EMRs Comparison
Physicians who select one of the PITO qualified vendors are eligible for reimbursement through the PITO program. All prices listed below are fixed for two years and only allowed to be raised by a maximum of 2.5% per year. The PITO program funds 70% of the costs related to EMRs conversion. To learn more on PITO funding see the PITO Documents. Below are a list of the five qualified EMR vendors
Qualified EMR Vendors:
| EMIS Inc | Intrahealth Canada Ltd. | Med Access Inc. | Osler Systems Management | Wolf Medical Systems | |
| Business Location | Edmonton | North Van | Kelowna | Sidney | Surrey |
| Hosting / Data Centre | Fusepoint | Bell Canda | Off-site | CGI | Clinicvault |
| Origional EMR Release Date | 1988 | 1998 | 2002 | 2003 | 1998 |
| Current EMR Release Date | 2007 | 2008 | 2002 | 2008 | 2007 |
| # MD Number of BC Users | 10 | 200 | 105 | 509 | 335 |
| # MD Users – Rest of Canada | 212 | 0 | 385 | N/A | 1,350 |
| # MD Users – Outside of Canada | 16,427 | 3,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Implementation Fee |
$6,840.00
|
$9,800.00
|
$9,300.00
|
$7,285.00
|
$4,850.00
|
| Year 1 monthly fees |
$280.00
|
$255.00
|
$239.00
|
$340.00
|
$320.00
|
| Year 2 and onword monthly fees |
$485.00
|
$325.00
|
$279.00
|
$398.00-$527.50
|
$520.00
|