Northern Health employees working at inpatient sites will document in our EMR:
- Nursing and midwifery staff, including students and agency
- Allied health staff
- Medical staff including juniors, seniors and students
- Clerical and health information services staff
- Clinical data reporting and informatics staff
- Maternity outpatient services staff
- Certain Northern Health staff working in satellite sites (if on Northern Health network)
- North West Mental Health Services in the following areas:
- Emergency – Emergency Mental Health (EMH)
- Inpatient – Broadmeadows Inpatient Unit (BIPU), Northern Health Inpatient Unit (IPU), Aged Persons Mental Health Program Inpatient Unit (Bundoora, Broadmeadows), Consultation Liaison (CL)
- Outpatient – Maternity Perinatal Mental Health
- Hospital in the home (HITH) staff, including Maternity in the home (MITH) and Northern Oncology & Haematology in the home (NOAH).
- Satellite dialysis staff
- VHISP Hearing Screener
Northern Health employees who will not document in our EMR (may view a patient’s record):
The following groups may document in the EMR in a later phase.
- Northern Health staff working in ambulatory services in the community
- Research staff
- North West Mental Health Service outpatient services community
- Residential care services (Ian Brand Residential Care will not view EMR)
- Staff working in outpatient clinics (may view a patient’s record and order pathology and radiology)
- Outsourced Radiology services
- Transition Care Package (TCP) bed-based staff
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) at Residential Care (GEM at Resi)
Staff who will not access our EMR:
- Residential Care (except Ian Brand Residencial Care who will be using EMR for Diet Codes).
