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 cannot say enough how unsafe and time consuming it is to try to track down patient records in BC. I’ve worked in hospitals where another hospital merely 15 mins away is on a different electronic record that we cannot access with ease. This means when we have transferred patients, there is important details that […]
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 […]
Physician
I use about four systems to manage a single patient’s care. It really affects my workflow when I have to: – read through many reports – follow up on why people are on certain medications – look for records and medications on different systems – find out which specialist they should go to on another […]