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Nine First Nations are about to test whether electronic health records improve the care patients receive at home, in hospitals and at doctors' offices on and off reserves.

The $3.4-million program was rolled out Thursday with statements from chiefs with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Southern Chiefs Organization and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak in the north.

The groups say it's the first time First Nations health workers have had access to software to consolidate patient files and manage care through electronic records directly on First Nations.

Read more: CA: Manitoba: Electronic health files tested for reserves

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In an effort to gain acceptance into the international Open Government Partnership, Canada must first develop open government commitments, which will be similar to the National Action Plan published by the United States Sept. 20, 2011. On Jan. 16 Canada closed the 41-day comment period that will inform the nation's open government plan, and all responses received through the Open Government consultation are now publicly available.

The Canadian government will publish a summary of findings in a March 2012 report, according to its open government website.

Read more: Public consultation to guide Canada's open government strategy

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Three Lunenburg County municipalities unanimously accepted a report Monday evening that recommends they create a board to provide joint services, then look at amalgamation after that board has been up and running for three years.

The three councils did not endorse the report, District of Lunenburg Mayor Don Downe emphasized — rather they accepted it so that residents can look at it and say what they want.

The Regional Governance and Shared Service Delivery Review was carried out for the District of Lunenburg and the towns of Bridgewater and Mahone Bay by Marathon Human Resources Consulting Group Ltd. of Dartmouth.

Read more: CA: Nova Scotia: Three councils eye shared services

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Instead of days or even weeks, it took mere minutes to send medical records from Brockville General Hospital to local healthcare providers under a pilot project testing the benefits of electronic health records.

More than 12,000 records were shipped electronically during a six-month pilot project involving the Ottawa Hospital, the Upper Canada and Osgoode Family Health Teams and the Southeast and Champlain Local Health Integration Networks (LHINS).

"We've shown we can move this information quickly, safely and securely," project manager Rowland Taylor told The Recorder and Times during a conference call Thursday.

Read more: CA: Ontario: E-health record project proves its worth

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Beausejour Primary Health Care Centre has begun using a new electronic health-record system, known as eChart Manitoba.

EChart pulls together patient information from a number of sources. Currently, it collects information on medication dispensed, immunization records, patient demographics and laboratory results and houses it in one place for quick and easy access by healthcare professionals.

Dr. Harold Nyhof is one physician using eChart. He said the biggest advantage of eChart is the time it will save doctors and patients by amalgamating a patient's medical history.

Read more: CA: Manitoba: Beausejour getting electronic health records

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