2008

Conformance Testing Complete

Posted December 10, 2008

Vendor conformance testing completed on December 11, 2008 as scheduled. Five companies successfully completed the process and are now "PITO-Qualified": EMIS Inc. Intrahealth Canada Ltd. Med ...

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Local Physician User Groups

Posted November 11, 2008

The PITO Local Physician Champions are establishing local Physician User Groups ("PUGs") across the province. PUGs are groups of local physicians, or those sharing a common interest (e.g. a ...

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Second PITO Application Period Now Closed

Posted September 25, 2008

The second PITO application period (for enrolment between October 2008 and March 2009) has now closed. Applicants will be notified of their status on October 1st. There was significant new ...

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PITO Information Sessions

Posted August 26, 2008

PITO will be holding a series of information sessions and vendor demonstrations across the province during October, both for those accepted for the Fall enrolment and any physician interested in ...

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Applications Open for the Second PITO Enrollment

Posted August 14, 2008

Applications are now open for the second PITO enrollment period (October 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009) for the PITO Implementation & Transition Support Program (learn more). Applications for the ...

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First Round of PITO Implementations are now "Going Live"

Posted August 13, 2008

Physicians in the pilot projects and those selected in the first enrollment period are busy with the implementation process, and several practices are now live on their PITO-Qualified EMRs. On ...

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Conformance Testing Update

Posted August 13, 2008

The first of the six vendors completed conformance testing in March and has been busy implementing with the first wave of physicians who chose their solution. The next four vendors are conducting ...

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BCMA Releases Privacy Update for BC Physicians

Posted August 13, 2008

Ensuring protection of patient privacy is of the utmost importance to physicians, including as they make the big move from paper to electronic record keeping. The protection of privacy is ...

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First PITO Vendor Completes Conformance Testing

Posted April 01, 2008

The Ministry of Health has notified PITO that the first vendor has successfully completed conformance testing from amongst the six selected through the EMR procurement process, making them the ...

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First PITO Application Period Now Closed

Posted March 13, 2008

The first PITO application period (for enrolment between April and September 2008) have now closed. Applicants will be notified of their status by March 28. The next application period will open ...

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