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'''Background'''
 
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Alberta Netcare is a successfully deployed single province-wide EMR system in Canada. It holds a secure lifetime record of key health information that is critical for consultation for Albertan physicians. Thus, it is not a patient's full health or medical record. The Alberta Netcare system captures several key data elements from health service providers around Alberta for inclusion in a patient's provincial electronic health record. These key elements include:
 
Alberta Netcare is a successfully deployed single province-wide EMR system in Canada. It holds a secure lifetime record of key health information that is critical for consultation for Albertan physicians. Thus, it is not a patient's full health or medical record. The Alberta Netcare system captures several key data elements from health service providers around Alberta for inclusion in a patient's provincial electronic health record. These key elements include:
 
       .personal demographic information as a unique identifier
 
       .personal demographic information as a unique identifier
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       .diagnostic imaging reports
 
       .diagnostic imaging reports
 
       .other medical reports
 
       .other medical reports
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'''Information Management'''
 
The information is then provided through Alberta Netcare EHR Portal for authorized health service providers.
 
The information is then provided through Alberta Netcare EHR Portal for authorized health service providers.
 
It includes several decision support tools including:
 
It includes several decision support tools including:

Revision as of 02:47, 17 January 2010

Background

Alberta Netcare is a successfully deployed single province-wide EMR system in Canada. It holds a secure lifetime record of key health information that is critical for consultation for Albertan physicians. Thus, it is not a patient's full health or medical record. The Alberta Netcare system captures several key data elements from health service providers around Alberta for inclusion in a patient's provincial electronic health record. These key elements include:

     .personal demographic information as a unique identifier
     .prescribed dispensed drugs
     .known allergies and intolerances  
     .immunizations
     .laboratory test results
     .diagnostic imaging reports
     .other medical reports

Information Management The information is then provided through Alberta Netcare EHR Portal for authorized health service providers. It includes several decision support tools including:

     .drug to drug and drug to allergy interaction alerts to avoid prescriptions that conflict
     .a database of all available drugs and their common dosages
     .links to information support such as clinical guidelines from the Alberta Medical Association

Information is maintained by two methods:

     .Primarily, information is automatically accessed and captured from the existing electronic data systems of pharmacies, 
      labs, diagnostic services and Alberta Health Services facilities. This means that this information is not re-keyed or 
      re-entered by anyone, it is gathered from source systems. 
     .Additionally, some information can be entered directly into a record by an Alberta Netcare authorized health service provider.

Products

Alberta Netcare EHR Portal is comprised of several EHR products that have been developed to meet regional needs and the requirements of health service providers. These products are linked together to comprise the province-wide Alberta Netcare EHR Portal.


The Alberta Netcare EHR product offerings are:

    Alberta Netcare EHR Portal is the enhanced version of Alberta Netcare Portal 2004. This release provides access to 
    the full range of currently-available patient health information:
         o personal demographic information helps to uniquely identify each patient
         o prescribed dispensed drugs
         o known allergies and intolerances
         o immunizations
         o laboratory test results
         o diagnostic imaging reports
         o other medical reports
   Alberta Netcare EHR Portal is also available in a "system to system" (S2S) version that integrates directly with 
   some physician Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. S2S allows data to be seamlessly accessed and transferred 
   between these local systems and the provincial electronic health record.
   Alberta Netcare Portal 2004 provides access to basic patient information:
         o personal demographics to make it easy to identify and find patients
         o prescribed dispensed drugs, as well as known allergies and intolerances
         o some laboratory results

Alberta Netcare EHR Portal continues to be developed and enhanced. Portal 2004 users are being encouraged, assisted and supported to migrate over to the new EHR Portal.



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