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Jeremy Smith,
With almost 65% of eligible physicians having adopted an EMR in their practice in British Columbia, several trends are becoming clear. As discussed in previous articles, the 65% of physicians who have adopted EMRs are... Read More
Dr Shepherd rightly observes that the physicians’ statements in the September article were testimonials to the benefits they have experienced with EMR. As the CMAJ articles acknowledged, physicians’ individual... Read More
Today in British Columbia around 60% of physicians in private practice offices are using an electronic medical record (EMR), and that number is moving steadily upward every year. This upward trend of EMR adoption... Read More
In the same way that the Internet has become ubiquitous, an integral part of our daily lives about which we rarely stop to think, EMRs are also coming closer to that state. Today, in large full-service family practice... Read More
Physicians in more than 14 BC communities have developed EMR communities of practice (CoPs). CoPs bring together GPs and specialists in a geographical community via a common electronic medical record (EMR) system.... Read More
Approximately half of the 5500 eligible BC physicians in community-based practice have now adopted an EMR through the support of PITO or their health authority, or on their own. Notably, the adoption rate among large... Read More
Recent PITO articles[1,2] have focused on PITO’s emerging program to expand support for specialist physician electronic medical record (EMR) and technology requirements. This month’s article focuses on adoption and... Read More
In the editing process, we inadvertently changed the meaning of the first sentence of the PITO article “Getting connected: Electronic delivery of lab, radiology, and hospital reports” (BCMJ 2010;52:179-180). The... Read More
Consistently cited as one of the greatest benefits of EMR adoption, electronically receiving lab results, imaging reports, and hospital reports directly into the EMR enhances care and increases office efficiency.... Read More
They took a leap of faith in the 1970s. Now, starting the 2010s with a new EMR, the Caledonian Clinic physicians share their experience. Caledonian Clinic is a busy medical practice in Nanaimo with a radiology... Read More