CritiCall Ontario and Critical Care Services Ontario (CCSO) are excited to announce that the new Critical Care Information System (CCIS) launched September 12, 2023!
As part of Ontario’s Critical Care Strategy, the Critical Care Information System (CCIS) captures data on every adult, paediatric and neonatal patient admitted to Level 3 and Level 2 critical care units in Ontario.
The modernized CCIS provides real-time capture of critical care capacity with improved features and user functionalities within a secure cloud-based environment. This project has automated data entry (wherever possible), through hospital Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Admission and Discharge messages.
New clinical data elements have also been added, based on feedback from hospitals that use the system.
Thank you to acute care hospitals across the province for collaborating with us and making this possible. Over 95 hospital technical teams across Ontario worked with us on system integration.
The system provides more accurate and timely data to inform the ongoing development and improvement of Ontario’s critical care system. The shift from manual data entry towards automated, real-time capture of critical care capacity reduces workload for hospital staff and the new expanded indicators will add value for planning and management of access, quality, and system integration for critical care.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about the modernized CCIS, please contact:
CritiCall Ontario at ccistraining@criticall.org or CCSO at info@ccso.ca.