Alberta Netcare
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Alberta Netcare (formerly Wellnet) is the province of Alberta's public Electronic medical record network.
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[edit] Users
There are three main categories of Netcare users:
- Health service providers (physicians)
- Diagnostic laboratories
- Drug dispensing locations (pharmacies)
Netcare allows authorized physicians to view and update the medical records of patients. Authorized laboratories may use Netcare to record results of diagnostic tests on a patient's record. Pharmacies can use the service to verify prescription details, and to record medication dispensations.
[edit] Implementation
Netcare messaging is performed with HL7-encoded XML messages.
Messages are sent and received over a secure HTTP connection.
[edit] Security
Netcare uses a two-factor authentication protocol involving a username/password combination, and an RSA SecurID Key Fob for authentication.
