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Collaboration and the
role of IT for patient-
centered care
Helene Chartier & Dr Doug Kavanagh
TELUS Health Drug Conference
March 25, 2015
How do physicians
and the insurance community
collaborate today?
The prescription process today
What happens when a drug isn’t
covered?
1 Doctor provides Rx
2 Patient goes to pharmacy
3 Rx not covered
4 Patient must return for another Rx.
Simplifying the process for the
benefit of everyone Insurance coverage integrated into the EMR
1 MD validates patient insurance
coverage while Rx
2 Patient goes to pharmacy and walks
out with Rx
Benefit programs becoming
more stringent
17 Public
Adoption of health IT
Use of electronic charts to enter and retrieve patient data
CA BC AB ON QC
Use electronic chartsexclusively
Use a combination of paperand electronic charts
79%
29%
85%
35%
87%
40%
83%
35% 64%
11%
18 Public
Adoption of health IT family physicians versus specialist
Use of electronic charts in Ontario
Family physicians Specialist
Use electronic chartsexclusively
Use a combination ofpaper and electroniccharts
86% 81%
52%
19%
19 Public
Health IT will help Communicating as well with the patients
21 Public
Health is a team sport