

MgmtDocument

Mgmt RegistrationRegistration ReferralsReferrals

Patient Context LayerPresents Clinicians (& Patients) with views of the shared patient record relevant to their context of care or service

ASSESSPATIENT

PROVIDECARE

PLANCARE

EVALUATEOUTCOME

CPOE/Clinical Decision Support/Clinical DocumentationCPOE/Clinical Decision Support/Clinical Documentation

Patient Care & ServicesWhere Clinicians interact with patients, supported by transactional clinical systems and relevant decision support

Measurement and CQI (real time data; activity based costing)

Transition out of Care Episode

Transition into Care Episode

AcuteAcute

AmbulatoryAmbulatory

PrimaryPrimaryCommunityCommunity

Syst

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SchedulingScheduling

ClinicianClinicianPatient Client

Supporting Services LayerKey supports for the delivery of care (not shown but includes Corporate Systems)

Clinical Services Vision:‘Integrated’ IT Enabled Care (5 to 10 yrs)

4

Maturity Scale for IT Enablement of Business Goals/Vision

Increased standardization of business processes will facilitate IT enablement of Business Goals/Vision

Current Situation: Different AHS businesses at

different stages on this scale

Target

5

Progress to this Environment will be StagedProgress to this Environment will be Staged

The IT Roadmap will:

• Align with AHS business priorities

• Extract business value along the way

• Trade-off cost, risk and business value in making decisions to consolidate, optimize or add/replace IT assets

• Maintain momentum while moving toward business goals and IT’s target environment

Target

Target

Planned evolutio

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Coherent IT world("Big bang")

Opportunistic("Patching")

Year 2

Year 1

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