Physician
Particulalry in rural settings, access to specialty sevrices, with an aging complex popultaion is so unstable, fragmented and difficult that the related records are likewise and the impacts of these siloed systems stressful and diminish time and quality of care and connection with my patients. Furthermore the fundamental paradigm within the Interior Health authority electronic […]
Physician
I am a family physician in Vancouver. I’ve trained overseas and can quite simply say that by far in BC, the navigating the health system has been frustrating, a big administrative burden, and it has impacted on the quality of care that patients receive. Continuity of care and access to patient information across one platform […]
Physician
When I moved clinics this year, I also had to switch the EMR (chart software) that I was using. The companies initially promised that they could transfer the files for me, which turned out to be wrong. Since then, I’ve had to spend months manually entering the charts of nearly 1000 patients – every medication, […]
Physician
I am a family physician serving patients in the North Shore , and I want to share what it has been like working in a health care system where the pieces often don’t connect. Every day, I see patients whose care is fragmented simply because the information about them is fragmented. Here are some examples […]
Patient
Being a person with life-long care needs, it’s unbelievable that visiting different practices often requires medical records to be brought with me on USB, printed, CD or even faxed between offices. I’m also a professional in IT, who’s witnessed the ease of use in other nations and areas. The state of the British Columbia interoperability […]
Physician
The disconnects in the system are myriad: physician to patient, health authority to physician, long term care to physician, long term care to hospital, physician to pharmacy, and family physician to specialist. Tracking down medication changes, what was actually prescribed/filled/taken and when, which tests were done, which tests are pending–consumes way too much of my […]