NS adds X-ray results to consumer health app

HALIFAX – Nova Scotians will soon be able to access more information about their X-ray results through the YourHealthNS app. X-ray reports completed July 15 and onward will be available through the app 14 days later. The report includes findings from the X-ray, a comparison with any previous X-rays, the patient’s history and a summary.

Images will not be available. According to the province, X-ray reports will add to the information – date, time and location of the scan, body part scanned and the provider who requested the X-ray – currently available through the app.

More than 600,000 X-rays were performed in Nova Scotia in 2023,

“After a successful pilot and province-wide expansion of electronic health record access, we continue to provide Nova Scotians with more information about the healthcare they are receiving,” said health and wellness minister Michelle Thompson (pictured). “This is just the beginning as we plan to make more records and information available that will help Nova Scotians take a more active role in their healthcare.”

Earlier this month, Nova Scotia expanded access to electronic health records to people province-wide with a valid Nova Scotia health card who are 16 and older.

Providing Nova Scotians access to their electronic health records to better manage their healthcare is part of a larger digital health transformation that includes YourHealthNS, virtual care, e-referrals, the care coordination centre, the oncology transformation project and the one person one record clinical information system.