ClinicalConnect
For health care organizations and sole practitioners in South West Ontario
ClinicalConnect is a secure, web-based portal that gives health care providers real-time access to their patients’ electronic medical information from all acute care hospitals, Local Health Integration Networks’ (LHIN) Home and Community Care Services and Regional Cancer Programs in South West Ontario, in addition to various provincial clinical data repositories.
Features
Provides timely and secure access to comprehensive patient health care information including, but not limited to:
Information from hospitals including emergency room reports and discharge summaries.
Information from hospitals including emergency room reports and discharge summaries.
Publicly-funded drugs, pharmacy services and all monitored drugs.
Diagnostic reports and images.
Detailed accounts of discharge summaries, consults and oncology reports
Data and operations information from LHIN home and community care services.
Benefits
- Provides secure access to digital health information in one consolidated view
- Enables health care providers to engage and educate patients at the bedside or at the office with easy access on desktop and mobile devices
- Improves workflow with real-time access to essential patient health information
- Reduces duplication of tests and procedures, saving time, system costs and patient discomfort
- Improves transfer of care between health care providers
Access to digital health records provides life-changing care across Ontario
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Technical Prerequisites
- Users must obtain secure credentials using one of the following:
- Health care providers authorized to use credentials provided by Hamilton Health Sciences or their ClinicalConnect Local Registration Authority (LRA)
- Health care providers can use their ONE ID credential to log in
- Health care providers from eHealth Ontario authorized organizations can seamlessly login from their Hospital Information System without having to re-enter their login credentials using ONE ID Federated Identity
- Technical Specifications (PDF)
Non-Technical Prerequisites
- Must be a Health Information Custodian (HIC) or authorized to view through a HIC
- Must comply with the ClinicalConnect Terms & Conditions (PDF)
- Legal agreements
- Privacy and security assessments
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When patients come to see me I am no longer at an information disadvantage. I have access to patient records which ultimately makes for better clinical care and better patient outcomes.
(ClinicalConnect) makes a huge difference in treating patients… ClinicalConnect alleviates stress from patients because they don’t have to give me medical details.
The ability to access medical information through a digital health system makes a world of difference.
