Electronic Health Records

• Privacy commissioner to review proposed changes to Alberta health legislation

  "It is extremely disappointing that I was not at any point consulted on this bill," Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton said.

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  Nov 6, 2020
  
• Ontario government promotes digital health strategy, which includes video visits and online bookings

  Health Minister Christine Elliott says patients will be able to go online to book appointments that work best for them, and review their secure health record online.

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  Nov 13, 2019
  
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• AHS identifies issue that led to lab result delays after Connect Care launch

  After hearing from family doctors who said they weren't receiving lab results since Connect Care launched, Alberta Health Services said Friday it had identified the "e-delivery" issue.

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  Nov 8, 2019
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• Third of eligible N.B. doctors sign on to electronic health records

  The New Brunswick Medical Society says more than a third of the 950 doctors eligible for the province's new electronic medical records program have enrolled.

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  Apr 3, 2014
• N.B. health minister open to new deal on electronic health records

  New Brunswick's health minister says he's willing to renegotiate a contract that gave the New Brunswick Medical Society the exclusive rights to provide an electronic medical records system to the province's doctors.

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  Feb 26, 2014
• Onus put on patient to transfer medical files

  Last month, controversy arose when a medical centre refused to release patients' records to doctors who had switched clinics. The province intervened, but the problem created some discussion over how medical records are kept, and whether Saskatchewan's system could be made more efficient.

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  Jul 22, 2013