Sylvia Melnyk, like all her colleagues at CST, is working hard to make sure your new clinical information system will provide easy access to the information you need, when you need it. She manages the Health

Sylvia Melnyk, team manager, Health Information Management and Document Imaging

Information Management and Document Imaging team, who are focusing on chart management and the release of information.

“Collecting, storing, analyzing, using and transmitting patient information is important in order to meet legal, professional, ethical and administrative requirements within healthcare,” she explains.

“The CST project is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design, build and implement a patient information system across three health organizations that, in my opinion, will deliver smarter and more timely healthcare information, resulting in better patient outcomes.”

Visit the Health Information Management and Document Imaging team’s web page on the CSTproject.ca website to learn more about the team’s work.

New to the Team

Diana Trifonova

Diana Trifonova, our new transformational learning lead, joins us from VCH where she was a regional manager of clinical education for the Home Health Redesign initiative. Diana will be working with her colleagues at CST and the three health organizations to develop the transformational learning strategy, and to plan and deliver education before, during and after the implementation of CST.

CST Question

Q: Are the right people involved in designing the new clinical practices and clinical information system?

We chose the design team members and subject matter experts (SMEs) using multiple criteria including, but not limited to:

• current area of work
• skill set excellence
• leadership potential
• inter-organizational awareness
• willingness to be involved in the CST project

We also took deliberate care to ensure appropriate representation of facilities, sites, specialties and relationships. Team members and SMEs are listed on the CSTproject.ca website, in the Clinical Transformation section.

If you have any questions, please contact the relevant person from your organization, listed below.

Connect with CST

Questions? Suggestions? We’d like to hear them. Email info@CSTproject.ca or Share Your Story Idea online.

To find out more about CST visit CSTproject.ca or contact:

Dr. Bruce Long, Chief Medical Information Officer, VCH/PHC
Bruce.Long@vch.ca
T: 604.675.2510 | Ext: 22475

Kellé Payne, CST Executive Director and Transformation Lead, VCH
Kelle.Payne@vch.ca
T: 604.675.2510 | Ext: 22444

Alternatively, you can send feedback or make an inquiry via info@CSTproject.ca