Information Highways

Anytime, anywhere access to patient information

The healthcare industry is well on its way to a long and exciting ride into eHealthcare territory. Many twists and turns are ahead. One turn is towards online patient records. Electronic Health Records systems and supporting business work flows, are only the beginning. Improved health information management has the potential to completely redefine clinical care processes. Some healthcare organizations are just beginning their journey while others have been navigating this highway for some time. In this case study Peggy van Wyck, senior consultant and project leader for the Hamilton Health Sciences Digital Records Project, will present their experience. Hamilton Health Sciences, the second largest merged multi-site academic health science centre in Ontario, is well along in their transition from the use of a laborious paper-based health record to an online record that provides patient information concurrently to multiple users, anytime, anywhere.

Speaker(s): Van Wyck, Peggy, Project Leader, Hamilton Health Sciences