Health Sciences Centre

HSCis Features & Functionality


Electronic Medical Records Allows you to enter all patient information directly into the system. No more looking around for x-ray folders, lab results, documents or signed permission forms. It’s all at your fingertips.
Paperless Approach No need to print and store information in filing cabinets. Requisitions and even client signatures can be collected within the system.
Email Anything Automated email, faxing or printing of all discharge summaries to referring veterinarians -- email anything, from invoices, statements, referral reports and reminders.
Remote Access The system can be accessed remotely using a virtual private network connection.
Flexible Appointment Scheduling Schedule any way you like. If you need a 15- or 30-minute appointment, no problem --- view appointment schedules as a grid or Outlook-style.
Task Scheduling Flexible task scheduling allows you to assign tasks to either single or multiple staff members simultaneously. Individual task lists can be automated through appointment scheduling, callback reminders, medical records, treatments and user-defined task types.
Diagnostic Imaging Full digital imaging is supported - we can store the images within the system, or an external PACS Server
Complete System Security System security is fully integrated into the system, and every aspect of program security can be controlled on an individual or group role level. We call this ‘Who can do what in the system’ permissions. All screens and reports can have security associated with them.
Medical Information You can use medical record templates to enter progress notes, vitals, history and physical exams, set up treatments, annotate images, add diagnosis information, ask for lab results or add reminders. This information can be pulled into your discharge summaries.
Comprehensive Reporting The system allows you to view your data with a variety of built-in reports. From production reports to medical record searches, you will know exactly what is going on in the Health Sciences Centre or with a particular patient at any time. There is also a complete custom reporting feature that allows you to create unique or standard reports.
Referral Management Dealing with referring veterinary clinics is easier. With the new system, you can associate multiple referring clinicians with their own discharge summary. Reporting will easily identify which clinics our referrals come from.
User Defined Fields You have the flexibility to define any medical field that you want to include in your statistics, and you can create as many of these types as you want. You can assign any type of values such as text, positive/negative, decimal.
Patient Census With a single view, you can see the status of every patient in the system, whether they are in the waiting room, receiving treatment or in a particular stall, cage or run. Based on permissions, you can view only your cases — or the cases of every doctor in the hospital.
Multiple Inventory Locations With multiple inventory locations, Materials Management can track every item in inventory regardless of where it is located.
Patient Treatment Lists You will be able to view all treatments and their status — such as pending, due or overdue. You can then complete treatments and invoice automatically.

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