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In 2006, the CHCA launched our High Impact Practices initiative to promote innovative practices in the home care sector and to facilitate learning and knowledge exchange among our stakeholders. “High Impact Practices” are community based programs that improve the quality of life for clients and positively impact health care providers and our health care system.
2009 High Impact Practices
 TeleHomeCare CHF Program
Breaking down barriers to care regardless of where people live
An initiative from the Interior Health Authority that enables remote patient monitoring through a standard telephone line in the client / patient’s home.
Bringing it all Home
Telehomecare in the Northern Lights Health Region
A telehomecare initiative from the Northern Lights Health Region that is fundamentally changing the model of care to better support home care clients in their own home.
2008 High Impact Practices
A Journey to Enable Better Care
Presented by representatives from the Toronto Central CCAC and SIMS, their Information Technology and Information Management provider, this initiative achieves increased client care by leveraging technology to support business processes.
The Maximum Utility Program
Developed by KCI Medical in collaboration with a number of home care programs, this initiative achieves improved equipment utilization that results in increased cost savings and optimizes scarce human resources in home care.
Supporting Frail Seniors to Stay at Home Safely
Presented by representatives from British Columbia’s Northern Health and Interior Health communities, this project demonstrated the value of proactive homebased care for frail seniors, and of collaboration across jurisdictions in order to develop effective responses to this population’s needs.
2007 High Impact Practices
Partnering for Patients
A partnership that brings care closer to home
Presented by representatives from the David Thompson Health Region (DTHR) Home Care Program and the Red Deer Regional Hospital Emergency Department in Alberta, this pilot project demonstrated the value of a strengthened relationship between home care and the emergency department.
Clinical Pharmacy Services in Home Care
Optimizing medication regimens, reducing adverse events and increasing satisfaction
Presented by staff from the South-East Regional Health Authority, this pilot project demonstrated the important role of the pharmacist as a member of the home care team.
2006 High Impact Practices
Digital Wound Photography Program
An effective combination of technology and clinical expertise to improve client outcomes Enhanced Palliative Care Program A strategy to enable timely access to end-of-life care
Technology achieves improved client self management of chronic disease and enables pre-emptive care. The Family Care Home Model Facilitating Community Living for People with Acquired Brain Injury
2005 High Impact Practices
Hip & Knee Joint Replacement Achieving improved readiness and early discharge for individuals requiring total hip or total knee replacement surgery Introduced by the Community Care Access Centre of London and Middlesex (CCACLM), the Orthopedics Initiative provides evidence of the effectiveness of home care in the pre and post-operative management of individuals requiring a total hip or total knee replacement.
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