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Joanna Frketich Spectator Reporter
McMaster University is getting about $5.8 million from the federal government to create a personal health record controlled by patients.
The electronic health record being piloted at two Hamilton family practices allows patients to better navigate the health care system, control their own information, manage disease and prevent illness.
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“This is a paradigm shift,” said Dr. David Price, chair of the department of family medicine at McMaster. “This is really trying to enable the patient to manage their own health and work towards wellness.”
The funding is part of $15.5 million given out Wednesday morning by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
It brings together 16 Ontario private-sector, academic and not-for-profit research partners including McMaster and York universities to create the Connected Health and Wellness Project.
The project will develop innovative software to help patients, their families and doctors get quick access to all their health records. York University is also create a training program and professional standards for a new profession called a health coach that will help people manage disease and stay well.
“It is using innovative technologies that will be developed here in Southern Ontario, it will allow patients to participate more actively in management of their own health issues and hopefully it will co-ordinate some of the health care professionals on the team in a much better way,” said Minister of State for FedDev Ontario Gary Goodyear. “I believe we are on the cusp of developing a health management system that the world will ultimately adopt because it is so immediate and efficient.”
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