How best to access images in Electronic Medical Records?

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I have been working as an advisor to the Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) on a committee of Ophthalmologists to provide input on what we need to see as mandated minimum requirements in Electronic Medical Record systems. This past week, our discussion focused on how best to access images.

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Province of BC EMR standards for Ophthalmologists - a start

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I write on the eve of a conference call on proposing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) standards for ophthalmology for the Province of BC. The PITO program was designed to induce physicians into adopting EMRs in the form of subsidizing physicians if they purchase systems from PITO approved vendors. What of early adopters such as myself? We get to be consultants but adopted too early to reap any financial rewards aside from paying us for consulting time. What will we accomplish?Read More

Transition to Electronic Medical Records: try gradual transition starting with fax server

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Many ophthalmologists resist switching to an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) because they dread the much hyped slow-down in patient flow by 25-33%. First, we need to qualify this statistic and should discuss the difference between a sudden transition and a more gradual approach.Read More

Office brought to halt from power failure and thought I was prepared

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Today in the operating room, my laptop stopped communicating with my Electronic Medical Record. There I was without access to my patient records to enter a chart note for the surgery I just performed and review my office notes for the next patient. After restarting the EMR program and still not able to find the server, I realized that my server is down. No answer when I called the office because the phones were off-line, but my Office Manager sends me a text message: "Do you have a power failure there too?"

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