Follow Up with Your Patients Sooner
An eNotification is a near real-time electronic message sent through Health Report Manager (HRM®) to primary care providers to notify them when their patients are discharged from the Emergency Department or are admitted or discharged from in-patient units.
eNotifications are an added feature of HRM and appear in your EMR the same way as a medical record report delivered by HRM. eNotifications are augmented with Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) and Health Links information (where available) prior to being sent to your EMR. After receiving an eNotification, you will subsequently receive a discharge summary and/or other reports from the hospital after the hospital has prepared the report(s) for electronic transmission via HRM. Receiving an eNotification in advance of a discharge summary enables you to plan for treatment and follow up with patients sooner.
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How eNotifications Work
eNotifications are an added feature of HRM and appear in your EMR just like a medical record report sent through HRM. eNotifications are augmented with CCAC and Health Links information (where available) prior to being sent to your EMR. After receiving an eNotification, you will receive a discharge summary and/or other reports from the hospital after the hospital has prepared the report(s) for electronic transmission through HRM.
Hospital Admissions Discharge Transfer (ADT) System → Ontario Health's Client Health & Related Information System (CHRIS) → HRM Provincial Solution → Clinician EMR.
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If you receive eNotifications and find that they are adding to your report/administrative burden, you can
stop receiving them.
Clinician & Patient Benefits
Patients benefit from eNotifications by receiving faster follow-up care from their physician or nurse practitioner after they are released from the hospital. Physicians and nurse practitioners can prepare a treatment plan in advance of patients returning to the community because they are notified of Emergency Department and in-patient unit admissions and discharges sooner and are empowered by the latest patient information.
For physicians and nurse practitioners, eNotifications provide quicker access to the most recent patient information needed for making decisions about appropriate follow-up care. eNotifications enable clinicians to improve their ability to meet the recommended ministry guideline of patient follow up within 7 days post-discharge.
How to get eNotifications
If you use HRM, you automatically receive eNotifications. eNotifications are an additional feature of HRM.
If you are not using HRM, are using an
OntarioMD-certified EMR, and would like to receive hospital reports digitally, please contact OntarioMD at support@ontariomd.com to enroll. Answers to frequently asked questions about eNotifications can be found on the
HRM Frequently Asked Questions page.
Who is Sending eNotifications
View the list of sites sending eNotifications on the Sending Facilities page.