Countdown Checklist L8, T-minus 74: Get Ready for Continuing Care Cutover

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 8 prescribers readying for launch May 4, 2024...

• Anticipate Continuing Care Cutover

Cutover for Continuing Care is a process through which key pieces of information about LTC residents are entered into Connect Care prior to launch. The primary concern for prescribers will be the management of medication and non-medication orders, and the translation of important information about patients’ clinical status from a paper record to an electronic one. There are different workflows depending on if you work in Designated Supported Living (DSL) or Long-Term Care (LTC) and whether your LTC has a contracted pharmacy or not; please see the relevant FAQ below.

Prescribers should anticipate, and mobilize resources for, two key tasks as part of Continuing Care cutover processes near launch:

1. March 4–27: Please support the clinical teams by signing non-medication orders forms and Facility Living medication order forms (replaces standing orders) when requested by the sites. This information which will be entered by the cutover nurses and dieticians April 1–May 3.
2. April 1–May 3: Validate entered orders the week before launch.

The following FAQs can help prescribers prepare for Continuing Care cutover activities:

• FAQ: Prescriber Role at Cutover – Launch 8 LTC
• FAQ: Prescriber Role at Cutover – Launch 8 DSL and LTC with Contracted Pharmacy
• Form: Cutover Non-Medication Orders (Continuing Care)
• Form: Facility Living Medication Orders
• Manual: Cutover
• Manual: Long-term Care Workflow Resources