Hip & knee joint replacement : High impact practice : hip & knee joint replacement

EACH OF THE HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES: • Promotes home care that provides evidence- Thank-you to our informed service delivery directed toward the achievement of health outcomes in the settings that High Impact Practices Partner… best support the individual, and family Sanofi Aventis has been a Gold Sustaining Patron of the CHCA • Enhances the effectiveness of home care for over four years. [...] Canadian Home Care Association — High Impact Practice: Hip & Knee Joint Replacement Hip & Knee Joint Replacement SUMMARY Introduced by the Community Care Access Centre of London The objectives of the Initiative are to: and Middlesex (CCACLM), the Orthopedics Initiative provides • Decrease the length of stay in hospital for individuals evidence of the effectiveness of home care in the pre and post- [...] The Initiative involves a Nurse Practitioner from the surgical team and the acute care the collaboration of providers across the health system recog- hospitals) collaborates to develop, implement, evaluate and re- nizing the importance of integration in order to optimize pa- vise the care pathway and service plan for clients undergoing tient outcomes. [...] Differing practices amongst surgeons and acute Health Care, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term care facilities compounded the variability and made it evident that Care (MOHLTC) undertook to support health care providers to the development of care pathways and the implementation of dis- implement strategies to achieve decreased wait times and im- charge planning and self care strategies f [...] Critical to the continued use and relevance of the care pathway In recent years there has been a trend toward increased home- and service plans is regular evaluation of the established frame- based rehabilitation following joint replacement surgery in order work, regular evaluation of goals and outcomes and consulta- to contain costs and enhance the quality of care.