Successes worth watching

Watch and discover how information technology is improving health care for Canadians.

Better management, accountability improves access for patients

Grace De Jong's breast cancer was successfully treated by lumpectomy in 1999, but recently she began experiencing new symptoms. Running time: 5:42

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Doctors' offices and patients see benefits

When a drug is recalled, informing patients quickly is vital. Running time: 4:11

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Drug Information System in PEI

PEI is among the first provinces in Canada to introduce a Drug Information System to keep track of prescription drug records. Running time: 7:19

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Expanding the circle of care to pharmacists

In Sault Ste. Marie, EMRxtra makes electronic medical records in doctors' offices available to local pharmacists. Running time: 4:14

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Nova Scotia goes digital

In Eastern Canada, advanced technology is making an equally enormous difference in patient outcomes and treatment costs. Running time: 4:48

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Technology overcomes geography

For the many Canadians who live outside of the major urban centres, accessing critical health care often involves the emotional and financial trauma of leaving family and home behind. Running time: 5:13

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Quebec's doctors in favour of the DSQ

Our health system is a complex one: universal access to care complicated by such factors as an aging population, longer average life spans and an explosion in technological developments including new medications, is putting substantial financial pressures on the government. Running time: 4:14

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EHR Pulse

What Canadians are saying

How will an electronic health record affect your life and the lives of your loved ones? That's the question we asked Canadians — hear what they had to say. Running time: 2:59

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What healthcare professionals are saying

We asked healthcare professionals what they thought of electronic health records. Hear what they had to say. Running time: 2:27

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