AI Scribes in Action: Reclaiming Face-To-Face Time with Patients
Learn how the Ontario AI Scribe Program is helping clinicians spend less time charting and more time with patients through secure, vetted AI scribes.
Considering Retirement? OntarioMD can help with that too!
OntarioMD (OMD) offers support and services so clinicians and their staff can better leverage their digital health technology to streamline workflow and reduce workload.
Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from a Hacked Doctor
Written by Artur Gevorgyan, MD, MSc, FRCSC. Head, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery / Rhinologist. Lakeridge Health Corporation. Clinical Adjunct Lecturer. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. University of Toronto. In today’s fast-paced world of technological change, where digital…
It’s Amazing What I Can Do with My EMR!
Dr. David Weinstein Contributed by Dr. David Weinstein - Nephrologist, Belleville, ON I wanted to share my experiences with other physicians and offices about some tools for my Electronic Medical Record in Ontario. I have been a physician in Ontario since 2015 and…
Screening tool addressing poverty in patient populations
Submitted by Jerry Zeidenberg This article references a session that was presented at the EMR: Every Step Conference. Make sure to register for the EMR: Every Step Conference Ottawa at https://www.ontariomd.ca/about-us/events/emr-every-step-conference/emr-every-step-conference-ottawa-2019 for engaging content on OntarioMD digital health products and services. It’s well known…
OLIS Wizards My EMR
Contributed by Dr. Steven Klassen, Family Physician, Thunder Bay, ON and OntarioMD Peer Leader Recently, I accepted a 70 year old man into my family practice. He presented to our first encounter with nothing but his spouse to aid his recall. I had…
Tapering opioids for chronic non-cancer pain patients using an EMR tool and academic detailing
Submitted by Dr. Kevin Samson The 2017 Canadian Guidelines for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain emphasized the importance of safely minimizing the dose of opioids that patients are being prescribed. The guidelines made it important for me as a primary care provider to…
How OntarioMD Measures Our Success
Since 2004, OntarioMD has supported more than 16,000 Ontario primary care clinicians with the adoption and efficient use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and other digital health technology. From having the lowest rate of adoption among Canadian provinces just eight years ago, the…
One Visit. Multiple Services. Efficient Use of Clinicians’ Time.
Physician practices can choose multiple digital health services to help them care for their patients effectively and efficiently. They’ve seen the ads, they’ve talked to colleagues who already use them, but simply don’t know who to contact or what’s involved to get the…
EMR Quality Dashboard: Data Quality and Analytics
In this fourth entry in our video series on the EMR Quality Dashboard, OntarioMD CMO Dr. Darren Larsen discusses the importance of good data quality and how analytics can help patient care through population health management. https://vimeo.com/296938515