The $4.2-million pilot program will encourage doctors to communicate electronically with their patients. As part of the one-year project, family doctors taking part will receive up to $12,000 a year. The incentive program and its eligibility criteria were developed by a working group of Nova Scotia family doctors. The online component of the program, myhealthns.ca, was established in 2012. The site allows patients to see test results and communicate with their doctor electronically but only if the doctor signs them into the system. Only about 250 out of the province’s 963 family doctors take part in the myhealthns.ca program, with about 13,000 patients signed up.
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