TORONTO, April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OntarioMD is excited to announce that its Health Report Manager (HRM) service has been selected by PwC Canada as a finalist for the Vision to Reality (V2R) Awards in the Accelerator category. The V2R Awards are PwC Canada’s annual program aimed at recognizing and celebrating the most forward-thinking organizations in the nation. Find out more at www.pwc.com/ca/v2r. OntarioMD would also like to congratulate fellow finalists @atbfinancial, @civrestribunal, @InvictusToronto and @ONgov for creating solutions that are impacting society and making Canada a better place.
HRM is a digital health solution that securely delivers patient reports (e.g., discharge summaries) from hospitals and specialty clinics seamlessly into the electronic medical records (EMRs) of nearly 9,000 clinicians. Reports appear in minutes; a vast improvement over the days or weeks it took for mailed or faxed reports to arrive - reports are not lost or misdirected.
Information about a patient's hospital visit now reach their family physician before they do. Receiving reports faster has meant that clinicians in the community have the most up-to-date information they need to be proactive and follow up with patients. Care can be better-coordinated and the management of potential complications and hospital readmissions reduced, especially for patients with complex conditions. These outcomes of using HRM are aligned with Ontario’s Patients First Digital Health Strategy which focuses on patient-centred care and improving the patient experience of the health care system.
“The productivity gains and operational efficiencies from HRM for clinicians and hospitals have been considerable. HRM reduces the administrative, paper burden on physician practices, and saves them approximately 30 minutes per clinician per day by not having to handle paper reports. It saves money for hospitals by eliminating the need to produce and distribute paper reports. On just measuring efficiency, HRM represents an annual cost avoidance now averaging $15 million across the Ontario health system,” said Sarah Hutchison, CEO, OntarioMD. Each month HRM delivers 1.25 million reports to Ontario clinicians, and this number increases every month.
HRM includes eNotifications that inform clinicians when patients are discharged from an emergency department or in-patient unit in real time, and before the discharge summaries arrive. “My practice receives eNotifications and it's been a positive experience. I followed up with a patient shortly after he was discharged and he was blown away that I was able to follow-up with him so quickly," said Dr. David Kaplan.
“Innovation is happening everywhere - in organizations of all sizes, representing all industries and sectors. Congratulations to this year's finalists who prove just that,” said Tahir Ayub, Managing Partner, Markets and Industries, PwC Canada. “We are thrilled that PwC Canada's Vision to Reality Awards gives applicants an opportunity for Canada-wide recognition, networking opportunities and exposure to entrepreneurs, CEOs and other industry leaders.”
Innovative enhancements to HRM are released regularly based on clinicians’ needs and input. Any clinician using an OntarioMD-certified EMR can sign up to receive HRM. To get the process started, please contact report.manager@ontariomd.com.
About OntarioMD
OntarioMD is unique in its ability to deliver the full spectrum of high-quality digital health programs and services for physicians across the province. Today, well over 15,000 community-based family physicians, specialists and nurse practitioners use digital health tools across Ontario, supported by OntarioMD’s infrastructure, relationships and experience to achieve Patients First priorities.
OntarioMD supports Ontario's physicians with practical advice from Peer Leaders and experienced Practice Advisors who help them optimize their EMR use to enhance patient care and achieve greater practice efficiency.
Certified EMRs are a foundational access point for provincial digital health services and enable access to Health Report Manager (HRM), eNotifications, Provincial eConsult Initiative, OLIS Deployment, EMR Physician Dashboard, Peer Leader Program, EMR Practice Enhancement Program, EMR Adoption Program. For more information about these services, please visit OntarioMD.ca.
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