BelRAIAn assessment tool for Belgian caregivers

Jurgen Berden - managing director - Pyxima

Interface project - Focus

• Diversity of instruments

• Technical group (prototype)• HC and LTCF setting

• RAI most added value • Improves quality of care • Stimulates cooperation

Interface project - Conclusions

BelRAI project - Focus

• Adapts assessment instruments to Belgian context

• Online registration interRAI data• Research implementation feasibility• Real life test cases

BelRAI project - Conclusions

“Completing the assessment instruments correctly and at a constant high level is

crucial in obtaining valuable information and subsequent

outcomes.”

BelRAI project - Conclusions

“Eliminating the obstacles leading to the collection of poor or inferior

data is necessary ”

BelRAI obstacles

• 3 languages• Specific settings multiple

changes

Social & cultural differences

Evolving content

Need for multidisciplinarity

Privacy ?

Belgian solutions

• “Belgian” instruments• More flexibility• Privacy policy• Reorientate BelRAI

application

More obstacles

• Workload• Education• Support

TIME !!

BelRAI

Flexibility

Multidisciplinarity

Instrumentdiversity

Multilingualaspect

Adaptability

Support

Belgiancontext

Extensible

BelRAI WebapplicationBelRAI WIKI

BelRAI webapplication summary

• Start questionnaires• Complete questionnaires• Use Outcomes & results• Administration

Role based access

• Every user has a role• Every role has its specific access rights• Access levels:

–System functions–Other roles–Questiontypes

• 18 roles available

Questiontypes

• Used to regulate access to questions in a questionnaire

• Every question has a questiontype • 15 types in total

BelRAI: aanvraag sectoraal comité van de sociale zekerheid en van de

gezondheid

(belrai_aanvraag_sectoraal_comite_1.5.doc)

BelRAI Wiki

• Focus on Belgian context• Dutch & French, German

soon

BelRAI Wiki

Managed

by

multiple researchers

Wiki links

Dutch: http://wiki.belrai.org/nl/

French: http://wiki.belrai.org/fr/

public demo site BelRAI application coming soon!

Linking togetherBelRAI application

CAPs

BelRAI Wiki windows open in BelRAI appl.

& public url

interRAI /MDSProject

Scales

Privacy

Provides information

… Logging

Provides information

Webapplication demo

WIKI demo

Future

The user is always right !

Acute care

Outcomes Benchmarking

Statistics

Web services

Instrument creation

Continuous integration ehealth

Thanks for your attention

Pictures courtesy of Jurgen berden &

Jurgen Berden

Email: jurgen.berden@pyxima.com