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Shared Information Management Services (SIMS)

ConnectingGTA — Wherever
patients go, they want their
information to follow

Dr. Peter Rossos, UHN Cheif Medical Information Officer, co-leads the ConnectiongGTA Clinical Working
Group, an interprofessional clinical team that determines the design, workflow and implementation priorities
to best support regional care. (Photo: PhotoGraphics UHN)

Whether you work as a healthcare times, carrying medical records and as a foundation for the province-
provider, or have experienced the medication. wide electronic health record (EHR).
system as a patient, many of us “We started with a simple idea,” says
have seen up close what works UHN’s SIMS team, under the Lydia. “Wouldn’t it be great if the
and what needs improvement. direction of Lydia Lee, Senior Vice information we needed to make
ConnectingGTA, a hub for electronic President and Chief Information care decisions was all in one place?
health information in central Officer, University Health Network, is Seeing this concept come to life,
Ontario, is striving to address some working with eHealth Ontario, the making information available at our
of the most common challenges ConnectingGTA solution owner clinicians’ fingertips and having
expressed by patients: long waits and operator to develop a regional a real difference in the patient
for results, repeat tests, being asked electronic health record for health experience is amazing.”
for the same information multiple care organizations and clinicians
across central Ontario that serves

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