Health Information Management and Technology Principles

July 2017
Digital Health | Policy Statement
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Doctors of BC Position: Health IM/IT refers to IM/IT systems deployed in a health care setting that support clinical care and facilitate, manage or record clinical interactions. Doctors of BC believe that improving digital health should be guided by principles of supporting quality care, enhancing the role of patients in health care, incorporating user input into design, and simplifying health records through the one-patient-one-record principle.

Email Communication with Patients

November 2012
Digital Health | Policy Statement
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Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC recognizes that email communication is a key component of virtual care and should be used only for transmitting information related to the provision or administration of care, and should be done within proper privacy and security protocols.