News Item – Nova Scotia launches new portal to deliver health test results via smartphone

A new online portal that will deliver medical test results to Nova Scotians via smartphones is the kind of innovation that’s long overdue in Canadian health care, says the federal health minister.

Jane Philpott was in Halifax on Thursday for the launch of the MyHealthNS portal, which has been tested for the past three years in a pilot project involving 30 family doctors and 6,000 patients.

Philpott, who worked as a family doctor, said using technology to create a single patient record is part of improving overall primary care.

Full article at: Global News