The EHR Viewer is a secure website developed for Saskatchewan health care providers to give access to patient information regardless of where an individual goes for care or where they live in the province.
The EHR Viewer also includes access to:
- patient prescription and allergy information from community pharmacies;
- more than 90 per cent of laboratory results from health regions and the Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory;
- immunization histories;
- supports to help physicians better manage their patients with chronic disease, including diabetes and coronary artery disease;
- standardized operative reporting for breast cancer surgeries;
- hospital admission, discharge and transfer summaries, providing family physicians with valuable patient information; and
- discharge summaries from hospitals in the Saskatoon Health Region, allowing doctors to view the instructions their patients receive following release from hospital.
About 3,300 health care providers have access to the EHR Viewer, including physicians, pharmacists, and nurse practitioners.
The EHR project cost $32.5 million in total with approximately 75 per cent of the funding contributed by Canada Health Infoway. The Government of Saskatchewan contributed the remaining $10 million. An additional $39 million was spent on the development of additional components (provider registry, client registry, pharmacy, diagnostic imaging) that were necessary to have the information available to distribute using the EHR. Of this, $31 million was funded by Canada Health Infoway, while the province funded $8 million.
eHealth Saskatchewan is responsible for planning, developing and implementing the provincial electronic health record for Saskatchewan. eHealth is also responsible for Vital Statistics and Health Registries.
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Quelle/Source: The Yorkton News Review, 22.01.2015
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