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Digital Health
Connection and Collaboration at the First Canadian Projectathon
While it’s important interoperable health systems and solutions “speak the same language,” the people using them need common understanding as well. Learn how collaborative activities, like the first pan-Canadian Projectathon, can help.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/connection-and-collaboration-at-the-first-canadian-projectathon
e-Prescribing
e-Prescribing: Finding Balance Between In-Person and Virtual Care
While virtual care should never replace in-person appointments, physicians, pharmacists, and patients alike have experienced how complementary virtual care and digital health tools like e-prescribing can be for in-person appointments, ushering in a new...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/e-prescribing-finding-balance-between-in-person-and-virtual-care
e-Prescribing
Canadians’ Perceptions of e-Prescribing
Canadians' appetite for digital health services and solutions is growing, despite the health care system lagging other industries when it comes to digitization. Find out what Canadians think about e-prescribing and learn how it can help make our health...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/canadians-perceptions-of-e-prescribing
Digital Health
Collaborating to Modernize Canada’s Organ Donation and Transplantation Systems
CIHI and Infoway are co-leading a project that will modernize Canada’s ODT data management and performance reporting systems. Learn how this initiative will improve consistency and quality of ODT data across Canada and expand its use for decision-making.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/collaborating-to-modernize-canada-s-organ-donation-and-transplantation-systems
Research
Infoway Insights: An Innovative Way to Learn About Digital Health
Infoway has conducted annual surveys of Canadians for many years, to gauge awareness, attitudes, use and adoption of digital health. Learn how our Infoway Insights website makes this research more accessible to health system stakeholders.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/research/infoway-insights-an-innovative-way-to-learn-about-digital-health
Digital Health
World Health Day 2022: Our Planet, Our Health
The theme of World Health Day 2022 is Our Planet, Our Health. As COVID-19 restrictions ease across the country and the promise of spring gives us hope that better days are coming, this year’s World Health Day theme is especially relevant.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/world-health-day-2022-our-planet-our-health
e-Prescribing
Pharmacy Appreciation Month: A Pharmacist’s Perspective on how we can Improve Collaboration with Prescribers
As we celebrate Pharmacy Appreciation Month, let’s show our appreciation by listening to pharmacist’s needs and supporting them with the right technology and tools so they can collaborate efficiently with other health care professionals to ensure...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/pharmacy-appreciation-month-a-pharmacist-s-perspective-on-how-we-can-improve-collaboration-with-prescribers
e-Prescribing
Enhancing the Safety and Integrity of Canada’s Health System
The pandemic has fast tracked the role technology plays in health care and it has presented Canada with an opportunity to be a global innovator. One way Canada is making strides is the way prescriptions are written and shared, which is being transformed...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/enhancing-the-safety-and-integrity-of-canada-s-health-system
e-Prescribing
2021 at a Glance: PrescribeIT
For the PrescribeIT team, 2021 was a year of rewarding partnerships, ongoing engagements and improvements, and the expansion of our service to more Canadians than ever.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/2021-at-a-glance-prescribeit
e-Prescribing
Reporting from the National PrescribeIT Policy and Priorities Table
The PrescribeIT Policy and Priorities Table brings together a broad group of stakeholders to discuss where e-prescribing should go, convening many voices around the same table.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/reporting-from-the-national-prescribeit-policy-and-priorities-table
e-Prescribing
How do I…Ensure Vacation Coverage with PrescribeIT?
In this occasional blog series, we’ll explore some of PrescribeIT’s features and functionalities in-depth. This installment explores your questions about PrescribeIT® and vacation coverage.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/how-do-i-ensure-vacation-coverage-with-prescribeit
Digital Health
Building an AI Future with a Toolkit for Implementers
Implementing AI is a unique challenge compared to other health care innovations. And so, Infoway has developed the “Toolkit for Implementers of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care.”
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/building-an-ai-future-with-a-toolkit-for-implementers
Digital Health
Digital Health Week 2021: Celebrating All Things Digital Health!
Digital Health Week is an annual celebration of the cumulative progress that we have all made in providing a safer, more accessible and efficient health system for patients, families, caregivers and providers.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/digital-health-week-2021-celebrating-all-things-digital-health
Patient Perspectives
Driving Digital Health Literacy
With more digital health tools and services, it can be difficult to know where to start. As we look beyond the pandemic, it’s clear that digital health literacy skills are becoming indispensable for patients, families and caregivers.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/patient-perspectives/driving-digital-health-literacy
e-Prescribing
Safeguarding Canadians’ Health Information through e-Prescribing
Cyber attacks that affect the integrity of health care hit Canadians where it hurts most. That is why it is more critical than ever for prescribers, pharmacists and patients to choose trusted providers within the digital care space that prioritize...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/safeguarding-canadians-health-information-through-e-prescribing
Digital Health
Curbing Climate Change with Virtual Care
As the world examines the outcomes of COP26 and the ongoing climate emergency, many of us working in health care are reminded that the health sector itself is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Learn how virtual care can help contribute to...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/curbing-climate-change-with-virtual-care
Virtual Care
Cybersecurity Tips for Virtual Visits
Throughout the pandemic, Canadians have been spending more time online. While the internet has helped us stay connected to each other and our health care providers, it’s important to make sure that we’re staying safe and secure.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/virtual-care/cybersecurity-tips-for-virtual-visits
Patient Perspectives
How the Digital Health Learning Program Can Support Essential Care Partners
This week is Canadian Patient Safety Week! Led by Healthcare Excellence Canada, this annual campaign aims to inspire extraordinary improvement in patient safety and quality. This year’s theme is, “Who knows? Essential Care Partners do.”
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/patient-perspectives/how-the-digital-health-learning-program-can-support-essential-care-partners
Digital Health
The Importance of Standards in Health Care
Join us in celebrating World Standards Day and learn more about the digital health standards that Infoway releases, which provide the technical nuts and bolts that drive interoperability in Canadian health care.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/digital-health/the-importance-of-standards-in-health-care
e-Prescribing
Prescribing Excellence at the Virtual Infoway Partnership Series
We are in a new era of virtual learning. The next session in our Virtual Infoway Partnership Series takes place on October 19, with the theme Prescribing Excellence. With more than half of all patient visits to their care providers resulting in a...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/blog/e-prescribing/prescribing-excellence-at-the-virtual-infoway-partnership-series