Physician Information Technology Office

If you are thinking about choosing an electronic medical record (EMR) vendor for your office or clinic, it’s never too early to start thinking about what you will be looking for and how you will make this important decision.

The Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) is an outcome of the 2006 Agreement, Appendix C (www.bcma.org), where the provincial government and the BCMA agreed to work collaboratively to “co-ordinate, facilitate and support information technology planning and implementation for physicians… including the development and implementation in British Columbia of standardized systems of electronic medical records” (EMRs).