As a BC resident, you may not have heard of CareConnect yet but stay tuned! Our team was a part of developing this regional interoperable Electronic Health Record solution for the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) to help make healthcare better for all BC residents.
Provincial Health Services Authority
BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The CareConnect application provides a set of advanced tools to search and access Electronic Healthcare Records (EHRs) for patients using a Personal Health Number (PHN), a facility Medical Record Number (MRN) or patient name. The application also allows authorized users to view and print patient demographics, encounters, transcribed reports and lab results.
As a result, CareConnect can help clinicians provide faster diagnoses and treatment with no need to duplicate tests recently performed. In addition, patients would not need to repeat information that is already available in the system.
Using single sign on, CareConnect links authorized users to patient demographic data and patient encounters. The application also provides access to a chronological summary of encounter records from Vancouver Acute, Vancouver Community, Providence Health Care, Richmond Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital using the most current data from the provincial Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) database.
In addition, CareConnect provides an integrated lab summary and detailed lab test results from Vancouver Coastal Health and, for authorized users, private sector lab reports*.
CareConnect also gives authorized users access to PharmaNet information on medications dispensed in B.C. community pharmacies. This service is being phased in across Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care.
*Private lab results are currently being rolled out across Vancouver Coastal Health.
