About
This system is intended as an interim solution while a fully featured version is developed.
The Interim Cardiac Services Prioritisation System supports New Zealand’s regional multi-disciplinary teams in the prioritisation of patients (assignment or urgency frame) for cardiac services.
The system was developed by 1000minds for the Ministry of Health in association with District Health Boards and members of the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand.
A little history
Late 1990s: CPACs (prioritisation tools) were initially created for cardiac services.
2003-2005: CPACs for cardiac services developed by the Cardiac Society in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (Alison Barber / Hendry and Ray Naden) using 1000minds, and implemented as a waiting list system by Informis
2020: Informis system becomes very unstable. CPACs implemented on the existing National Prioritisation Web Service (npi.1000minds.com). Development of cardiac.1000minds.com begins.
2021: The interim Cardiac Services Prioritisation System (cardiac.1000minds.com) is generally available. Behind the scenes, cardiac.1000minds.com uses the National Prioritisation Web Service but it provides a simplified regional view of prioritisation events, allows cases to be re-prioritised, and allows the status of cases to be managed.
The future
Migration: All those using npi.1000minds.com should migrate to cardiac.1000minds.com in order to take advantage of the above benefits.
Meeting management: After migration to cardiac.1000minds.com, case meeting management can be enabled for those wanting this.
CPACs: A collaboration of clinicians and Ministry staff plan to create some new CPACs and to revise some existing CPACs.
Ahimsa: Rajesh Nair from Waikato worked with Ahimsa Global to create a tool to provide advanced analytics on cardiac prioritisation, which also integrated with the National Prioritisation Web Service; however, this tool does not appear to be in use.
Other integration: Districts with integrated booking and meeting systems can integrate directly with the National Prioritisation Web Service instead of using cardiac.1000minds.com if they wish.
Improvements: It appears that this “interim” system may now be a solution for the near future and beyond. It can be improved to better meet the needs of cardiac/cardiology teams.