That's because the Northern and Eastern Ontario Diagnostic Imaging Network (NEODIN) DI-r, a shared imaging archive, enables doctors in one hospital to access images and reports acquired at another. And now, Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital (ADMH) has been linked into the network.
Brent Schultz, ADMH's medical radiation technologist, was on hand for the launch of the system last Tuesday at the hospital.
"It's an exciting day for the hospital," he noted. "By providing electronic access to test results, the DI-r eliminates the need to transport images between doctors on CDs or film."
Transfer of information is as quick as the click of a mouse as Ed Gannon, NEODIN's clinical change management team member, pointed out during a demonstration of the system.
Physicians will be provided with a code allowing them access to patient diagnostic records. The system requires multiple information contexts to confirm patient identity.
"The DI-r enables me to view a patient's imaging history when they come into our emergency department. This helps me understand what is going on with my patients medically. It also allows me to share images with specialists in other hospitals before making a decision to treat a patient locally or transfer them to another hospital."
SPEEDIER PROCESS
Hospital officials expect the new system will speed up patient care, eliminate unnecessary costs and support patient safety, said emergency room physician Dr. Paul Borzecki, in a news release issued by NEODIN.
Other hospitals linked to the Upper Ottawa Valley network last week include Almonte General Hospital, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and Winchester District Memorial Hospital.
NEODIN is one of four diagnostic imaging repositories in the province. Once implementation is complete later this year, NEODIN will service almost two million Ontarians in more than 60 diagnostic imaging departments located from the Manitoba border in the west to Hawkesbury in the east.
The project which is funded in part by both eHealth Ontario and Canada Health Infoway, an independent , not- for- profit organization funded by the federal government. The project is part of the Ontario government's ehealth agenda and supports Infoway's vision for a pan-Canadian electronic health record system.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Kathryn Glynn
Quelle/Source: EMC Arnprior, 10.02.2011
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