Presentation to the Virtual Ward
June 7th, 2011
Physician eHealth Program
David BanheHealth Ontario
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Mandate of the
Physician eHealth
Program’is to
broaden and
accelerate EMR
adoption among
Ontario’s
community-based
physicians.
Nearly 80% of care encounters in Canada occurred in community settings
EMRs enhance physicians’ practices both clinically and administratively
Physician eHealth Program provides funding to community-based physicians to accelerate EMR adoption and meaningful use
Physician eHealth Program’s strategy strongly supports provincial EHR strategy and ultimately improves health care quality and outcomesSource: Canadian estimates based on Ontario Ministry of Health data, 2005.
EMR serves as a launch pad for provincial EHR in community-based settings
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Vision:Ontario’s community-based physicians create, access
and share EMR for patient care
Build Valueo Electronic hospital /
community reports
o eReferrals / eConsults
o Provincial laboratory reports
Supporto New peer mentoring
program
o “Feet on the street”
o Timely and appropriate supports
o End-to-end support from readiness to adoption
o Change management is dynamic
Equip & Enableo Strong collaborative
partnership with OntarioMD
o Promoting and incenting meaningful use
o Raising the bar for EMR products
o Performance based
Sustain & Evolveo Engaging the
community; building strong leadership
o Establishing a physician office vision
o Building a 2020 technology roadmap
o Building effective partnerships
o Continue to measure and evaluate
Stronger partnership with peer organizations across the province
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Strategic Themes
Mission: To broaden and accelerate the adoption of technology by community-based physicians
Physician eHealth has a comprehensive strategy to support EMR Adoption
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Ontario now has over 7,000 physicians participating in provincial EMR adoption programs
Today, over 50% of Ontario’s Primary Care Physicians are moving towards or have already adopted EMRs within their practices
Over 6,000,000 Ontarians have physicians participating in the EMR adoption program
Ontario is past the “tipping point” of EMR adoption – enabling the province’s EHR strategy
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eHealth Ontario is progressing to achieving
our 2012 targets
Motivating late adopters
Key strategies to drive beyond 50% of EMR adoption
Demonstrate clear value and benefits in adopting EMRs
Promote EMRs as the preferred “point of care” device
Reduce / eliminate paper – automate exchanges of patient information between other care providers / institutions
Reduce overall complexity – simplify procuring, installing, and operating EMRs
Reduce switching costs – take the fear out of being “held hostage” by any one EMR vendor
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Physician Technology Roadmap
Time
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Hospital Reports
Comprehensive
Lab Data
Comprehensive Drug
Data & ePrescrib
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eReferral Clinical
Guidelines
Personal Health
Records
Plan
Pilot
In Spec
Deploy
Looking Ahead
Future specifications will focus on:
• Interoperability with provincial repositories / systems
• Improving data quality and portability
• Improved information management and reporting capabilities
• End-to-end service and supports
• Alignment with Pan-Canadian specifications
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Thank you!
David BanhPhysician eHealth ProgrameHealth Ontario415 Yonge Street, 7th FloorToronto, OntarioTel: 416-324-0672email: david.banh
@ehealthontario.on.ca
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Jasmina MirkovicPhysician eHealth ProgrameHealth Ontario415 Yonge Street, 7th FloorToronto, OntarioTel: 416-586-5041email: