Despite spending $1.576B since 2001 only 17% of Canadians using Electronic Health Records – EHR’s

The effort to move Canadian medical records from paper to computer has been slow, and after eight years, the country is just a third of the way to its goal of having 50 per cent of those records available electronically by the end of 2010.
Canada Health Infoway, the non-profit organization charged with accelerating access to [...]

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New CMA online tool allows patients to manage their diabetes – The mydoctor.ca Health Portal enables physicians and patients to “discuss diabetes” online

MONTREAL, June 9 /CNW Telbec/ – Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Robert Ouellet today launched the first online diabetes tool specifically designed for use by family physicians with chronic disease patients. The mydoctor.ca Health Portal now allows patients to share important diabetes-related information – such as blood sugar, weight and exercise [...]

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U.S.Army Program For Electronic Medical Records To Be Expanded

The Army’s program for electronic battlefield medical records is preparing to expand to cover sites in the United States. That step comes as the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care
program, based at Fort Detrick, marks its 10th anniversary.
“It’s really just gone through its adolescence phase,” said Lt. Col. William Geesey, the program’s product manager. “That [...]

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The Dark Side of E-Health in Canada

Ontario’s McGuinty Government defends eHealth agency for spending millions on consultants
TORONTO – Spending $67 million over two years on consultants is part of the “expensive undertaking” tasked to a government agency that’s developing electronic health records in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty said on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.
The Smart Systems for Health Agency – now part [...]

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No Cost SGMS Key 2 Life EMR Master Program Available To Hospitals and Doctors In Canada and United States

Administrators and doctors please take note, that as of this writing there are CPT/ICD9/10 codes that will pay you to use the SGMS Key 2 Life EMR in your hospital, office or clinic.
We will provide your hospital, practice or clinic with the Safe Guard Medi-Systems Key 2 Life EMR Master Program at no cost. In [...]

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The Benefits of Electronic Health Records – EHR’s

There are many cited benefits of having EHRs which have a positive impact on both the North American healthcare community at large and each individual patient. These benefits include:
1. Improved communication – between healthcare team members (ex. physicians, dieticians, pharmacies etc.) themselves, as well as between healthcare team members and patients
2. Patient empowerment – Patients [...]

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Western Health Regions Team up to Intergrate Electronic Health Records – EHR’s

Some of the largest health regions in Western Canada are teaming up to explore ways to leverage their collective knowledge, experience and resources to improve the delivery of health care in their communities. Their first collaborative effort will be in developing an integrated electronic health record that standardizes the way patient health information is collected, [...]

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Canada’s military large-scale electronic patient record project

If ultimate I.T. challenges are your cup of tea, here’s one to ponder:
Please provide us with an electronic health record (EHR) system that:
• maintains comprehensive health records for 50,000 to 60,000 of our people, including their drug and dental care, no matter where they move (and they move frequently);
• is available to our care-givers [...]

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Boosting Canada’s EMR Backbone

Federal Budget Boosts Canada’s EMR Backbone
The 2009 Federal Budget and its focus on economic stimulus will provide some collateral support for improving the health of Canadians by accelerating implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) across the country. The federal investment of $500 million to Canada Health Infoway to encourage greater use of electronic health records [...]

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When Disaster Strikes, Will Your Vital Records Be Safe?

No one knows for sure how many medical, legal, financial, and personal records were swept away by Hurricane Katrina. Consider the grim picture painted by news stories of what happened when there was no safe storage, backup, or recovery plan for vital records in the following professional and personal settings.
Medical Records
Close to a million people [...]

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