Environmental Scan and Research – Clinical Document Development
Dynamic Health
Use Dynamic Health as the primary evidence source for the basis of SHA clinical procedures and practice support documents to reduce search time for evidence-based practice. Refer to the document below for more detailed information.
Related resources
Start Repeals Spreadsheet during Environmental Scan
Enter all relevant former health region documents such as policies, procedures, learning packages, exams, training checklists, audits, patient handouts, posters, clinical forms, order sets, work standards, etc. onto the Repeals Spreadsheet early to facilitate the repeals process.
NOTE: Use the Repeals Resource Bundle for Clinical Standards and Procedures
Repeals resources
Documents within the SHA
Search the following areas for current documents within the SHA.
- These documents form the basis for the step called “repeals” which involves removing former health region documents from circulation.
- List the documents found along with their location links, if available, on your repeals list as you find them to save time later on in identification of repeals.
- There may be no documents found in the SHA, or in every former health region.
- Document Finder
- SHA Intranet
- Clinical Forms
- Healthwise Articles - refer to this webpage for information about content
- Patient Education and Information Resources (PIER)
- Order Sets
- SHA Safety Alerts
- Former Health Region Intranets
- Local shared drives
- SharePoint sites
Documents External to the SHA
If relevant to your project, you may need to search the following sources external to the SHA.
- Retain the relevant documents in a folder in your project SharePoint or in a project folder in a Shared Drive or your desktop.
- Identify and review applicable provincial legislation or regulations. Make note of pertinent findings that will affect development. The following links are not all inclusive and depending on the topic, other legislation/regulations may need to be considered.
- Provincial Heath Authority Act
- Provincial Health Authority Administration Regulations
- Program Guidelines for Special Care Homes
- Provincial Home Care Policy Manual
- The Medical Profession Act, Bylaws and Guidelines
- The Hospitals Standards Act
- The Hospital Standards Regulations
- The Public Health Act
- Disease Control Regulations
- Conduct a literature search (SHA Library Service) if required. If a specific resource may be referenced in the final document, consider the use of a citation manager (example: Zotero),Reach out to SHA library services when completing the evidenced-based review and literature search.
- Determine if there are relevant documents from:
- Accreditation Canada Standards and ROPs
- Ministry of Health Policy.
- Other provincial partners – Sask. Cancer Agency (SCA)), SAHO, 3S Health, eHealth Saskatchewan.
- External public/private sector organizations
- Provincial Health Authorities: Nova Scotia, AHS, PEI, Manitoba, Vancouver Coastal, Winnipeg, University Health Network, Sick Kids, Royal Ottawa, Trillium, etc.
- Safety Organizations: CADTH, Healthcare Excellence Canada, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, etc.
- Canadian Institutes for HealthResearch
- CIHI
- National Collaborating Centers
- Saskatchewan Health Quality Council (HQC)
- Canadian Medical / Nursing Protective Associations
- Network of Interprofessional Regulatory Organizations
- Best Practices Organizations (topic specific).
- Regulatory Bodies and Professional Associations
- Review relevant position statement or guidelines.
- Review with Regulatory Bodies whose legislation, bylaws, standards, policies and guidelines may impact the development of the clinical standard/procedure(s).
- Identify if a need for quality or other data is required. Request for Information Form (ehealth).