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Access to Digital Health e-Services Delivers Significant Value to the Health Care System

Both Canadians and the health care system benefit when patients can access their personal health records (PHR) online and use digital health e-services, according to a new study. Current adoption rates generate $106 to $134 million in value to the health care system each year, thanks to fewer in-person visits with doctors and fewer trips to the emergency department.

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Telehomecare: Delivering Value for Canadians

Over the past decade, Infoway has invested in telehomecare programs in Canada, delivering health services to patients in the comfort of their own home. Read our new blog post to see how our investments have impacted the health care system and provided benefits to Canadians.

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Partnership Aimed at Providing Crisis Support Via Text

People in crisis across the country will soon be able to reach help via text. Infoway and Kids Help Phone have formed a partnership to help expand the reach of Crisis Text Line powered by Kids Help Phone. Crisis Text Line, will provide people in Canada with the first ever, 24/7, free nationwide crisis texting service. It will be especially relevant for people living in remote or rural areas where such services can be limited.

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Blog Post: Medication Non-adherence: Exploring the Tension Between Patient Safety and Patient Autonomy

Roughly 30 per cent of prescriptions generated by prescribers for their patients go unfilled, which could result in the worsening of a patient’s condition. If prescribers were to receive notifications when a prescription goes unfilled, does this infringe on a patient’s autonomy? Read our blog post about the tensions between patient autonomy and patient safety.

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New Pan-Canadian Study Launched

The latest Infoway pan-Canadian study Connected Health Information in Canada: A Benefits Evaluation Studyreveals significant financial and time saving benefits of using connected health information for patients, providers, the health system and the economy.

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Medication Adherence Monitoring: Implications for Patients and Providers

Non-adherence to medication can lead to adverse patient outcomes and increased health system costs. But would a process facilitating notification of non-adherence infringe upon the autonomy of individuals or breach expectations of privacy? A new paper explores the ethics of monitoring patients’ adherence to medication.

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Access to Digital Health e-Services Helps Canadians Avoid Unnecessary Trips to Doctors and Delivers Significant Value to the Health Care System

Personal health records and other e-services provide $106 to $134 million a year in value to the health care system

July 12, 2018 (Toronto) — Both Canadians and the health care system benefit when patients can access their personal health records

Atlantic Provinces and Canada Health Infoway Collaborate to Improve Access to Health Care and Drive Economic Growth through Digital Health

July 10, 2018 (Toronto) — Today, Canada’s federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced ACCESS Atlantic, a bold initiative that will make it quicker and easier to access health services in Atlantic Canada.

Canada Health Infoway Teams up with Kids Help Phone to Provide Crisis Support Via Text

May 10, 2018 (Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Kids Help Phone have formed a partnership to help expand the reach of Crisis Text Line powered by Kids Help Phone.

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