A specialist has lost privileges at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a return to a paper-based ordering system, according to Dr. David Forrest, president of Nanaimo Medical Staff Association. Forrest said a group of people in internal medicine, including himself, returned to using paper orders Thursday morning feeling they can […]
Read moreSome doctors and nurses in Nanaimo say patients are at risk because Island Health has reversed its decision to shelve an electronic system that they say can cause drug dosage errors and take time away from patient care. Island Health’s board and executive agreed on Feb. 17 to suspend the […]
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The Vancouver Island Health Authority has reversed a decision to suspend part of its $174-million IHealth electronic records system, despite concerns among some medical staff that problems – including potentially dangerous dosing errors – have not been fully addressed. “We still feel strongly that the system needs to be suspended […]
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For the last 12 months, staff at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in B.C. have been using a Cerner-based electronic health record (EHR). This includes computer physician order entry, linked to computerized order management, and fully electronic documentation. Since shortly after the system was activated, physicians have consistently and increasingly expressed […]
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