OntarioMD’s EMR: Every Step Conference returns to Ottawa on June 13, 2019. A lot has changed in the health care sector since our last Ottawa conference in 2017. The provincial government has announced a renewed focus on integrated, patient-centred care, driven by EMRs and digital health tools, and led by Ontario Health Teams. We’ve planned a day of learning and networking designed to help clinicians and other stakeholders make sense of it all.
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With a full day of learning that’s CME-accredited for physicians, access to vendors for EMR training, information on the latest practice technology, and opportunities to meet with OntarioMD Peer Leaders onsite, there are so many reasons to attend the EMR: Every Step Conference. Here are just three.
#1: Harness the Power of EMRs for Mental Health and Addiction Care
Mental health and addiction care are increasingly important focal points in primary care practice, and your EMR can play a vital role in helping you offer responsive, coordinated care to patients with mental health concerns. In a new session, titled Using An EMR to Communicate Between Psychiatry, Primary Care and Mental Health Patients and Improve Care, psychiatrist Dr. Hugues Richard will walk through how the EMR is a clinically valuable tool for communicating with staff, treatment teams and patients. The session will demonstrate how quality of care for patients with mental health and addiction issues is improved by using EMR features such as reminders and the CPP.
#2: Better Understand the Patient Perspective
Julie Drury, Chair of the Ontario Health Minister’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, returns to the EMR: Every Step Conference to deliver the morning keynote address. This year, she’ll lead a panel discussion with voices representing government, hospital, primary care physician and patient perspectives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of increasing patient access to their electronic medical information.
#3: Discover How to Work Even More Efficiently with Your EMR
The increasing number of EMR-integrated digital health tools available hold tremendous promise for improving the patient experience and health outcomes. But they’re only right for your practice if they can help you meet your unique clinical goals. An EMR Progress Assessment (EPA) is a quick and easy way to understand your current EMR use, what else you want to do with health care technology, and which tools can help you do that. The EPA is an OntarioMD-designed online self-assessment tool that asks you a series of questions about how you’re using EMRs and technology in your practice, and helps you understand what else is available. Want to improve appointment scheduling? Document management? How about Chronic Disease Management? Sign up to complete an EPA at the conference when you register for the event and OntarioMD staff can help steer you in the right direction.
We look forward to having you join us on June 13 at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa for OntarioMD’s EMR: Every Step Conference. Visit the conference website to register today!
