Hospitals in Ottawa, Hawkesbury linked
Posted Feb 8, 2012 03:10:34 PM.
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OTTAWA – You’ve seen the commercials and now the Ottawa and Hawkesbury Hospitals will be better linked electronically.
Patient’s records taken at either hospital will now be readily available 150kilometres away through an Ontario wide lab system.
Dale Potter CIO of TOH told 1310News patients will no longer be transferred between the hospitals with a clipboard attached to them.
“In many cases there is a clipboard which aggregates (sic) documents related to the patients care in another environment whether it be paramedic treatment if they are transported by ambulance,” Potter said. “Clinicians, as they arrive, digest that information and take decisions on what the most appropriate next step is.”
eHealth Ontario is using Ottawa as a training ground for the rest of the province.
Greg Reed, President of eHealth told 1310News, Ontario is a big step ahead of the rest of the country with 60% of family doctors using electronic records, more than the rest of the provinces combined.
“The ability to improve patient care through technology and innovation is the primary purpose of eHealth Ontario,” Reed said. “These announcements today mark two more in a series of connections between electronic health information systems in Ontario.”
Family physicians and ER doctors will now be able to have past patient records and get any test results easier and faster.
