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B.C. health-care workers slam decision to reverse IHealth suspension

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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A lesson from Nanaimo on the human costs of electronic health records

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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