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With high referral volumes for both preventive and curative procedures, gastroenterology is among the most common and critical referral pathways in Canadian healthcare. In this eReferral Spotlight, we take a closer look at how innovative clinics and hospitals are...

Have an Ocean eForm you’d like us to feature? Send us an email at [email protected]! This month we’re highlighting the LookSee Launcher form, a powerful tool for automating the collection of child-development data from birth through 6 years, saving clinics plenty of...

Have an Ocean eForm you’d like us to feature? Send us an email at [email protected]! In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, this month’s Form Feature highlights the PHQ-9, a widely used form for screening depression symptoms in primary care. What is the PHQ-9?...

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...