In Technology For Doctors Issie Rabinovitch passes on common sense suggestions to improve security on EMR systems:
http://www.canhealth.com/doctors.html#D06octstory2
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In CanadianEMR there is a whole section devoted to disussion Exam Room configurations and set up of the equipment for ...   more »

Available from the Medical Records Institute (pdf) is their latest annual survey of  EHR Trends and Usage which reveals insights ...   more »

Alan Brookstone has posted an interesting piece in CanadianEMR where he discusses the exipration of the Alberta Physician Office System ...   more »

Despite a massive program sponsored by the federal and provincial government (Canada Health Infoway; 6 years; $1.1 billlion) less than 20% of Canadian GP's are actually using electonic IT systems for clinical care.   more »

The BC Ministry of Health has posted an update to their PITO Frequently Asked Question page.
Items marked as "new" ...   more »

Leaders of the Vancouver Coastal Health Physician User Group met with representatives of the the Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) ...   more »

Alan Brookstone posts on CanadianEMR an article about a complex problem evident in the UK as a result of the ...   more »

In CanadianEMR Alan Brookstone writes about the complex complex issues that arrive as we move to the EMR in physician ...   more »

Writing in CanadianEMR, Alan Brookstone reports on a conference in Montebello, Quebec sponsored by Canada Health Infoway and the Health Council of Canada and points to an interesting  document arising from the session  that reveals a number of insights relating to EHR implementation.

Dr. Brookstones piece can be found at:
canadianemr/2006/07/beyond_good_int.html

The document "Beyond Good Intentions: Accelerating the Electronic Health Record in Canada" can be found at:
healthcouncilcanada.ca/docs/papers/2006/infoway.pdf