Waterloo - More people across the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant and Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Networks now have access to better quality and more efficient health care.
Thanks to a five million dollar investment from eHealth Ontario, ClinicalConnect is expanding to better serve more patients in the WW and HNHB LHINs. Now, more than 2,500 health care providers, such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists in both LHINs can exchange secure patient information much faster.
ClinicalConnect, a secure online portal, allows health care providers to view patient information in one place. Available medical information includes hospital reports and lab results from 28 local hospitals and two Community Care Access Centres (CCACs), representing more than two million patients. With ClinicalConnect, timely and more informed patient care decisions can be made, and the need to repeat lab and diagnostic tests is reduced.
The funding announced will also accelerate the use of Electronic Health Records to improve patient care, safety and access. It also permits the province to leverage existing systems and investments to promote regional integration, a key element of eHealth Ontario’s strategy to build EHRs for all Ontarians by 2015. eHealth Ontario’s approach is to develop regional hubs to leverage local investments already in place or in progress.
Patients in the HNHB and WW LHINs frequently receive care across LHIN boundaries. ClinicalConnect was first implemented in the HNHB LHIN and was later expanded to the WW LHIN. Health care providers can now access and share patient medical information across LHIN boundaries, regardless of whether the patient was admitted to hospital in Hamilton or received a diagnostic test in Kitchener.
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Quelle/Source: Exchange Morning Post, 10.08.2011
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