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Part 3: Using Your EMR Effectively

Part 3: Using Your EMR Effectively

Teaser: 

Ian PUN, MD,

Family Physician, Scarborough, Ontario. OSCAR McMaster EMR user since 2010.

CLINICAL TOOLS

Abstract: The leading-edge generation of EMR usage comprises extended interconnectivity to other healthcare databases, expanded communication between providers and their patients and integration of medical diagnostic and support devices ready for remote monitoring. These features are being developed and will become widely adopted in the near future.
Key Words: EMR, OSCAR McMaster EMR, OLIS, HRM, Cancer Care registry, vaccine cold chain.
Have your EMR connect to government websites so information is directly pushed into your EMR.
Health Card databases (HCV), OHIP billing database (MCEDT), Cancer database (CCO SAR), lab database (OLIS), Hospital databases (HRM) and outpatient lab databases (HL7).
Connect medical devices to your EMR.
Communicate with your colleagues electronically through secure means.
Set up your EMR to have working functionality with the CCO SAR, HRM, OLIS and lab databases.
Communicate online with your referring and consulting colleagues.
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Related Terms: Technology in Medicine, EMR, OSCAR McMaster EMR, OLIS, HRM, Cancer Care registry, vaccine cold chain

Lessons to be Learned from History and the Perspective of Grandparents and Vaccination of Children

Lessons to be Learned from History and the Perspective of Grandparents and Vaccination of Children

Teaser: 

Michael Gordon, MD, MSc, FRCPC,

Medical Program Director, Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

CLINICAL TOOLS

Abstract: The progress of medicine over previous decades includes benefits in the world of vaccination against especially childhood disease. It is therefore surprising to witness the growing and vociferous opposition to childhood vaccination, especially for measles. This poses substantial personal and public health risks. It is important to understand the reasons that anti-vaccination sentiment has taken hold among many often highly educated parents.
Key Words: Vaccination, anti-vaxxers, polio, measles vaccine.
The public are not always convinced by the best of medical evidence.
Medicine is always evolving—the public does not always understand the process.
The history of vaccination is long with many great heroes some of whom were not medical or scientific professionals.
Trying to convince people who believe vaccination causes childhood diseases may not respond to more and more evidence as their belief is almost religious in nature.
Sometimes it is the perspective of those old enough to remember the scourge of childhood infectious illnesses who can play a role in helping their children who may oppose vaccination come to their parental senses.
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Related Terms: Dementia, vaccination, anti-vaxxers, polio, measles vaccine