Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
80 Grand Ave West Chatham, ON, Canada

Thank you to our Medical Residents for your contributions to care at CKHA. Happy National Resident Awareness Week! #ckha #NationalResidentAwarenessWeek

This Heart Month we are reminding our community to not delay emergency treatment if you or a loved one are experiencing symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. Even during a pandemic, a medical emergency is still an emergency. The health care system is ready to respond to medical issues during the pandemic. At CKHA, like all health care facilities across the province, we have protocols in place to protect patients and staff. To learn more about symptoms and signs and when to ...seek emergency treatment visit: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/emergency-signs. Image courtesy of Heart and Stroke. #HeartMonth #ckha #ckont

Information for Patients and Care Partners: When visiting our Emergency Department, please bring a list of medications you’re currently taking (including injections like insulin and inhalers), your medical history and if applicable, a list of your surgical procedures along with the dates. This will help our Emergency team significantly with the expedition and quality of your care. Most importantly, it contributes to the safe, high quality care we strive to provide daily. If you arrive without your medication list, please call your pharmacy while waiting and they can assist by faxing the list to our Emergency Department at 519.352.6400 (Chatham) or 519.627.9357 (Wallaceburg). #ckha #ckont

Take a moment to view this video of support and encouragement for Fairfield Park residents and staff in Wallaceburg. Thank you to these students for their wonderful messages of hope. #ckont #wallaceburg

Today is the day! Head over to Dominos between 4-7pm to support local health care. For a $10 donation you can get a large pizza and proceeds will go directly to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Inpatient Mental Health Unit. #ckont #ck #fundraiser #DominosPizza #CKHA

Please consider the following actions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in #ckont:

If you've booked an appointment at our COVID-19 Assessment Centre and no longer require a test, please cancel your appointment as soon as possible. This helps free up available time slots for those requiring a test. You can cancel online in our booking tool or by phone. #ckont #ckha

Public Service Announcement - Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine Clinic Returns to 47 Emma Street Location - http://www.ckha.on.ca/public-service-announcement-rapid-acc #ckont #ckha #RAAM

Check out the first Facebook Live in the Coping with COVID series from Windsor Regional Hospital.

TODAY at NOON volunteers will begin picking up donations for The Gift! You can place toys, non-perishable food items, hygiene products, craft/art supplies, books/puzzles, clothing, backpacks or gift cards on your front step to help those in need in Chatham-Kent this holiday season. Rural drop-off locations can be found here: http://ow.ly/gYaK50CqE4X https://www.thegiftck.ca/ #ckont

Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon, local Family Physician and an Emergency Physician at CKHA shares a message to our community regarding increased visits to our Emergency Department. #ckont #ckha #StayStrongCK

All the action of our new Hospital Information System launch was captured through live tweets from Lori Marshall, President and CEO last night. #ckha

Your donation will have double the impact until Nov. 30 due to generous donors Bob and Robin Hockney! #ckont #christmaswishtree

We have officially flipped the switch! CKHA is now LIVE with our new Hospital Information System. This milestone moment marks one of our most significant clinical transformations! So what does this mean for our patients, their families and care partners? - new and upgraded devices to better document care... - secure access to hospital information, ensuring timely clinical decision-making - electronic drug administration to enhance patient safety - an improved patient experience overall #ckha #ckont

Only a couple more hours until we GO LIVE with our new Hospital Information System (HIS)! The Command Centre at CKHA is busy preparing for our official flip of the switch. We’d like to wish our colleagues at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare good luck tonight as well as they share a GO LIVE date with us to implement this regional HIS. As we transition to our new system some things about how we provide care will look different (new devices, etc.) and it may take a little longer as we adjust. Our new HIS will improve care and the overall patient experience for our community. #ckha #ckont

The Gift is inside all of us across CK! Tomorrow is pickup day for The Gift - a toy, gift and food drive with all collected items being distributed to those in need in #ckont this holiday season. Place a gift on your doorstep tomorrow by noon to donate or if you live in a rural area, a map of all drop-off locations can be found here: http://ow.ly/chuw50Cqnqs

It's Healthcare Security and Safety Week and we'd like to recognize our CKHA Security team! Security and safety is an essential component of everyday healthcare practice across all healthcare settings and is inextricably linked to quality. Thanks to this team for making safety a priority for everyone at CKHA. #ckont #ckha #securityweek

All proceeds go directly to our inpatient Mental Health unit. Check out the Music for the Mind Fundraiser Christmas Online Auction! #ckont

Palliative Education Day presents Beyond the Bubble: Caregiving from Afar How can you be there for your loved one when you can’t be there in person? Beyond the Bubble: Caregiving from Afar is a free practical workshop and Q&A session on Thursday, November 26th at 6:00 PM via Zoom. #ckont

The following is a letter from Dr. Biondi, Chief of Emergency Medicine on our new Hospital Information System and how it will impact our Emergency Department during the first few weeks of transition: #ckha #ckont

This year’s Christmas Wish Tree campaign will be recognizing members of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation community who we’ve lost this past year. Learn more about John Thompson who will be honoured with a purple light on the tree. #ckont

It’s Digital Health Week! Join us in celebrating the progress and latest advances in digital health by visiting https://bit.ly/35XNTLX to learn more about this week’s virtual events. #ThinkDigitalHealth

Thank you Erie Shores HealthCare for sending us well-wishes and encouragement for our new Hospital Information System GO-LIVE tonight. We appreciate your support!

Are you in need of a COVID-19 test? There are three ways you can book an appointment at our Assessment Centre: 1) Visit www.assessmentbooking.ca. 2) Call 519.436.2556 to speak to someone directly to book an appointment. 3) Visit the Assessment Centre at 1001 Grand Avenue West (St. Clair College HealthPlex, Chatham Campus) to book your appointment with one of our booking clerks.... #ckont #ckha

Tonight we’ll transition to our new Hospital Information System. This new system will benefit patient care in our community for years to come. Here is today’s #DYK fact: #ckha #ckont

Planned hospital-wide upgrades to our computer systems will take place tonight from 10pm to 11pm at both our Chatham and Wallaceburg sites. During this time incoming and outgoing calls will be unavailable. We appreciate your your patience as we undergo these planned network upgrades. #ckont #ckha

Planned hospital-wide upgrades to our computer systems will take place tomorrow, Oct. 14 from 10pm to 11pm at both our Chatham and Wallaceburg sites. During this time incoming and outgoing calls will be unavailable. We appreciate your your patience as we undergo these planned network upgrades. #ckont #ckha

#ckont #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #ckha

It’s an exciting time for us at CKHA as we transition to our new Hospital Information System (HIS) this weekend! As we GO LIVE with the new system, we are asking for patience and understanding from our patients, their families and care partners. Over the next few weeks, wait times may be a little longer as our staff and physicians familiarize themselves with the system. What will a new HIS mean for our community? - Safe and secure electronic documentation... - Increased drug administration accuracy - Less duplication of diagnostic tests - Faster access to patients’ hospital records - Overall, an improved patient experience. #ckont #ckha

We’d like to welcome our new staff members, seen here at our General Orientation in October. Welcome to CKHA! #ckha #ckhabpso #ckont #welcome

On November 1, CKHA will GO LIVE with our new Hospital Information System (HIS). This is a significant clinical transformation for us and the benefits will be long lasting for years to come. As we adopt this new system, we appreciate your patience, as wait times may be longer than usual during the first few weeks of our transition. Dr. Biondi, Chief of Emergency Medicine, explains what you can do to help our staff and physicians when visiting our Emergency Department after we launch our new HIS. #ckont #ckha

We'd like to wish a happy and safe Thanksgiving to our staff, physicians, volunteers and community. #givethanks #ckont #ckha

October 10th is recognized as World Mental Health Day by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners. This year’s World Mental Health Day is calling for a massive scale-up in investment in mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily lives considerably making it crucial that we invest in mental health programs around the world. Learn more at: https://www.who.int//world-me/world-mental-health-day-2020. Image courtesy of the World Federation for Mental ...Health. #worldmentalhealthday

It's Canadian Patient Safety Week and this year's theme is Virtual Care is New to Us. Virtual care is new to most of us. Asking questions or asking someone to join you shouldn't be. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute is here to help you make the most of your virtual visits. A helpful checklist to use during a virtual visit is available here: http://ow.ly/itVm50C430B Additional resources can be found at: http://ow.ly/968p50C430A #ConquerSilence #patientsafety #virtualcare #ckont

Our COVID-19 Assessment Centre located within the St. Clair College HealthPlex is open 7 days a week. We'll remain open on the Thanksgiving holiday to accommodate testing. Please remember to book your appointment as walk-in testing will not be available at our Assessment Centre due to new provincial directives. You can book your appointment online at www.assessmentbooking.ca. For those without access to technology, a dedicated phone line for booking is available at 519.436.25...56. Learn more about this new directive for testing at: https://news.ontario.ca//ontario-implementing-additional-p Read more about our re-location here: http://www.ckha.on.ca/ckha-covid-19-assessment-centre-reloc #ckont #ckha

October 29 is recognized as World Stroke Day. Learn the warning signs so you can quickly identify if you or a loved one are having a stroke. Do not hesitate to call 9-1-1, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stroke is a medical emergency. Learn more at: https://www.world-stroke.org/world-stroke-day-campaign #worldstrokeday #ckha #stroke

In recognition of Spiritual Care Week, we'd like to thank our Spiritual Care department and all the clergy in our community who have been so supportive to our patients and families during this time. The spiritual and emotional support you provide is integral to patient care at CKHA. #spiritualcareweek

Lori shares her thoughts on gratitude and the weeks ahead in her Thanksgiving blog "Gratitude Unlocks the Fullness of Life." Visit Lori's blog here: http://www.ckha.on.ca//gratitude-unlocks-the-fullness-of-/ #ckont #ckha #gratitude

Check out this special message sent to our friends at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation from John Catucci on what would have been the 18th Annual Parade of Chefs.

In recognition of Thanksgiving, our Senior Leadership Team and Managers gave thanks to all staff and physicians across our sites with hand-dipped caramel apples from a local orchard with special toppings. We'd like to thank Nutrition Services for their tremendous efforts in creating these delicious treats for everyone! #ckha #thanksgiving #givethanks

We support the Ontario Hospital Association's TAKE THE PLEDGE TO STOP THE SPREAD. Ontario’s COVID-19 cases are rising again. This October, let’s commit to protecting our loved ones and our community by taking the pledge to #flattenthecurve and ask others to do the same. Sign the pledge here: https://www.ontariocovidpledge.ca/... #ckont