TORONTO – Now over 10 years in the making, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s MyChart Personal Health Record Service (PHR) is gaining the momentum its innovators dreamed of – this year, eight new member sites will go live, with eager patients joining not just from Sunnybrook but also from many other healthcare providers. As well, MyChart is experiencing a sharp increase in use by doctors.
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By April, Newfoundland and Labrador will have 100% of its community pharmacies connected and delivering data into HEALTHe NL, its provincial electronic health record. Moreover, it will have all four of the province’s health authorities feeding various types of data into the record by next summer.
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TORONTO – Growth in the use of interoperable Electronic Health Records (iEHR) by Canadian doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals is fueling benefits for patients and providers, including improved quality of patient care, according to two articles published this year in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
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TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has selected the Harris QuadraMed Computerized Patient Record (QCPR) Clinical Patient Registration solution. QCPR helps organizations provide high-quality and efficient care through a user-friendly interface, efficient data entry workflow, and robust functionality.
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Medical cannabis has received much attention in Canada and has been a topic of significant debate, due to expected changes in legislation. In the United States, the medical cannabis market has been flourishing with recent changes in regulations, and the option to consume medicinal and recreational marijuana in some states has made it easier to obtain.
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Millennials are starting to re-design the EMR systems that doctors have used over the past decade, and they’re giving them a new twist. Vancouver-based InputHealth is a prime example of a fresh approach to collecting and sharing patient information.
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BRAMPTON, Ont. and KELOWNA, BC – Loblaw Companies Limited and QHR Corporation have announced an agreement under which Loblaw will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of QHR. QHR is a Canadian healthcare technology company and a leader in the electronic medical records (EMR) market, providing software for healthcare providers and their patients.
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TORONTO – Hospitals, clinics and even provincial governments have all taken a stab at creating patient portals, but for most patients, their health charts remain scattered among various providers – including hospitals, GPs, specialists, labs and clinics.
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VICTORIA – B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake (pictured) has ordered an immediate third-party review of a controversial electronic health records system that some doctors say is “fundamentally flawed and unsafe.”
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INUVIK – Clients in the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority will become the newest beneficiaries of electronic medical information systems, as the Government of the Northwest Territories continues improvements to the NWT Health and Social Services system with its roll-out of the Territorial Electronic Medical Record (EMR) project.
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