The government says the new platform will enable clinicians to receive real-time alerts, avoid duplicate tests, better coordinate care and improve patient safety.
The Ministry of Health says pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe for nine additional conditions and administer six more publicly funded vaccines.
Although the risk of the Andes strain of the hantavirus remains low in Canada, Canadians can still be exposed to another type called Sin Nombre virus, which is carried by deer mice.