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Bobby Gheorghiu

The ‘Big Picture’ of Radiologists and Physicians’ Views on Digital Imaging Repositories

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Posted on February 2, 2015 by Bobby Gheorghiu From system efficiencies, to enhanced care, the shift from film-based medical images to digital ones has been an unqualified success across the country with significant benefits realized for radiologists,...

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Use of Simple Digital Technology Makes Big Health Care Impact

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Posted on March 29, 2016 by Bobby Gheorghiu On average, 50 per cent of those with chronic diseases deviate from recommended treatment protocols, which can not only affect their health outcomes, but also cost the health care system (estimated at $300...

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eTELEMED 2017 Conference Highlights Canada’s Achievements in Digital Health

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Posted on May 23, 2017 by Bobby Gheorghiu Between March 19 and 23, I had the privilege of attending the eTELEMED 2017 Conference in Nice, France. It all began with an invitation to sit on the conference’s Editorial Board with the opportunity to shape...

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

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Posted on July 12, 2018 by Bobby Gheorghiu and Seema Nayani It may be a surprising stat to some, but roughly 30 per cent of prescriptions generated in Canada by prescribers for their patients go unfilled.¹ Reasons range from prescriptions...

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Simplicity, Ubiquity and Affordability Key to Consumer Health Innovation

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Posted on September 13, 2016 by Bobby Gheorghiu Earlier this summer, at e-Health 2016, I had the pleasure of moderating a very interesting and distinguished panel of clinical researchers from British Columbia who described each of their initiatives...

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Remote Patient Monitoring Could Improve The Quality of Life for Patients

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Posted on July 2, 2014 by Bobby Gheorghiu Although Canada’s health care system faces many challenges ahead, there is also tremendous innovation happening that is transforming the way health care is delivered. Through the use of technology, for example,...

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Canada has Gained Many Benefits from its Investments in Digital Health

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Posted on July 4, 2017 by Bobby Gheorghiu In this week’s post, I would like to address two myths that have persisted over the years, partly due to lack of public awareness and/or the fact that many investments in digital health infrastructure may not...

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Emboldening Meaningful Use of EMRs in Canada

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Posted on September 17, 2019 by Bobby Gheorghiu & Chad Leaver In our previous post we highlighted a leading insight from the 2018 Canadian Physician Survey where 92 per cent of family physicians who use six to nine EMR functionalities stated that they...

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Myth: Digital Health Apps Are Not Evidence-based and Do Not Work

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Posted on July 18, 2017 by Bobby Gheorghiu Infoway recently launched a digital health myths busting campaign , and as part of the campaign, we asked you to submit myths you’d like us to bust. One myth you asked us to debunks was, “Digital health apps...

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Advanced Users of EMRs Achieve Greater Efficiencies

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Posted on September 10, 2019 by Bobby Gheorghiu & Chad Leaver Physicians are extremely busy. That’s why it’s important to identify solutions that can increase efficiency. One such solution is meaningful use of electronic medical records (EMR) —...

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Environmentally Sustainable Health Care

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Posted on July 14, 2020 by Bobby Gheorghiu , Waldo Beauséjour and Nicole Simms What happens when a pandemic meets a heat wave? It’s a question that many jurisdictions are asking themselves this summer, weighing the need for emergency cooling centres...

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