When Island Health introduced its new electronic health record system at Nanaimo Regional Hospital in 2016, there was serious pushback from some physicians. It was felt the system was too cumbersome to work with, and several departments, including the emergency department and the intensive care unit, partially reverted to usingRead More →
Users of Apple Health may now share their data with doctors and loved ones; new measures include the first-of-its-kind Walking Steadiness measurement. Apple has formed a partnership with Cerner and Meditech, two businesses that specialize in electronic health records, to allow customers to share their Apple Health data with healthcareRead More →
The pandemic has shown the need to increase and improve our EMR options across the globe. The need to improve patient records and software options for healthcare is increasing and demand is expected to grow in upcoming years. “The world market Optometry EMR Software in 2020 focuses primarily on marketRead More →
Three Ontario hospitals recently announced they are joining hands to share an implementation of Meditech’s latest electronic medical records system, called the Meditech Web EHR. Markham Stouffville Hospital, in Markham, Ont., will host the system, and a single, shareable electronic health record will be created for patients at Markham Stouffville,Read More →
Over the course of 2015, countless data breaches occurred within hospital networks, health insurers, physicians’ offices, and other organizations in the healthcare industry. In fact, Community Health Systems, Premera and Anthem were just a few of the most notable names who made cybersecurity headlines last year. More than 94 millionRead More →
Ransomware has seriously turned on to a noxious game of Hackers to get paid effortlessly. Once again the heat was felt by the Los Angeles-based Presbyterian Medical Center when a group of hackers had sealed all its sensitive files and demanded $17,000 USD to regain the access to those compromisedRead More →
It looks like another #OntarioMD approved EMR vendor is no more. In a follow up to our article “Instability with #EMR in #Ontario“, yesterday OntarioMD updated their approved vendors to indicate the following. As of February 20, 2015 the Jonoke Software Corporation Inc’s EMR offering JonokeMed v5.5 is no longerRead More →
Is your cloud (online web-based) application vulnerable to hackers? Do you even know if the OpenSSL security flaw and bug affected your important data? Are you paying attention to your investment? Or do you even care? With many moving full steam ahead with cloud-based solutions, recent developments have casted aRead More →
New Brunswick has moved “from almost the worst in the country to near the front of the pack” for electronic medical record adoption, says the president of the New Brunswick Medical Society. Dr. Lynn Hansen says 357 doctors out of the eligible 950 enrolled in the provincial program by thisRead More →
N.B. Medical Society facing criticism from members about patient record software. The New Brunswick Medical Society is finding itself on the defensive against criticism from its own members who are questioning its handling of a new electronic medical record (EMR) program. Launched in partnership with the private information technology companyRead More →