A number of research and improvement projects are developed within MUSCO to optimize the care offered to patients. These projects aim to help caregivers develop a better knowledge and understanding of the needs of families and the health status of patients. The goal is to allow patients to feel more supported as they receive personalized care tailored to their conditions.
Quality of Life Questionnaires
Project leader
The project
Make quality of life questionnaires accessible to patients and families within the orthopedic clinic
MUSCO Strategic Goal
Promote the participation of families in the decisions that relate to care processes.
Project Objectives
Progress Report
The project is designed to improve and accelerate patient care by enabling them to provide useful and relevant information about their health condition anywhere, anytime, in advance of an appointment.
To this end, an application called AMIKO (Application MUSCO de Kentico pour les patients suivis en orthopédie) using the Kentico system was developed to make quality of life questionnaires available electronically and remotely to patients at the AGIS! orthopedic clinic. Since the start of the project, about 15 quality of life questionnaires have been converted to electronic format.
Efforts are now underway to connect the new application to other systems to maximize its benefits. First, AMIKO will be linked to the clinic’s appointment management system to track the completion of questionnaires based on patient visits. Infrastructure will also be put in place to link AMIKO and Centro, which will allow the clinician to access patient scores in real time during the appointment. Finally, the teams are also exploring the possibility of transferring the questionnaire data to the patient’s medical record.
Phase 2 of the project will also involve the integration of 10 additional questionnaires. In the longer term, it will also be necessary to anticipate the renewal of licenses and navigate through the large-scale digital transformation work at CHU Sainte-Justine and the evolution of AMIKO software versions.