Presentation to the Virtual Ward

June 7th, 2011

Physician eHealth Program

David BanheHealth Ontario

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Mandate of the

Physician eHealth

Program’is to

broaden and

accelerate EMR

adoption among

Ontario’s

community-based

physicians.

Nearly 80% of care encounters in Canada occurred in community settings

EMRs enhance physicians’ practices both clinically and administratively

Physician eHealth Program provides funding to community-based physicians to accelerate EMR adoption and meaningful use

Physician eHealth Program’s strategy strongly supports provincial EHR strategy and ultimately improves health care quality and outcomesSource: Canadian estimates based on Ontario Ministry of Health data, 2005.

EMR serves as a launch pad for provincial EHR in community-based settings

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Vision:Ontario’s community-based physicians create, access

and share EMR for patient care

Build Valueo Electronic hospital /

community reports

o eReferrals / eConsults

o Provincial laboratory reports

Supporto New peer mentoring

program

o “Feet on the street”

o Timely and appropriate supports

o End-to-end support from readiness to adoption

o Change management is dynamic

Equip & Enableo Strong collaborative

partnership with OntarioMD

o Promoting and incenting meaningful use

o Raising the bar for EMR products

o Performance based

Sustain & Evolveo Engaging the

community; building strong leadership

o Establishing a physician office vision

o Building a 2020 technology roadmap

o Building effective partnerships

o Continue to measure and evaluate

Stronger partnership with peer organizations across the province

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Strategic Themes

Mission: To broaden and accelerate the adoption of technology by community-based physicians

Physician eHealth has a comprehensive strategy to support EMR Adoption

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Ontario now has over 7,000 physicians participating in provincial EMR adoption programs

Today, over 50% of Ontario’s Primary Care Physicians are moving towards or have already adopted EMRs within their practices

Over 6,000,000 Ontarians have physicians participating in the EMR adoption program

Ontario is past the “tipping point” of EMR adoption – enabling the province’s EHR strategy

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eHealth Ontario is progressing to achieving

our 2012 targets

Motivating late adopters

Key strategies to drive beyond 50% of EMR adoption

Demonstrate clear value and benefits in adopting EMRs

Promote EMRs as the preferred “point of care” device

Reduce / eliminate paper – automate exchanges of patient information between other care providers / institutions

Reduce overall complexity – simplify procuring, installing, and operating EMRs

Reduce switching costs – take the fear out of being “held hostage” by any one EMR vendor

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Physician Technology Roadmap

Time

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Hospital Reports

Comprehensive

Lab Data

Comprehensive Drug

Data & ePrescrib

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eReferral Clinical

Guidelines

Personal Health

Records

Plan

Pilot

In Spec

Deploy

Looking Ahead

Future specifications will focus on:

• Interoperability with provincial repositories / systems

• Improving data quality and portability

• Improved information management and reporting capabilities

• End-to-end service and supports

• Alignment with Pan-Canadian specifications

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Thank you!

David BanhPhysician eHealth ProgrameHealth Ontario415 Yonge Street, 7th FloorToronto, OntarioTel: 416-324-0672email: david.banh

@ehealthontario.on.ca

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Jasmina MirkovicPhysician eHealth ProgrameHealth Ontario415 Yonge Street, 7th FloorToronto, OntarioTel: 416-586-5041email:

jasmina.mirkovic@ehealthontario.on.ca