Improving Digital Health in BC Policy Statement

August 2023
Digital Health | Policy Statement
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Doctors of BC recognizes the vital role digital health plays in how doctors deliver health care and support patient health today and into the future. We support the improvement of digital health solutions in a way that ensures they are beneficial to physicians, user groups, patients, and the health system. And as the Ministry of Health moves its province-wide Digital Health Strategy forward, we commit to advocating for physician influence in shaping digital health planning and digital health solutions is a priority for Doctors of BC.

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.