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WELL’s subsidiary OceanMD has signed a $38.5 million contract with British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority to provide an array of digital services, such as eReferrals, eConsults, and eOrders to help further empower providers with best-in-class digital...
Have an Ocean eForm you’d like us to feature? Send us an email at [email protected]! In this month’s Form Feature, we’re highlighting the PreCHAT Pre-Conception Health Assessment Tool, developed by the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Team. What is the PreCHAT...
When implementing digital health tools like Ocean into your practice, you may have considered the impact and benefits it would have on you and your clinic staff, but what about your patients? For tech-savvy patients, tools like online booking and appointment reminders...
Did you know? As part of our goal to build the best platform for patient engagement and provider communication in Canada, Ocean releases new features, product updates and improvements every three weeks. This means in the last 6 months alone, we had 10 development...
Emily MacFarlaneSoftware DeveloperEmily has collaborated on product features to improve the healthcare experience for everyone, including her friends and family. She recently celebrated five years at OceanMD and we're so grateful to have her on the team.How did you...
When clinics first join the Ocean Provider Network, they often ask us: “How do we let everyone know that we are now open for eReferrals?” While there are countless channels and methods to raise awareness today, here are three proven traffic-boosting tips from...
WELL’s subsidiary OceanMD has signed a $38.5 million contract with British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority to provide an array of digital services, such as eReferrals, eConsults, and eOrders to help further empower providers with best-in-class digital...
The launch of Nova Scotia's surgical eReferral program, powered by the Ocean platform, marks a significant milestone in improving patient care. Hear how visionary leadership and innovation are paving the way for a more efficient and patient-centered healthcare system....
While the peak of the pandemic may finally be behind us, our healthcare system’s capacity continues to struggle. Recruitment challenges, increased patient needs and COVID-related precautions and protocols are all weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of our...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month in Canada. Throughout the month, we will highlight content such as this blog post and mental health questionnaires in the Ocean Library. Follow along on our social to stay in touch!With an estimated one in five Canadians...
CognisantMD is now OceanMD, a WELL Health Company! As we celebrate ten years of providing powerful, integrated solutions for digital healthcare in Canada, we are thrilled to unveil our new brand identity, OceanMD. Along with a new corporate logo and accompanying...
When implementing digital health tools like Ocean into your practice, you may have considered the impact and benefits it would have on you and your clinic staff, but what about your patients? For tech-savvy patients, tools like online booking and appointment reminders...
When clinics first join the Ocean Provider Network, they often ask us: “How do we let everyone know that we are now open for eReferrals?” While there are countless channels and methods to raise awareness today, here are three proven traffic-boosting tips from...
While today’s clinics have a growing number of effective digital tools available, putting them into practice is becoming increasingly difficult. From complex EMR integrations and employee retraining to patient education and data security concerns, the challenges with...
Administering the flu shot is more important – and challenging – than ever before. Juggling an increased demand for the flu vaccine with physical distancing measures and other in-clinic safety precautions has introduced a whole new series of challenges for clinics....
Q: I added online booking to my practice, but patients still call our front desk to make appointments. What can I do to increase online bookings? Adding online appointment booking is a great step towards modernizing your practice and making health care more accessible...
As online booking becomes more widely adopted, many clinics are looking for ways to make the most of this digital solution. With numerous funding opportunities and provincial mandates on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to shift to digital booking. Tens...
Over the past 18 months, demand for digital tools to support virtual and in-clinic patient care has exploded. Among these tools, online appointment booking has proven to bring significant benefits to clinics, with fewer phone calls to answer, not as many frustrated...
Adding and rostering new patients into your EMR can be a time-consuming process. Here are some ways Ocean makes the new patient registration process easier and more efficient for your team.Sign and receive roster forms online With Ocean’s direct EMR integration and...
As the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out continues across Canada, many healthcare providers are navigating how this impacts their practices. Even if clinics aren’t directly involved with vaccine administration just yet, it’s worth considering what this may look like in...
Collecting and tracking consent from patients has always been an important – and often challenging – task for clinics. With clinics shifting to telemedicine and virtual care, it is important that patients understand – and agree to – these new models of care. This...
A well-written message sent to a patient can greatly reduce the likelihood of them needing to phone in and ask about appointment details, lab results, or other information relevant to their health care visits. On the other hand, a poorly-crafted message may leave...
Q: How can we collect information from our patients using Ocean Check-In Kiosks in our waiting room without jeopardizing patient privacy? Check-in kiosks are often placed near the front desk to make them easy for patients to find and use, while also allowing staff to...
Have an Ocean eForm you’d like us to feature? Send us an email at [email protected]! In this month’s Form Feature, we’re highlighting the PreCHAT Pre-Conception Health Assessment Tool, developed by the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Team. What is the PreCHAT...
“What do other clinics, physicians and researchers use Ocean for most often?” This may be the single, most-asked question that we get from clients and prospects. In an attempt to clearly answer this question, we decided to take a look at the number of times each form...
“What do other clinics, physicians and researchers use Ocean for most often?” In our last post, we shared the top 10 forms on Ocean for administrative purposes, by usage. This week, we’re doing the same for clinical forms. If you’re new to the Ocean Platform or...
The Ocean Platform can be particularly useful for specialists who frequently see new patients. In this post, we thought we would share some of the most useful tools in Ocean for specialists in obstetrics and gynecology. This includes everything from general...
Across Ontario, it’s estimated 20% of families can’t afford to make ends meet – that’s 1.57 million people living in poverty. Since it is a social determinant of health and a risk factor for many health conditions, it is critical that people who need assistance have...
It’s hard to believe that summer vacation is almost over. As your practice starts to ramp up with back-to-school visits, we thought it might be a good time to highlight the wide range of adolescent-focused tools available in Ocean. Caring for – and communicating with...
Dr. Doug KavanaghThe following is a post from Dr. Doug Kavanagh, co-founder and medical director of OceanMD and practising family physician with the North York Family Heath Team.Keeping patients up-to-date with screening tests is an important part of my job as a...
Family doctors: do you sometimes plan to ask whether a patient would like a flu shot, only to become distracted by all of the other issues during the visit? It can be embarrassing to follow-up when this happens, especially when a patient asks, “why didn’t you mention...
Josie Xu is a medical student who has been working with Dr. Doug Kavanagh to create a patient education and information documentation tool on Ocean for Advance Care Planning. The tool is comprised of four patient questionnaires that are designed to help educate...
We are calling for physicians to participate in the early access period of the About My Health and My Health Care Visit eForms for patients with intellectual disabilities. If you are interested in providing feedback, prototypes of the forms are now available in the...
Women’s College Hospital (WCH) recently implemented Check-In Kiosks in their waiting rooms to helps simplify the check-in process for both patients and staff. However, the team at WCH saw the potential for kiosks to do much more than simply change the arrival status...
Canada’s current approach to the opioid crisis has left health advocates desperate for alternatives. In response to the growing strain on the healthcare system, Dr. Ryan Patchett-Marble and his team at Marathon Family Health Team in Northern Ontario developed the...
Yaron DermanDirector, ProductIt’s not everyday that you participate in a community for the benefit of the greater good and end up being a direct beneficiary of that effort. I’ve been fortunate to do exactly that — helping to realize the vision of an open,...
The Ocean eReferral Network is now integrated with Epic EHR, and is expanding rapidly in Ontario with recent efforts led by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Michael Garron Hospital, and Joseph Brant Hospital with the help of the Ontario eServices Program. The Ocean...
Ontario community-based family physicians can now receive consultation reports for referrals generated through the Ocean eReferral Network in their certified electronic medical record (EMR) systems through OntarioMD’s Health Report Manager (HRM). HRM’s electronic...
Did you know you can use Ocean to send eReferrals to BounceBack? We are pleased to share that Ontario-based healthcare providers can now electronically refer patients seeking mental health support to BounceBack using the Ocean eReferral Network. BounceBack provides a...
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Ocean integration with TELUS Med Access. With this release, Med Access clinics can now connect to Canada’s leading patient engagement platform, providing them with tools to improve patient experience, increase operational...
Did you know? As part of our goal to build the best platform for patient engagement and provider communication in Canada, Ocean releases new features, product updates and improvements every three weeks. This means in the last 6 months alone, we had 10 development...
We’re excited to share that OSCAR Pro EMR users can now use Ocean’s Online Booking solution as a way to better connect with their patients!Launched in 2019, the Ocean online booking solution is now used by over 1800+ physicians across Canada, giving over 2.6 million...
Over the last year, healthcare clinics have embraced secure messaging and reminders to communicate with patients, supplement virtual care, and share important information outside the clinic. During that time, we’ve received some helpful feedback from both clients and...
WELL’s subsidiary OceanMD has signed a $38.5 million contract with British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority to provide an array of digital services, such as eReferrals, eConsults, and eOrders to help further empower providers with best-in-class digital...
The launch of Nova Scotia's surgical eReferral program, powered by the Ocean platform, marks a significant milestone in improving patient care. Hear how visionary leadership and innovation are paving the way for a more efficient and patient-centered healthcare system....
As Ocean is actively expanding from coast to coast, we’re pleased to announce the introduction of our new Government Program Services team. Led by eReferral experts with a track record for successful large-scale implementations, the GPS team has been purpose-built to...
Novari and Ocean integrate to improve the eReferral experience for patients and clinicians KINGSTON, ON, January 11, 2022 – In coordination with the Ontario eServices Program, CognisantMD (as part of the Think Research Consortium) and Novari Health have completed the...
Today we have some very exciting news. We are pleased to announce that CognisantMD is now officially part of the WELL Health Technologies family of companies. WELL Health is a Vancouver-based, publicly listed company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WELL), with a...
SJHH has led the successful integration of CognisantMD’s Ocean Platform and the Epic Health Information System to offer eReferral HAMILTON, ON, March 23, 2021 /CNW/ – St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) continues to showcase leadership in digital technology...
New Features Now Available to Connect Patients with their Healthcare Providers September 28, 2020 – Toronto, ON – The Ocean Platform, Canada’s leading EMR-integrated digital health suite for patient engagement, is now available on apps.health, a digital health app...
System Coordinated Access eReferrals Program is Helping Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Adjust to the CPSO Policy Updates for Transitions in Care EMR-integrated platform automates patient and provider notifications for healthcare referrals, saving time for clinic...
Ottawa, Ontario, September 11, 2017 – Joule, the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) newest company, is partnering with CognisantMD to bring the Ocean Platform for patient engagement and eReferrals to Canadian physicians. Ocean is a secure, cloud-based platform that...
Virtually everyone knows someone with a story of a faxed referral being lost, a specialist appointment being missed because they weren’t contacted, or someone who’s been left in the dark while waiting far too long for a healthcare referral. We’ve been working hard...
Refugees can complete a full patient history and PHQ-9 mental health screening in Arabic or Armenian, with responses automatically translated to English Toronto, ON – March 9, 2016 – With over 25,000 Syrian refugees recently arrived in Canada, a significant demand for...
Ontario’s First EMR-Integrated Patient eReferral Solution, Ocean by CognisantMD Launches at Cambridge Memorial Hospital eReferrals help improve patient access to diagnostic imaging in Waterloo region, replacing outdated faxes, saving time and improving communication...
New Partnership Puts Evidence-Based Tools in the Hands of Primary Care Providers and their Patients The Centre for Effective Practice and CognisantMD join forces to deliver EMR-integrated patient-facing forms at the point of care Toronto, ON – November 12, 2015 – The...
Online Patient Self-Service Connects People to their Health Record Patients can now complete secure forms for new patient intake, prescription renewals, appointment requests and more from a clinician’s website Monday, June 1, 2015 – Toronto, ON – Today at the 2015...
October 1, 2014, Toronto, ON – CognisantMD™, a Toronto-based health informatics software company, today announced a major milestone as they surpassed 100,000 patient record updates on the Ocean Platform™. The cloud-based software provides a secure, controlled way for...
Emily MacFarlaneSoftware DeveloperEmily has collaborated on product features to improve the healthcare experience for everyone, including her friends and family. She recently celebrated five years at OceanMD and we're so grateful to have her on the team.How did you...
As Ocean is actively expanding from coast to coast, we’re pleased to announce the introduction of our new Government Program Services team. Led by eReferral experts with a track record for successful large-scale implementations, the GPS team has been purpose-built to...
Jon FishbeinDirector, Research and DevelopmentJon Fishbein describes his role as Director, R&D at Ocean as the perfect position. It allows him to lead research into patient-centric technology solutions, while mentoring and growing a team.What is your role and how...
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WELL’s subsidiary OceanMD has signed a $38.5 million contract with British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority to provide an array of digital services, such as eReferrals, eConsults, and eOrders to help further empower providers with best-in-class digital...