CanadianEMR Demo and Overview Jan 10 2008

Overview and Demo CanadianEMR Alan Brookstone, MD Presented at New Brunswick Medical Society Conference January 10-11, 2008

What is CanadianEMR?

CanadianEMR is an online resource for physicians who are considering the purchase of an EMR or who have purchased an EMR

www.canadianemr.ca

EMR Comparisons, EMR Ratings (Consumers Reports) and Expert Discussion – Blog with >900 discussions

Information to Support Decisions

There is a lack of trustworthy independent timely information for:

Selection of EMRs

Measuring performance of EMRs

Planning

Product Development

Demonstrating the value of EMRs – Medical Associations / Government

How is CanadianEMR Maintained?

Content on Blog – by physicians

EMR Vendor Profiles – by vendors

EMR Ratings – by physicians

There is a user customizable e-mail reminder for raters and vendors

Web site by CanadianEMR team

Home Page

Blog

Blog Archive To Dec 2003 EMR Tools from Multiple Sources

CanadianEMR Blog

900+ Postings and Discussions

Since Dec 2003

All are still ‘open’

Physicians or Users of EMRs are invited to contribute

All can ask or suggest questions

Multiple topics…e.g.

Exam room configurations; Patient care

Physician Driven Discussions

Vendor Profiles Click on a Logo and View a Profile

Profiles include Multimedia

Easy and Standardized Navigation to Find the Information You Need

Sign Up Process

There are two Options

Sign up as a visitor (physician or non-physician) and use the Comparison Engine

Sign up as physician with an EMR -Rate the EMR and use the Comparison Engine

Signup Page Select Y if you are a Physician using an EMR or N if you are a Visitor or Physician not using an EMR

Physicians can Rate any EMR product available in Canada

How Does the Star Rating System Work?

5 Star Rating System

‘ EMR Consumer/User Reports’

Purchase Experience

Implementation Experience

Support Experience

Usability

Clinical Satisfaction

3 Questions per category

Total of 15 questions

Select 1-5 for Each Question 1 is Low and 5 is High

Example Output

Comparison Engine Login or Create a Free CanadianEMR Account

Select an EMR Product and click View Product

Select by Province, Conformance Tested or Specialty and click Search

Compare 2 products Side-by-Side by using Drop-down Menu Email a Side-by-Side Comparison to a Colleague or Co-worker

Compare Products by Multiple Criteria including

Key Comparison Criteria

Province specific features

Practice size

Ownership and licensing

Data conversion

Training & Support

Interfaces available

Scheduling and Billing

Prescribing

Comparison Data

Total = 35 EMR Vendors in market

Comparison Information so far on 14 EMR Products

MedOffis OSCAR Purkinje Healthscreen EMIS Jonoke (2 products) ABELSoft Optimed P&P Data Systems Clinicare Practice Solutions Nightingale Wolf Medical Systems

Data Management Policy

All data is strictly anonymized and aggregated

Read Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Individual Physician rating data is NOT shared with vendors

Vendors of EMRs are not allowed to sponsor the site

Anonymized data is used for rankings

Intention to Purchase Data Oct 21, 2007 – Jan 8, 2008

Registered users indicating an intention to purchase (3-6mths, 6-12mths, 12-18mths and 18+mths) represent:

627 physicians

1155 staff

Practice managers represent a subset of 107 physicians and 236 staff

What does this represent in terms of intention to purchase per segment?

Intention to Purchase Data Oct 21, 2007 – Jan 8, 2008

Intention to Purchase Data Oct 21, 2007 – Jan 8, 2008 1155 10 88 396 661 Staff 627 10 55 177 385 Physicians Total 18+ 12-18 6-12 3-6 Intention to Purchase (months)

Canadian Population Location of Raters Oct 21, 2007 – Jan 8, 2008 0.1% YT 3.1% SK 23.9% QC 0.4% PE 38.5% ON 0.1% NV 0.1% NT 2.9% NS 1.6% NL 2.3% NB 3.6% MB 13.0% BC 10.4% AB