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• Infoway.ca / e-Prescribing

  Enhancing Patient Safety through Better Medication Management

  According to Statistics Canada, 52 per cent of Canadians aged 60-79 take three or more medications. As the population ages, the number of people on multiple medications will only increase. With multiple medications comes an increased risk of adverse...
• Infoway.ca / e-Prescribing

  e-Prescribing Supports Transitions of Care

  The story is all too common—it is a weekend, and a patient is discharged from the hospital with 20-plus medications. A local pharmacist tries to track down the hospital physician to clarify the medications listed, some of which are illegible due to poor...
• Infoway.ca / e-Prescribing

  Still Using a Fax for Prescriptions? There’s a Better Way With e-Prescribing

  We’ve all experienced fax failures — in fact, they are a regrettable part of our practice. They are the faxes that fail to transmit. And those that are sent into a void and never responded to. Did they make it through? Did they go astray? There’s no way...
• PrescribeIT

  Enhancing Patient Safety through Better Medication Management

  Read about the different ways e-prescribing can help improve medication management.
• Infoway.ca / Digital Health

  Medication Non-adherence: Exploring the Tension Between Patient Safety and Patient Autonomy

  It may be a surprising stat to some, but roughly 30 per cent of prescriptions generated in Canada by prescribers for their patients go unfilled.¹ Reasons range from prescriptions that are lost or damaged, to the cost of the medications, to...
• PrescribeIT

  Prescription Opioids and the Growing Crisis

  There’s no silver bullet solution to solve the opioid crisis, but our health-care system can make strides forward. Learn how e-prescribing can help prevent opioid fraud and misuse. Read Our Blog Post Download the Infographic Canada is the second largest...
• PrescribeIT

  Blog Post: Medication Non-adherence: Exploring the Tension Between Patient Safety and Patient Autonomy

  Roughly 30 per cent of prescriptions generated by prescribers for their patients go unfilled, which could result in the worsening of a patient’s condition. If prescribers were to receive notifications when a prescription goes unfilled, does this...
• Infoway.ca / Virtual Care

  Ask Your Pharmacist: Expertise at Your Fingertips

  According to a recent study, nearly nine in 10 Canadians consult the internet for health information. ^[1] Unfortunately, “Dr. Google” isn’t always a trustworthy source. False and misleading information can put people at risk, sometimes with...
• Infoway.ca / Virtual Care

  Virtual Visits Contribute to Patient Safety, Giving Patients More Options

  Virtual care contributes to patient safety in many ways, including keeping Canadians safe during the pandemic by reducing their risk of contracting COVID-19 in clinics and waiting rooms. Learn more in our new article in the October 2020 issue of...
• Infoway.ca / 2022 News Releases

  Gotodoctor.ca Improves Patient Safety with Roll Out of PrescribeIT

  September 27, 2022 (TORONTO) — Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Gotodoctor.ca , a digital health solution and its in-person primary care Enhanced Care Clinics , are proud to announce the roll out of Infoway’s PrescribeIT^®, a national...
• PrescribeIT

  Infographic: Prescription Opioids and the Growing Crisis

  Learn how e-prescribing is helping to prevent opioid misuse.
• Infoway.ca / Access to Care

  World Patient Safety Day 2021: Digital Health for Perinatal Care

  World Patient Safety Day is observed every year on September 17. According to the World Health Organization , its objectives are “…to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in health care safety, and promote global...
• PrescribeIT

  Blog Post: e-Prescribing: Safety. Quality. Both.

  e-Prescribing not only offers convenience and efficiency, but also a potential for enhancements in quality and safety by eliminating some of the ambiguity in prescribing practices.
• PrescribeIT

  Ontario Prescribers

  PrescribeIT™ Now Available in Ontario PrescribeIT™, a national, not-for-profit e-prescribing service for community prescribers in Canada, is now available in Ontario. PrescribeIT™, which is funded by Health Canada, allows prescribers to send, renew and...
• Infoway.ca / Digital Health

  e-Prescribing Improves Patient Safety Over Emailed and Auto-faxed Prescriptions

  Email, auto-fax and e-prescribing — one of these methods of prescribing is not like the other. While on the surface, emailed and auto-faxed prescriptions may look the same as e-prescribing, there's a big difference between them when it comes to patient...
• InfoCentral

  How Does PrescribeIT Contribute to Patient Safety?

  Community pharmacist Bill Coon discuses how PrescribeIT TM , Canada's e-prescribing service, helps improve patient safety and improves pharmacy efficiencies by giving pharmacists better insight into patient information.
• Infoway.ca / 2020 News Releases

  Mustimuhw Improves First Nations Patient Safety through PrescribeIT

  (Vancouver) – Mustimuhw Information Solutions Inc. is pleased to announce it's helping to improve the safety of First Nations patients through an agreement with Canada Health Infoway's PrescribeIT^® . Through the agreement, Mustimuhw will...
• PrescribeIT

  Mustimuhw Improves First Nations Patient Safety through PrescribeIT

  Mustimuhw Information Solutions Inc. announced it's helping to improve the safety of First Nations patients through an agreement with Canada Health Infoway's PrescribeIT®. Through the agreement, Mustimuhw will integrate PrescribeIT^®, Canada's...
• PrescribeIT

  How Does PrescribeIT™ Contribute to Patient Safety?

  During the 2018 OPA Conference, we had the pleasure of speaking with community Pharmacist Bill Coon from Muskoka Medical Centre Pharmacy. Watch now as he discusses how PrescribeIT™ contributes to patient safety.
• Infoway.ca / e-Prescribing

  Better Communication through e-Prescribing

  Communication is key for any team. This is especially true in health care, where siloed services and a fragmented system can make it difficult to provide efficient care.

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