“The first system in Canada to provide paramedics with instant access to MedicAlert health records has been successfully launched in Nova Scotia. Within hours of the system going live, a paramedic in Halifax accessed potentially life-saving information en route to the hospital with a patient.
“Nova Scotia paramedics are highly trained individuals who do an exceptional job”, said Health Minister Maureen MacDonald. “This system provides them with information that will help them do their job even better and I am proud that we are once again leading the way as the first province to have such a system in place”.”
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Halifax News Net, 18 November 2009
