The EMR Program and Telus are now selecting the first cohort of sites for EMR implementation. The sites will be selected among those who put forward their expressions of interest. The first five to eight sites will need to meet criteria that allow the EMR Program to implement at sites that have manageable sizes - five providers or less initially – and offer diversity in their practice style. Our first group of adopters will include existing EMR and non-EMR users, collaborative and solo teams, and from different practice types (family practice/nurse practitioner vs. specialty). Conversely, sites with more complex patient workflows, larger group practices, or those that will require data migrated from Practimax* or MedAccess* are less suitable for the pilot project.
In addition, the sites contacted for early adoption will also be available for implementation throughout the summer, dedicate time to improve the solution and agree to go live without all the integrations in place at the beginning. They will also be asked to agree to act as EMR champions for colleagues who later implement.
The first site will begin implementation in July, with a staggered implementation every few weeks into September.
In the meantime, the EMR Program will continue to build a broader provincewide implementation schedule. Clinicians will be contacted in advance to discuss scheduling considerations. To date we have more than 130 clinicians interested in adopting, with a plan to have the majority onboarded by March 2022. To achieve this, we foresee implementing multiple sites in parallel. This will require strategic use of our EMR Program resources to ensure we have the right teams on the ground at the right time (e.g., clustering clinics geographically or by specialty). Once you have enrolled, we will continue to update you on the scheduling plans to ensure you have enough lead time to prepare.
*Note: Telus is in the process of developing migration tools for Practimax and MedAccess. The Practimax data migration tool will not be available until October. The MedAccess data migration tool will be available later this year.
