Viewing articles in the ‘Electronic Records’ topic.
October 30, 2014
2015 could be a breakthrough year in Canada as a handful of hospitals prepare to be the first in the country to reach Stage 7 on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), a benchmarking scale developed by HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Read More
October 22, 2014
WHITBY, Ont. – Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) announced that it has received the prestigious HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 award. Ontario Shores is the first hospital in Canada and the first mental health hospital in the world to receive this prestigious recognition. This designation is awarded to healthcare organizations for having a completely paperless health information system which advances the use of patient data to ultimately improve process and performance. Read More
October 8, 2014
TORONTO – CognisantMD, a health informatics software company, has announced a major milestone as they surpassed 100,000 patient record updates on the Ocean Platform. The cloud-based software provides a secure, controlled way for patients to contribute to their own Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) using mobile tablets, online questionnaires, and a library of over 400 clinical screening tools.
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September 3, 2014
TORONTO – Patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have a new tool when it comes to managing their mental health. The personal health tool is called ‘Mood Tracker’, and is now available through Sunnybrook’s MyChart service for patients and clinicians. It was developed in partnership with the Psychiatry clinician team, led by Dr. Ari Zaretsky (pictured), Chief of Psychiatry and VP Medical Education.
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August 6, 2014
OTTAWA – An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is calling for physicians to provide patients with clear access to their health records when stored in electronic medical record systems. Read More
July 7, 2014
A few years ago, I participated in a major portal development. That portal addressed patient care, but was beset by significant problems. Read More
June 18, 2014
LONDON, Ont. – Diabetes patients of St. Joseph’s Health Care London are benefitting from a new web-based system that allows all those involved in their care to access key medical information anytime, anyplace. Called Web DR (Web-based Diabetes Records), the secure system is a boon to care continuity, effectiveness, efficiency and diabetes research, say experts.
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June 18, 2014
TORONTO – Canadian researchers are the first to use electronic medical records of family physicians to track the prevalence and patterns of care for diabetes across Canada. The findings open the door for future mass-scale exploration of chronic diseases using information technology.
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May 21, 2014
TORONTO – While nurses recognize that digital health tools present a range of benefits for both themselves and their patients, there are a number of factors impacting the full realization of digital health in nursing practice. The barriers cited include the difficulty of using hybrid paper and electronic systems to access patient information (61 percent of the nurses), and having to use multiple log-ins to access different clinical systems (54 percent).
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May 21, 2014
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton’s Bay Area Records Conversion (BARC) has entered into a five-year contract to scan inpatient records for the Niagara Health System. The preliminary phase of the contract requires some six million pages to be converted to digital format from the Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie, Greater Niagara General Site in Niagara Falls, Port Colborne Site, St. Catharines Site and Welland Site.
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