Version 2.33 of HDC Discover was rolled out to production on September 12th. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. Improvements Sharing Invite Improvements To enhance clarity regarding the two security levels known as 'Context Dependent' and 'Population' and to prevent any potential confusion, we have refined [...]
By Dr. Oona Hayes Quality improvement (QI) work and data-driven practice improvement are vital tools that support Joy in Work, lifelong learning and system improvement. Clinician engagement with data-driven practice improvement is also one of the priorities of the Family Practice Services Committee (e.g. panel management). There are calls for “more data” to support health care system change yet moving [...]
Version 2.32 of HDC Discover was rolled out to production on September 6th. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. What's New ? New Measures: We have introduced several new colorectal cancer screening measures applicable to all EMRs: Colorectal cancer screening - Hemoccult test, colonoscopy, or sigmoidoscopy [...]
By Dr. Omesh Syal Watch the interview (~8 minutes) After HDC’s Annual General Meeting later this month, one of HDC’s founders and Board Chair, Dr. Shirley Sze, will be stepping down from her role and the organization. Shirley has been a physician champion of clinical professional development, foreseeing early during the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) how practice data [...]
Notice for the Annual General Meeting of the Health Data Coalition Dear Members, Notice is hereby given to all members that the Annual General Meeting of the Health Data Coalition (HDC) will be held on Thursday, September 21st, 2023. The meeting is virtual and will run from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Only the proxies appointed by the members can [...]
Version 2.31 was rolled out to production on August 8th. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. Disclaimer Med Access EMR When you log in to the Discover application and find your EMR type listed as ‘Med Access – Legacy,’ it indicates that we are currently awaiting [...]
Version 2.30 was released to production on July 19th. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. What’s New? Prescribing Measures: We are excited to introduce new Prescribing measures to MOIS, OSCAR, Profile, and Med Access users. These measures highlight patients with coded prescriptions for a given medication [...]
A Future Where Everyone has a Family Doctor One million people in British Columbia do not have a family doctor. Everyone ideally should have a family doctor (#EveryoneDeservesAFamilyDoctor), and BC’s new Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model is a significant step forward to achieve that goal. To help guide us there, the HDC Discover platform can contextualize EMR data to [...]
Version 2.29 was released to production on June 16th 2023. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes. What’s New? New Mental Health Measures: We are excited to introduce a new comprehensive set of mental health measures. This set of measures are now in production and can be [...]
The challenges and pay-offs of growing your team and infusing QI at its core By Dr. Cole Stanley Foreword: Here I try to pull together my thoughts on the importance of a team-based care approach in primary care, and what conditions we need for our teams to thrive. I’m learning this with my team as we go, including from mistakes [...]