eHealth Definition - Health Canada: Application of info/communications technology in
the health sector
- No clear consensus on meaning of eHealth
Applications of eHealth in differing patient settings - Hospitals: EHS, telemedicine
Home Care: Teleconsults, Remote vital signs monitoring
Primary ...
PHM 113 - Pharmacy Informatics - 2/2-Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert Verified eHealth Definition - ✔✔Health Canada: Application of info/communications technology in the health sector - No clear consensus on meaning of eHealth Applications of eHealth in differing patient settings - ✔✔Hospitals: EHS, telemedicine Home Care: Teleconsults, Remote vital signs monitoring Primary Care: EMR, EHR Canada Health Infoway - ✔✔Works with partners to accelerate development and adoption of digital health across Canada - Supportive, Advocate role, personal information not handled by Health Infoway PrescribeIT Purpose - ✔✔Project between Infoway, Health Canada, Provinces and Territories to create and operate a national e -prescribing service Where is PrescribeIT currently operating? - ✔✔Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador PrescribeIT Operations - ✔✔- Secure electronic transfer of prescriptions between prescribers to pharmacy of choice - Prescription details auto -populated in PPMS - Send prescription renewal/cancellation electronically - Prescriber integrated to public dr ug formulary, confirms drug costs and coverage 3 Ways patients can get prescription under PrescribeIT - ✔✔Directed: Electronic prescription sent directly to pharmacy of choice Deferred: Prescriber provides patient with authorized paper copy of prescripti on with barcode that pharmacies can scan to get prescription details Paper: Paper prescriptions may be requested by patient and issued PrescribeIT Benefits - ✔✔Pharmacists: More efficient dispensing, less errors, improved communications with prescribers Prescribers: Improved workflow and less paperwork Patients: Fewer loss prescriptions, decreased risk of privacy breach, improved patient safety Healthcare System: Less fraud and potential for abuse, improved medication cost management Access Health 202 2 Program - ✔✔By Canada Health Infoway, provides Canadians with access to their personal health info - More informed patient decision making eHealth Ontario - ✔✔Secure electronic health care system Create EHR network to connect health organizations and s ole practitioners across province Share results of lab tests and imaging eHealth Clinical Viewer - ✔✔Secure web -based portal that provides real time access to digital health records: - Lab results - Imaging - Dispensed Medications - Hospital Visits - LHIN Visits - Mental Health Care Info eHealth Portal - ✔✔Provides HCP that don't have access to provinicial clinical viewers a point of access to pt digital health info Digital Health Drug Repository - ✔✔Gives practitioners access to drug information, pharmacy services and drug profile viewer of specified patient - Provides info of ODB and Trillium Drug Program Ontario Laboratories Information System - ✔✔Gives authorized health care provides access to lab test orders. Makes viewing patients tests easie r - New for Summer 2019 - access to COVID19 lab test Telehealth - ✔✔Technology enabled delivery of health care when clinician and patient are not in the same location Telemedicine - ✔✔Diagnostic and treatment services for patients using information techn ologies - May require reach out to communities to get equipment to patient TeleHealth Ontario - ✔✔Phone service to get health advice from a RN. Nurses will decide whether to recommend to stay home, visit doctor, go to emergency, etc. - Ask questions about : injury, support to quit smoking, eating habits, teen health, mental health concerns, breastfeeding Ontario Telemedicine Network - ✔✔Accelerate virtual care solutions to connect health care to patients in Ontario
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