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Health P.E.I. launches revamped patient registry [Video]

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Health P.E.I. has launched a revamped patient registry system, saying its goal is to make it easier and faster to connect Islanders with care providers.

CEO Melanie Fraser provided an update on the new system, which Health P.E.I. has spent the past four months overhauling, to the province’s standing committee on health and social development on Wednesday.

Fraser said the previous system, developed in 2008, was outdated and relied too heavily on manual input, which often created delays in matching patients with available providers.

Health P.E.I. unveiled a new patient registry on Wednesday, and officials say it will help people get off the registry faster. CBC’s Cody MacKay has more on the new model and how it aims to help Islanders.

“We didn’t have confidence in it,” she told MLAs.

The updated system is built on a client relationship management platform that is able to validate and cross-reference data, and therefore reduce duplication and errors.

Islanders can now fill …

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