Abstract
Optimal care of the community client, including those considered senior or elderly has become a critical consideration of the Canadian health care system. As such, meeting the health needs of the community client, a fundamental role of home care, has been theoretically improved by home cares adoption of an electronic client assessment and information system known as Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care (RAI-HC), one of the many assessment systems within the inter-RAI suite of assessments. Valid and reliable client outcome data and algorithms are generated from a completed RAI-HC, and available to home care and its assessor coordinators to support clinical and program decisions. However, adopting RAI-HC is one thing, understanding and utilizing it successfully is another. In order to realize the benefits of RAI-HC, user comprehension and application of this system in totality is central. In view of this, even though RAI-HC has been adopted in Saskatchewan home care programs, how well it is understood, and successfully utilized and integrated within day to day clinical practice and delivery of care, and indeed home care programming, is not known.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Normalisation, Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care, Interpretive Description
Recommended Citation
Toye, Colleen R., "Beyond adoption: Exploring the utilization and integration of Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC)." (2024). Leadership. 11.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/leadership/2014/posters/11
Conference Name
Leadership Summit 2014
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2014
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Beyond adoption: Exploring the utilization and integration of Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC).
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Optimal care of the community client, including those considered senior or elderly has become a critical consideration of the Canadian health care system. As such, meeting the health needs of the community client, a fundamental role of home care, has been theoretically improved by home cares adoption of an electronic client assessment and information system known as Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care (RAI-HC), one of the many assessment systems within the inter-RAI suite of assessments. Valid and reliable client outcome data and algorithms are generated from a completed RAI-HC, and available to home care and its assessor coordinators to support clinical and program decisions. However, adopting RAI-HC is one thing, understanding and utilizing it successfully is another. In order to realize the benefits of RAI-HC, user comprehension and application of this system in totality is central. In view of this, even though RAI-HC has been adopted in Saskatchewan home care programs, how well it is understood, and successfully utilized and integrated within day to day clinical practice and delivery of care, and indeed home care programming, is not known.