PharmaNet in CareConnect

You can view PharmaNet with CareConnect. To get access to PharmaNet, you must register your community practice clinic, and each practitioner must enrol with the Ministry of Health. Please note Pharmanet is not available to all locations. Please contact us to determine availability at your clinic.

Applying for PharmaNet Access within CareConnect

You can view PharmaNet with CareConnect. To get access to PharmaNet with CareConnect, you must register your community practice clinic, and each practitioner must enrol with the Ministry of Health. Visit the Ministry of Health for more information.

PharmaNet New Site Instructions – for clinics who need to set up PharmaNet access with CareConnect
PharmaNet New User Instructions – for practitioners who need PharmaNet access with CareConnect. The clinic must be registered to access PharmaNet with CareConnect prior to starting this process.
Update your PharmaNet Information

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

View the FAQ's in the PharmaNet one pager. For more information about applying for PharmaNet through CareConnect, email us at CareConnect@phsa.ca.

Why and how does CareConnect offer PharmaNet?

CareConnect is BC’s secure, view-only Electronic Health Record providing 24/7 access to an integrated provincial patient chart for authorized healthcare providers in support of their delivery of patient care. CareConnect is funded by the Ministry of Health, developed and supported by PHSA, and is provided at no cost to private practices.

Medications from PharmaNet are integrated into CareConnect as part of the consolidated patient record together with lab results from the Provincial Lab Information System (PLIS) and Imaging reports from the Provincial Diagnostic Imaging Viewer (PDIV). The medication information within CareConnect displays the last 14 months of the patient’s dispensed medication history.

Are there any differences from accessing PharmaNet via CareConnect compared to other means?

To receive CareConnect with PharmaNet an application for access to CareConnect needs to be completed in addition to applying for PharmaNet with the Ministry of Health. There may be some design and functionality differences between PharmaNet vendors. From CareConnect, you can:

View the complete patient record, including Medications, Labs, Discharge Summaries and more
Quickly and seamlessly access medications dispensed for your patient for the last 14 months, including clinical conditions and adverse reactions
Easily group results by medication name and view all previous prescriptions dispensed
Identify the physician who prescribed a medication
Print the PharmaNet medication profile

Can I use PharmaNet information external to CareConnect?

PharmaNet information does allow for printing (like other areas of CareConnect), with a PDF document that can be generated.

Are there any differences in performance in accessing PharmaNet via CareConnect compared to other methods?

Physicians who have accessed PharmaNet via CareConnect as well as through another vendor have not reported any differences with the performance of the system.