by medicaltechont | Jun 13, 2015 | OntarioMD
Previously we mentioned that Jonoke was no longer listed as a certified OntarioMD vendor. It seems that there was a bit more to their story. As recently reported, their assets have been purchased by QHR in another EMR acquisition.
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(RTTNews.com) – QHR Corp. (QHR.V), engaged in the healthcare information technology sector, said its wholly owned subsidiary QHR Technologies Inc. has entered into a binding agreement to purchase all of the healthcare assets of Jonoke Software Development Inc., including its proprietary Electronic Medical Record or EMR software and its clients.
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We are now down to 9 vendors in Ontario, under the current certification offerings (not including Bell who will no longer offer an EMR after December 2015). If you are looking for information on the remaining offerings
click here. Hopefully more companies will get on board, giving medical professionals more choice in Ontario.
by medicaltechont | Mar 14, 2015 | Healthcare
One-third of Ontario employees receive no medical and dental benefits through their workplace, with low-income workers and women most likely to be excluded, according to a report to be released Tuesday.
The study by the Wellesley Institute, a Toronto-based health policy think-tank, shows that the vast majority of those in precarious or low-wage jobs do not have employer-provided health plans. The report notes that those workers are not often eligible for government-funded benefits either, leaving a significant gap in health coverage.
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http://www.insidebrockville.com/news-story/5341196-one-in-three-ontario-workers-lack-medical-dental-benefits/
by medicaltechont | Feb 14, 2015 | e-Health, Healthcare, OntarioMD
The RFQ was opened on November 6, 2014 and closed on December 3, 2014. The RFQ was posted on MERX, an electronic tendering service, and was open to all vendors (i.e., not limited to Canadian vendors).
Five respondents successfully completed Stage 1 and have qualified to participate in the next stage for detailed evaluation, validation and potential certification of their proposed ASP EMR offerings.
- AlphaGlobalIT (GlobeMed)
- Inidivica Inc. (IndiviCare)
- Intrahealth Canada Ltd. (Profile EMR)
- TELUS Health Solutions GP (TELUS Med Access EMR)
- York Card Technology Inc. (YMS EMR)
Stage 2 is expected to commence in March 2015
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by medicaltechont | Feb 14, 2015 | Canada, e-Health, EHR, OHIP Billing, Ontario MD, Vendors
Purchasing electronic health record (EHR) systems is a process in which potential buyers and users often seek and assess information about the products in question and compare alternatives. EHR is often a new technology to the people who use it, introducing new ways of performing clinical and administrative tasks. As such, it may be regarded as an innovation. Rogers’ [] diffusion of innovations theory suggests that the process of adopting innovations (the innovation decision process) typically follows five stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. Most relevant to this work is the knowledge stage in which adopters learn about the existence of an innovation (awareness knowledge), gain basic knowledge of how to use it (how-to knowledge), and understand the underlying principles behind it (principles knowledge). This is followed by the persuasion stage, in which potential adopters actively seek more information about the innovation, evaluate its characteristics, form positive or negative attitudes toward it, and subsequently adopt (eg, purchase) or reject the innovation at the decision stage.
For EHRs, the adoption decision process involves a planning phase that includes needs assessment, identifying champions, gaining buy-in from stakeholders, workflow analysis, understanding financial issues, and goal setting [,]. This is followed by a system selection phase in which information is sought from various sources including vendors and general consultants[], visits to practices that have installed systems of interest, and product demonstrations [,]. At this stage, according to Lorenzi et al [], “the internet provides a valuable source of information regarding specific EHR system products, capabilities, and the selection process” (p.8). In particular, vendor websites could play an important role in making an adoption decision by creating awareness, providing how-to and principle knowledge, and using various persuasive means to affect potential adopters’ perceptions of EHRs. However, to the best of our knowledge, no systematic efforts have been made to examine whether EHR vendors use their websites to present the information typically gathered in the pre-decision stages of Rogers’ innovation-decision process.
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by medicaltechont | Jan 3, 2015 | Technology
OntarioMD recently published a survey that shows that physicians in Ontario who are using EMRs are seeing improved patient care and are experiencing better office efficiency. OntarioMD, a subsidiary of the Ontario Medical Association, manages the Province’s EMR Adoption Program on behalf of eHealth Ontario, which oversees and funds the Program.
Among the highlights of the 1,750 physician survey for 2010 are:
- 90% are using EMRs regularly to write and renew prescriptions;
- 90% are regularly receiving and managing lab results electronically, up from 82% in 2008;
- 92% are using their EMRs to enter their encounter notes, eliminating the need for paper records;
- 73% felt they were primarily paperless, up from 60% in 2008.
What about the impact to their practices’ productivity and revenue?
- In 2010, 84% of physicians reported improved or the same revenues, up from 74% in 2008
- In 2010, 79% reported improved or the same productivity, up from 62% in 2008.
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