QHR’S EMR DIVISION, OPTIMED SOFTWARE CORPORATION, SELECTED AS A CANDIDATE APPROVED VENDOR FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMRs) IN MANITOBA
Kelowna, BC, December 3, 2008 – Mr. Al Hildebrandt, President and CEO of QHR Technologies Inc. (“QHR” or the “Company”) (TSX-Venture: QHR) is pleased to announce that its electronic medical records (EMR) division, Optimed, has successfully reached the ‘Candidate Approved Vendor’ step in the Manitoba RFQ process to provide Manitoba primary care providers and community physicians with a set of Approved EMRs. Optimed’s ‘Candidate Approved EMR’ is Accurotm EMR version 4. Four vendors, including Optimed, have been selected as Candidate Approved Vendors through the EMR qualification process.
The Candidate Approved Vendors will now be required to enter into a Master Standing Agreement with Manitoba and to modify their products to meet all of Manitoba’s core EMR requirements. Manitoba will then conduct a conformance testing process with each vendor to verify that all core requirements have been met; upon passing the vendor will become an Approved EMR Vendor.
For more information, visit the Manitoba eHealth web site, www.manitoba-ehealth.ca and go to the ‘News’ tab.
The RFQ process is intended to address the needs of all physicians (both family physicians and specialists) who provide care in the community. To the extent that it is in Manitoba’s control, Manitoba will require that Regional Health Authorities select any new EMR systems for the use of RHA-operated and RHA-funded clinics from among the Approved EMRs.
In announcing the selection of QHR, Mr. Hildebrandt said “QHR is well established in Manitoba and supplies HR, scheduling and payroll software to 100% of the rural Manitoba Regional Health Authorities and 10 healthcare facilities in the Winnipeg region. Manitoba is a new market for our EMR product and final approval through the RFQ process will open up new opportunities for us. We expect to announce the opening of a Winnipeg office in the near future.”
Al Hildebrandt, President and CEO
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