Month: October 2016

Expansions planned for digital health care data system

Digital health care in Nova Scotia could undergo an expansion that will make it easier for doctors and patients alike to access vital medical data. Orion Health North America, whose representatives visited Halifax Monday and Tuesday, with its new product titled Rhapsody that pulls in data such as patient lab results from a range of …

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Telehomecare – dealing with health issues at home itself

A frail 70-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) carefully gets out of bed every morning and checks his vital signs, answers questions on a computer tablet about how he’s feeling and sends off the results electronically to a registered nurse (RN). The patient is a resident at LOFT Bradford House, which is part …

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