View Article  Report - Beyond Good Intentions Conference - Are we Getting Closer?
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
View Article  Remote Access to your EMR
As Alan Brookstone notes in a posting on  CanadianEMR,
"one of the great benefits of an EMR is the ability ...   more »
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View Article  BCMA: EMR commitment worries B.C. MDs
In this article in The Medical Post, Matt Borsellino reports from the BCMA Annual Meeting that  there is a  groundswell  ...   more »
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View Article  PITO Steering Committee announced
Members of the Physician Information Technology Office Steering Committee have been announced. 

BCMA Representatives
Dr. Michael Golbey     Past President ...   more »
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View Article  The Search for the Holy Grail - 'Clinically Seductive Software'
In CanadianEMR Alan Brookstone asks his readers:
"Have you used a clinically seductive EMR application or medical software tool? What ...   more »
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View Article  Frequently Asked Questions - Physician Information Technology Office (PITO)
part of the newly negotiated agreement between the BCMA and the BC Government is a plan to coordinate the implementation ...   more »
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View Article  Physicians’ Use of Email With Patients: Factors Influencing Electronic Communication and Adherence to Best Practices
In CanadianEMR Alan Brookstone reviews a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on Physician's use of e-mail with patients.    more »
View Article  eHealth Collaboratory aims to test and improve EMRs
As a 'proof of concept' the eHealth Collaboratory announced that 10 vendors had worked together to create an interoperable, electronic health-record solution.

The eHealth Collaboratory is a joint initative of the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation and Canada Health Infoway.  According to this article in Canadian Healthcare Technology:
"not only is the Collaboratory assessing how EMR solutions conform to standards. It is also helping vendors and healthcare providers collaborate on solutions to an urgent problem in the e-Health sector - the inability of many systems to talk to each other."
The article is located at:
http://www.canhealth.com/News345.html

View Article  8 Lessons from Canada, Australia and England on EMR/EHR Implementation
In CanadianEMR Alan Brookstone comments that:
"Canada is now being viewed as a leader in terms of establishing national leadership ...   more »
View Article  Quebec to speed up development of EMRs
Quebec has announced a $547 million plan to create a province-wide system of electronic medical records by the year 2011. ...   more »
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