Province to cover cost of Medical Record Program

The Department of Health and Community Services has eliminated an operational fee for its Electronic Medical Record program.

The move is meant to reduce administrative burdens for physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador, support province-wide patient-care coordination and facilitate the introduction of a blended capitation model.

The eDOCSNL program serves health care providers across the province by improving information sharing between physicians and other health care providers, allowing physicians to improve clinical efficiencies, improving the overall quality of care, replacing community-based paper practices with electronic, and delivering health information to inform future health planning and policy development.

In the last provincial budget, $5.7 million was allotted to fully cover the operating cost of the system.