TORONTO — Telus Health announced today its employer-focused virtual care service, Akira by Telus Health, is now integrated with its own country-wide electronic medical records (EMRs) and in Ontario with Health Report Manager (HRM), the provincial report delivery system.
Telus Health currently has 30,000 EMRs users across the country, and this integration means “more informed primary care can be provided as critical patient health information is delivered seamlessly into one medical chart so patients using this virtual care platform through their employee benefits programs will effectively receive better continuity of care,” reads Telus Health’s press release.
“Until now, the process for patients receiving support through an employer-paid virtual care program to ensure consultation notes were integrated into their family physician’s medical record was a very manual process using antiquated technologies every time. This important digital transformation helps reduce barriers to data sharing, supporting a more secure transfer of critical health information, and strengthening collaboration between clinicians across the public health system,” says François Gratton, executive vice-president of Telus and group president of Telus Health, in the release.
In Ontario, Telus Health’s virtual care service is also now connected to more than 12,000 clinicians throughout the province via the HRM system.
The challenge ahead of Telus and the healthcare system now, is to make sure all doctors go digital.
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