Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september 199 John Douglas 6977230 features Buzz Currie email a3 Jeff Debrow Winnipeg free press River music thousands of Winni Eggers gathered at the Forks last night phony the celebrating its Soth under a full Moon to take in a concert by the Winnipeg sym played from a Barge on the Assiniboine health care by computer smart health coming but doctors9 confidentiality concerns remain by Alice Krueger legislature reporter within three Mani Tobas healthcare system will enter the computer Manitoban checking into Hospital will soon be greeted by healthcare professionals who already have the patients entire drug history at their fingertips without asking a single with a couple of those in authority will know whether youre on antibiotics or any other its the first phase in a million program to modernize the provincial healthcare within three All electronic data about Manitoban prescription drug buying habits already on file at pharmacies will be connected to Hospital emergency rooms and admitting by All test results from laboratories and other diagnostic services will be added to the smart health net Wolfgang chief operating offi cer for smart health and project direct emphasized that Access to drug information at the Hospital will be by patient in the event the patient is healthcare professionals would be Able to override that to get a computer printout of the Baun said that to safeguard info Access will be at the request of the attending physician and the actual paper printout would be done by either an admitting clerk who normally does registration in emergency or by a triage once a patient has its the printout is generated and it becomes part of the patient record in the same Way the other piece of paper would have he said tap Ping into drug information wont be automatic for All Only if its deemed relevant in the situation will were con Noth Ings changed it be called he potentially the most contentious part of the network involves patient and Manitoba doctors have warned such a system could Compro Mise patient physician relationships and in the Long Compromise patient some Model Sites tying in doctors offices Are scheduled to be online by next giving Access to patient test results and the Manitoba medical association has told the govern ment to keep its hands off patient and continues to urge its members not to Cooper ate with the smart health project until concerns about Access to confidential patient information Are smart health officials say theres no decision yet on whether patients med ical records will actually be put on although one spokesman said the current thinking is that entire records should not be the Filmon government passed legislation earlier this year aimed at allay ing confidentiality but Mma president Ian White indicated yesterday the personal health information act fails to do were very concerned because nothings changed since that he although the province says it has consulted with doctors in developing the White maintained Treyve been left out of the he stressed doctors Are not opposed to computerization As and recognize one of the major issues they face is the Way they handle information and theres no question that it could be done and will be he the thing that concerns us is How its going to be How its going to Impact on our whats going to be Hap pening to the information and what safeguards Are there with regard to the information the patient gives to us in marked on Field of honour by met file staff reporter As korean War Veteran John Reilly scanned the crowd at the veterans memorial ceremony he noticed a Gap in the there want a single first world War vet at the ceremony at Brookside Ceme Terys great Stone of remembrance and the military Field of they passed away or they cant walk were All getting the old Guys they could hardly walk across the in there Are Only three or four first world War vets still Reilly they were All too ill to attend the service sponsored by the joint veterans years hundreds of people would come to downtown Winnipeg to watch the Parade and wave Canadian flags at War veterans on decoration the started again last with laying of poppies and a March on of the colours and a military band playing the National int what it we used to Parade at the Cenotaph and All the vets would come out and show their then it just dwindled Reilly adding Hes worried there May not be Many More memorial if you ask 90 per cent of kids in they know nothing about this Field of an area reserved for the with More than has the largest military Section of any municipal cemetery in recently almost Graves were restored in a combined Effort by joint veterans Veteran affairs the City of the last Post fund and the Commonwealth War Graves Many markers were repaired or a tiny Canadian Flag was placed at the base of each its very important to remind us what we went said Adelard who fought in the second world War with the Royal Winnipeg Houle lost a leg in Germany and watched two other men die after shelling ricocheted off Trees and hit it would help a lot to get the schools theres not too Many Young people Basic writing struggle for students Survey listing us As 1 for literacy scary principal by Nick Martin education reporter Leslee Mckay face Breaks out in a huge Grin when Tracy correctly fills in the Blank let ters of five words and reads them aloud without a Good girl wow Mckay Tracy is a Bright spot in a split grades 2 and 3 class at Mulvey where teachers Are working to improve Basic literacy skills with a Range of new a statistics Canada report released last monday said Manitoba including those at inner City schools such As had the highest liter Acy rates in the if were doing better than other that said Mulvey principal Lori were just tapping the on a Community we Haven even scratched the each Childs literacy skills Are being assessed this month at Mulvey by the end of six classroom teachers and Early child Hood support teacher Val Mcdougall will spend an hour a Day for the rest of the year working with Multi age classes grouped by their literacy lev the problem begins at where Many parents Lack the time or desire to help their children with said she pointed around her listing the majority of children As when there not motivated to that not the first thing there going to Mckay spends the first 90 minutes 9f the Day on literacy with fun projects to grab the students attention and hold but for every Kimberly a Home Reader who zips through the exercise flawlessly and then uses her free time to read a Book there Are Many More kids who spell or or Nite and theres quite a variety of Reading and a lot of it is based on the Mckay Mulvey has Cre ated a Parent child Welcom ing parents to the school and encouraging families to read Ogeth in encouraging children to read for Mckay suggests a Ety of material suited to their skill such As books in the popular goosebumps series or comic Nursery rhymes can teach Young sters Many of the cognitive skills needed to read More Complex Ial later Mcdougall Mcdougall said the staff at Mulvey meets almost every lunch hour to plan literacy Grade 8 girls from nearby marys Academy have come to mul vey twice a week for the last five years to read with giving up their lunch periods those Susan president of the Winnipeg teachers said Many schools Are searching for often with Little six inner City schools Benefit from the Early school years program that provides professional a language arts teaching assistant and Home Bush 98 escort zx2 97f150 super cab 3rd Short Auto much More r98 mystique i sport i Auto overdrive i Remote m 96 Sable is i 249 Itsu 20my Yot Itow huh Choice litre with Auto pm much 96 Lincoln town car 97 Ranger Alt loaded Only Attar s429 Attar Zero sports pm 97 explorer 4x4 Soufl Choice 7 pass 7 Texas running to Arras 6 much 7 96 Taurus go 4 to Rosa Iso s 97f150 Cav 4x4 2 door loaded 97f150i 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