By Rosalind Russell – Twenty-three partner hospitals across Northeastern Ontario will push the button tomorrow going digital with electronic medical records for their patients.
Tomorrow, Tuesday June 4th, the electronic medical records of every hospital will be live for authorized clinicians at 23 partner hospitals throughout the northeast including Espanola, Blind River, Elliot Lake, the Manitoulin Health Centre and Sudbury.
North Shore Health Network President, CEO Tim Vine says the hospitals have been working together since 2018 to make the transformation.
He says patients will experience more seamless care in the Northeast as they journey through the hospital system, reduce the need for repeat testing, and help prevent medical errors by providing clinicians with the information they need to make informed care decisions.
The ONE (one person, one record, one system) Initiative is to improve the delivery of health care through the creation of a single electronic health information system (HIS).
They appreciate the support of primary care for providing increased opportunities for non-urgent and non-emergent care visits in their clinics during this time in attempts to decrease the emergency department volumes, as they adapt to the new system.
If you have a non-urgent or non-emergent concern, please contact your primary care provider prior to coming to the hospital. Other resources available include:
Health811: Connect with an RN Day or night for free. · https://health811.ontario.ca or call 811
North East Region Virtual Care Clinic: Nurse Practitioner-led virtual care clinic. https://www.nevirtualcare.ca/
The participating hospitals are:
Anson General Hospital, Iroquois Falls
Bingham Memorial Hospital, Matheson
Blanche River Health, Englehart and Kirkland Lake
Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre
Health Sciences North, Sudbury
Hôpital Mattawa Hospital
Hôpital Notre-Dame Hospital, Hearst
Hornepayne Community Hospital
Lady Dunn Health Centre, Wawa
Lady Minto Hospital, Cochrane
Manitoulin Health Centre, Little Current, Mindemoya
North Bay Regional Health Centre
North Shore Health Network, Blind River, Thessalon & Richards Landing
Sault Area Hospital
Sensenbrenner Hospital, Kapuskasing
Services de santé de Chapleau Health Services
Smooth Rock Falls Hospital
St. Joseph’s General, Elliot Lake
Temiskaming Hospital, Temiskaming Shores
Timmins and District Hospital
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Moose Factory
West Nipissing General Hospital, Sturgeon Falls
West Parry Sound Health Centre
Photo: The North Shore Health Network is just one of 23 hospitals in northeastern Ontario that will launch the new digital patient system tomorrow. The public will have seamless records from one hospital to another, which is expected to streamline treatment and ensure the proper care for individuals. Photo provided by NSHN
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