Source: British Columbia Medical Journal – BCMJ – Digital Health Part 1, Vol. 59, No. 9, November 2017, page(s) 455-458 Articles Bruce Hobson, MD (HDC Medical Director) Unlike paper-based patient records, electronic records make searching, summarizing, graphing, and sharing data easy to do and provide exciting opportunities for physicians to reflect on patient care and engage
Read MoreThese release notes contain supplemental information about the HDC web application, Version 1.5.0. What’s new? Significant features: Significant system performance improvements have been implemented to improve the speed of the QI Panel, so the pages, indicators, and indicator graphs load more quickly A user account administration export page has been created for system administrators to
Read MoreThe Health Data Coalition (HDC), a physician-led data sharing platform that enables collaborative quality improvement in primary care, has received new funding from the General Services Practices Committee (GPSC). Used by physicians across BC, HDC provides secure access to aggregated clinical data while maintaining patient and physician confidentiality. Primary health care providers enrolled in the
Read MoreWhat’s new? Significant features: OSCAR, Intrahealth and Telus clinics will now have a default subscription to the “HDC Base” channel. This channel contains the base set of indicators approved by the HDC’s Clinical Data Stewardship Committee. MOIS clinics will now have a default subscription to the “AMCARE” channel. This channel contains the set of indicators
Read MoreThe Health Data Coalition receives $1.623 million in funding from the General Practice Services Committee, to expand its technical platform. The Health Data Coalition (HDC) today announced a three-year commitment from the General Practices Services Committee (GPSC) to invest in the future of data-informed healthcare. HDC is a physician-led data sharing platform that enables collaborative
Read MoreThe HDC is a physician-led data sharing initiative that allows primary health care providers and their clinic staff to unleash the potential of their EMR systems. Our goal is to provide secure access to a core set of aggregated data that encourages self-reflection and facilitates quality improvements in patient care. The result, a more satisfying
Read MoreWhat’s new? Big features: Implemented “Save to all clinics” for a user’s data source preferences on the QI Panel. This is helpful for coaches or physicians who are part of multiple clinics who want to run reports using the same data source parameters for each clinic. Implemented persistent clinics so that a page refresh doesn’t
Read MoreWhat’s new? Big features: Added thirteen new Medication Use indicators to the HDC Base subscription channel Added twenty-one new Antibiotic Use indicators to the HDC Base subscription channel Added the ability to manually create upload data within the application. For users that can’t generate an automated extract from their EMR yet, there is now an
Read MoreThe Health Data Coalition (HDC) is a data sharing initiative funded by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). Established to enable quality improvement in primary care and support a learning health system, the HDC is a federally-registered not for profit society, governed by physicians to work for physicians and their health care partners in BC.
Read MoreDear Colleagues: Established to enable quality improvement in primary care and support a learning health system, the Health Data Coalition (HDC) was formed with the support of BC’s General Practices Services Committee and the Doctors of BC. With a $1.7 million grant from GPSC and the initial technology in place, the HDC has become an
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