QHR Technologies Inc. today announced that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire up to 100% of the shares in Clinicare Corporation, a privately held Calgary based Electronic Medical Records company. The purchase is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, Clinicare shareholder acceptance and to normal closing conditions, which is expected to [...]
MedPlus Maintains Top Ranking in KLAS Industry Report
October 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
MedPlus, the healthcare information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), announced today that it has been recognized as the health care industry’s number one Document Management & Imaging (DMI) vendor for its ChartMaxx® enterprise-wide electronic patient record system in the KLAS (1) Enterprise DMI: Finding the Right Stepping-Stone to Full EMR report issued [...]
Electronic Health Record in Canada: Running Late, Too Many Consultants
October 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
In a Special Report to be tabled today in the Legislative Assembly, Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter describes Ontario’s almost decade-long, $1-billion initiative to create an Electronic Health Record (EHR) as “lacking in strategic direction and relying too heavily on external consultants.” McCarter concludes that “Ontario taxpayers have not received value for money for this [...]
Canada Falling Behind on EHR Goal According to a Recent Report
July 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
Image by Robbie’s Photo Art via Flickr According to a recently released annual report from Canada Health Infoway, the organization in charge of the national EHR program since its inception in 2001, only 17 percent of residents had a core Electronic Health Record in place on March 31, 2009. This remains well short of their [...]
