Canada Health Infoway is an independent non-profit corporation funded by the Government of Canada.
Data sources for the survey included 250 research articles, Infoway funded research and evaluations, surveys and over 20 key informants from across Canada.
Other key finds of the report include:
• EHRs reduced duplicate testing reached an annual saving of $99 million in 2012.
• Ninety-four percent of physicians reported that their patients received test results faster when they used EHRs.
• Ninety-six percent of physicians reported that they are better able to coordinate their patients care due to EHRs.
More Articles on EHR Adoption:
Study: EHR Adoption by Family Physicians has Doubled Since 2005
44% of Hospitals Had EHRs in 2012
Physicians May Lose Over $40,000 in 5 Years After EHR Adoption
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EHR Adoption in Canada Results in More Than $1.3B in
Savings, Survey Says
Electronic health record adoption in Canada helped save more
than $1.3 billion in administrative efficiencies, reduced adverse events and
duplicate testing and improved disease management from 2006 to 2012, according
to a PwC
survey, commissioned by Canada Health Infoway.
Canada Health Infoway is an independent non-profit
corporation funded by the Government of Canada.
Data sources for the survey included 250 research articles,
Infoway funded research and evaluations, surveys and over 20 key informants
from across Canada.
Other key finds of the report include:
- EHRs reduced
duplicate testing reached an annual saving of $99 million in 2012. - Ninety-four
percent of physicians reported that their patients received test results
faster when they used EHRs. - Ninety-six
percent of physicians reported that they are better able to coordinate
their patients care due to EHRs.
More Articles on EHR Adoption:
Study: EHR Adoption by Family Physicians
has Doubled Since 2005
44% of Hospitals Had EHRs in 2012
Physicians May Lose Over $40,000 in 5
Years After EHR Adoption
