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 National guidelines and best practices for mobile and smart devices are vital as the healthcare sector embraces the digital age.

Canadian SNOMED CT implementations are actively contributing to digital health and better patient outcomes in Canada.

The development of a global language for health should be an international endeavor, utilizing the skills and efforts of experts from around the world.

The promise of easier, faster integration using a standard embraces the best traits of modern web technology is attracting a rapidly growing audience.

Health care experiences of Canadians and their digital health perspectives and expectations that surfaced at Infoway's 2016 Partnership Conference.

What does FHIR mean for physicians and patients?

Were you part of the conversation? Let social media tell the Partnership 2016 "Interoperability" story from innovation through to engagement.

This year's Partnership conference saw individuals across three themes of focus come together to further the pervasiveness of digital health through conversation, thought leadership and networking.

Reflecting on the Infoway Partnership Conference last month, the major themes were collaboration and interoperability.

The health care industry has been slower to adopt digital technologies, but is catching up fast as digitization continues. Is your organization leading the way with patient-focused digital health?

It's important not to think of e-prescribing as an isolated end in itself. We really need a whole system and process built around getting medicines to patients.

The Ottawa Hospital mHealth Research Team will be talking about an innovative solution to help Canadians track their immunization records at the 2016 Partnership Conference.

August 19, 2016

"No longer are we forgotten, we share now the same opportunities as our counterparts in the larger cities." This patient's perspective highlights the success of the First Nations Telehealth Expansion Project.

June 23, 2016

PrescribeIT will enable prescribers to electronically transmit a prescription to a patient’s pharmacy of choice, eliminating paper prescriptions while optimizing jurisdiction investments in their drug information systems.

Sarah Hutchison
January 26, 2016

We know we still have a long way to go to realize an eHealth system that is seamlessly connected across health care settings and enables health care professionals to access the right patient information in a meaningful way, when and where it is needed.

Don Newsham
October 16, 2015

To add to the interest and focus on the common language of standards I’ve been impressed lately by several practical views and definitions of that common aspiration – the interoperability of our health information and systems.

Dr. Rashaad Bhyat
September 10, 2015

An increasing amount of essential patient data is now available to clinicians electronically but patients and clinicians are still struggling with siloed electronic medical record systems that often do not communicate.

Michael Green
September 3, 2015

Widespread agreement among physicians is that the single most important determinant of their ability to deliver the best possible patient care is patient information, available to them when and where they need it.

Finnie Flores
July 30, 2015

A health informatics professional explains why failing to include the secondary use of data upfront, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in point of care/service systems implementation is costly and diminishes the return on investment.

Dr. Keith W Wilson
July 2, 2015

Dr. Keith Wilson's move from a hospital-based to a community practice forced him back to a world of managing paper.