Difference between revisions of "Alberta Netcare"

Revision as of 19:54, 20 January 2009

Alberta 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. Thus, it is not a patient's full health or medical record. The alberta Netcare captures several key data elements from health service providers around Alberta for inclusion in a patient's procincial 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

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

Alberta Netcare