You can have your say on electronic health records and other methods of potential improved online access to health care through a new government survey.
"Would you like to be able to request a prescription renewal online? Would you like to be able to view your lab test results yourself?" said eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh. "We're asking residents of Saskatchewan to actually sign in to this brief survey that will give us some information as to what's valuable or important, and it will also help us prioritize what we work on first."
Eventually, every person in Saskatchewan will have an electronic health record that is a private, lifetime record of their medical information, which will provide authorized health care professionals with immediate access to test results, past treatments and medication profiles.
"There is certainly the potential that it can help individuals to be more proactive about their own care, and have a better understanding when they are talking with their provider, what are some of the questions they should ask," Antosh added. "It depends what we're told, through the survey, what people are really interested in."
Information collected through the surveys, combined with feedback being gathered through health sector workshops taking place over the summer, will help shape the future of those records records in Saskatchewan.
The survey is at ehealth-sk.ca.
Click here for the Provincial Government Press Release on the survey.
Shawn Mullin talked with Susan Antosh:
Fri, Apr 26, 10:00 AM
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