It will be a Treasury Board Crown corporation that will work on the completion of the project. While members haven’t been appointed, Brenda Jameson, the acting executive director of the health information solution centre, said the ministry is working toward its goal of developing a One Patient: One Record Health Care System.
She said the goal was made after a pattern was noticed in the Patient First review that featured recommendations from patients and clinicians.
“Files are on paper so when people go from a rural setting to a city, or they get referred to a specialist or they end up in hospitals, their files don’t follow them,” Jameson said. “So they have to repeat their personal health information more than once. They have to have repeat tests. They don’t have a clear picture of what their drugs are and what interactions may be on-hand.”
She said making everything electronic should make things easier for doctors.
“The good thing with the electronic health record is all of that information will be available electronically to health-care providers wherever the patient accesses health-care services,” Jameson said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Shannon Lacroix
Quelle/Source: Prince Albert Daily Herald, 21.12.2010
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