Patient information, in real-time and in one place

Patient medical records are being streamlined into a single digitized record system in Nova Scotia, preventing overlap and delays in what officials say could be a valuable model for other provinces to emulate.

The new system – dubbed One Person One Record – was implemented last month at Halifax’s Izaak Walton Killam Hospital (IWK) Health Centre and is expected to go province-wide by year’s end.

“The clinical information system reduces a patient’s need to repeat health history...