IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Medical clinics and other primary health-care centres in Ontario have been struggling with the transition to electronic patient records, say several industry experts.

An increasing number of physicians, nurse practitioners and a host of other health-care providers have adopted electronic medical record systems in recent years, but there are significant growing pains using the programs – a phenomenon that stretches across North America.

Weiterlesen: CA: Switch to e-records causing pain for Ontario doctors

More and more Albertans are meeting with doctors through video conferencing, a technology that is making medical check-ups easier and less-stressful for families.

The technology, which allows patients to see, hear and speak with their health care providers without leaving their own community, has made a huge difference for five-year-old Brayden Bigoraj.

Instead of loading up to Edmonton, Brayden and his family, who live in Red Deer, say doctor check-ups have never been easier thanks to teleconferencing.

Weiterlesen: CA: More Albertans meeting doctors virtually with province's video conferencing system

The strength of the Saskatchewan economy is exhilarating. The province provides a plentiful supply of minerals and agricultural products that are needed worldwide and fuel the economy. In the face of a reoccurring recession in Europe and the slow recovery in the U.S., some argue that the province should take advantage of its situation and implement innovative measures to maintain long-term prosperity. One such measure is a world-class e-government.

E-government uses the Internet to deliver services for citizens more conveniently and efficiently. We choose to use e-services because they take only minutes to complete and save us a trip to a government office. Among the “popular” ones is online payment for parking tickets.

Weiterlesen: CA: Saskatchewan: Estonia can teach us a thing or two about e-government

Some electronic health records projects are better suited for the private sector, government should focus on setting standards, says eHealth Ontario CEO Greg Reed

Three years into his job as the steward of Ontario’s electronic health records program the head of eHealth Ontario said the organization has learned three valuable lessons about technology deployment that would help them deliver on a promise to have the health records of every Ontarian in digital form by 2015.

Topmost among these lessons, according to Greg Reed, CEO of eHealth Ontario, was accepting that the organization can’t go it alone.

Weiterlesen: CA: 3 lessons learned by eHealth Ontario chief