Lippincott Procedures “Go Live” in South Island DHBs
From Tuesday 5th May Lippincott Clinical Procedures will be available online at all South Island District Health Boards,
a move which looks set to support the better delivery of evidence based nursing practice across the region. Access to
the online resource by those in the wider health system, including primary care, NGOs, community health, the aged care
sector and relevant tertiary education providers, will be made available in the following months.
Lippincott Procedures is an online evidence based resource that provides real-time access to step-by-step guides for
over 1,300 evidence-based procedures and skills in a variety of specialty settings on-line. The South Island Executive
Directors of Nursing and the South Island Regional Training Hub (SIRTH) have supported the implementation of Lippincott
in partnership with Midlands region where it has been in place for over three years.
Lippincott procedures can be accessed from any hospital workstation or via a mobile iPad app, both online and offline.
Offline access will enable nurses in remote regions or with unreliable internet connections to still retrieve procedures
and information. When fully implemented, access to Lippincott will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all
nursing staff across the South Island health system.
The standardisation of clinical procedures utilising the latest evidence based practice will ensure optimum patient
safety throughout the South Island. This will mean that a clinical procedure is being delivered in the same way whether
it’s in a hospital or community setting.
The South Island Executive Directors of Nursing recognise that having an up-to-date, centralised, online distribution of
procedures can improve clinical practice and patient care, as well as contribute to the professional development and
retention of a highly skilled nursing workforce.
“Our nurses can open Lippincott Procedures at any time from any computer terminal eliminating the need to search for
those policies elsewhere on the unit. This technology has improved access for our nurses to the most current health care
information supporting the growth and expansion of evidence-based nursing practice in our organization." Jennifer Graham
Powers, RN, CN IV, BSN, CCRN.
ENDS