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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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SUDBURY, Ont. – Health Sciences North has been recognized as a national leader for its use of electronic health records. HSN’s Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care Clinics earned the LEADing Practice Award for developing a system of electronic patient scheduling, documentation, decision support and record sharing.
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LONDON, Ont. – CHIMA announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the Canadian College of Health Leaders to support the need for professional development, leadership training and lifelong learning.
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