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EHRs for Pharmacists

Get a comprehensive view of patient care

As a pharmacist, imagine being able access comprehensive, essential information on the patients who fill prescriptions at your pharmacy. With authorization from the patient, you would be able to view his or her file to see why a specific medication was prescribed and ensure that medications are being taken in safe combinations.

Canada's electronic health record (EHR) will bring it all together, consolidating a patient's essential health information and making it accessible where and when authorized pharmacists need it. Region by region, these EHRs are being woven into a secure, pan-Canadian network of interoperable EHR systems.

EHRs will save time, enabling you to devote more time to your patients and your business. Being part of a pan-Canadian network of EHR systems will streamline your workflow, automating administrative process that will save you time.

This will be the future of health care in Canada.

Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is at the heart of Canada's conversion to EHRs, investing with the territories and provinces to accelerate the use of EHRs across Canada. Infoway has created a blueprint that determines how Canada's network of EHR systems will share, access, manage and safeguard heath care information. Learn more about Infoway.

EHRs will:

  • Improve quality of care: Time saved on administration will let pharmacists streamline processes and devote more time to patients.
  • Enhance patient saftey: Access to essential patient information will enable pharmacists to flag allergies, complications and other potential dangers.
  • Ensure safe prescribing: With more information gathered from diverse points of care, pharmacists will know what else has been prescribed.
  • Provide comprehensive information: Pharmacists will benefit from a global view of a person's health situation.
  • More efficient business processes: Better, standardized data will lead to efficiencies and best practices, ultimately saving time and money.
  • Provide access to health data: Current health data will enable pharmacists to identify trends and analyze data to support decisions.
  • Enable collaborative care: One network will allow seamless communication and referrals between pharmacists and other professionals.

Learn more

The Clinician Peer Support Network is a pan-Canadian peer-to-peer program that promotes the active engagement of clinical practitioners involved in the implementation of electronic health information systems across Canada.

The network brings together natural leaders to:

  • share best practices and build new knowledge,
  • communicate stories to help develop expertise and facilitate learning,
  • identify common and unique barriers in the implementation of change and clinical transformation.

Learn more about how the Network functions and the initiatives under way.

Infoway has developed a blueprint that serves as the framework for the design of health information systems, ensuring that Canada's network of EHR solutions will be secure, fast and interconnected. Sign in to KnowledgeWay to access detailed information about Infoway's EHR Blueprint.

Across Canada, the Standards Collaborative is supporting and sustaining standards for electronic health information systems in Canada.
Visit the Standards Collaborative section to learn more.

Find out how professionals and patients are already benefiting from EHRs.
Watch and read EHR success stories.

Read Infoway's 2010-2009 Business Plan.
Download Unlocking the clinical value of health information systems.

Learn about the strategy to guide the future of investment in health care information systems.
Download Vision 2015: Advancing Canada's Next Generation of Health Care.

Access more information about the creation of Canada's EHR network.
Visit Infoway's Resource Centre.

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Learn more about how EHRs will benefit other health care professionals: