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Integration
Cancer Care Ontario chooses Initiate
EMPI
TORONTO – Initiate Systems, Inc., of Chicago, a
developer of enterprise master person index (EMPI) solutions for the
healthcare industry, announced that Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) has
selected and begun deployment of Initiate Identity Hub software to
support the province’s strategy to reduce wait times for key medical
procedures, including cancer surgery.
The scalability, accuracy and flexibility of Initiate software supports
electronic health record (EHR), data integration and linking, security
and privacy requirements, and other strategic initiatives of the
province to transform its health system.
According to the company, the implementation continues Initiate’s
success in Canada, where the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, Newfoundland and Saskatchewan have also selected Initiate to
support Canada Health Infoway’s mission to develop electronic health
information systems throughout the country.
In the development of national and regional health information systems
and EHRs, the scalability and accuracy of Initiate’s software uniquely
supports privacy concerns and other technology demands, including
objectives related to monitoring outcomes and treatments, early
detection of adverse events, the improvement of health surveillance and
addressing the threats of SARS and pandemics.
“Initiate’s experience developing integrated electronic health
information systems in Canada will be of great value as we work together
to create an electronic wait time management system in Ontario,” said
Terry Sullivan, chief executive officer of Cancer Care Ontario. “The
wait time information system is a critical part of Ontario’s drive to
reduce wait times and an essential element of an electronic health
record. This wait time information system will enable healthcare
providers to track and report on the most timely and accurate
information about wait times with a goal of providing patients with
better access to care.”
CCO has gone live with the software at six hospitals, supporting
approximately 6.5 million residents, and in conjunction with the rollout
of the wait time information system that will track and report on wait
times for key health procedures. By year-end, it is expected that CCO
will have more than 50 hospitals live with the software. As part of its
data integration process, CCO will be using Initiate HL7 Query Adapter,
which allows disparate systems to leverage Initiate’s EMPI software
through the industry-standard messaging protocol Health Level 7 (HL7).
“Initiate is proud of its partnership with Canada Health Infoway in
deploying Canada’s nationwide client registry that instantly and
accurately links data about patients, providers and healthcare
facilities across all delivery points,” said Bill Conroy, president and
CEO of Initiate Systems. “Ontario is the latest in a long line of
successful provincial deployments. The accuracy, scalability and
ease-of-deployment of our software provide the foundation needed for
large-scale regional and national interoperability healthcare
initiatives around the world.”
For more details on Initiate Systems and Initiate Identity Hub software,
visit www.initiatesystems.com.
About Cancer Care Ontario
Cancer Care Ontario is an umbrella organization that steers and
coordinates Ontario’s cancer services and prevention efforts. As the
provincial government’s chief cancer advisor, Cancer Care Ontario
directs over $500-million in public healthcare funding for cancer
prevention, detection and care. The agency also operates screening,
prevention and research programs; collects, monitors and reports
information about cancer and cancer system performance; develops
evidence-based standards and guidelines for healthcare providers; and
works with regional providers to plan and improve cancer services.
About Canada Health Infoway
Infoway is an independent not-for-profit organization that invests with
public sector partners across Canada to implement and reuse compatible
health information systems which support a safer, more efficient
healthcare system. These systems provide healthcare professionals with
rapid access to complete and accurate patient information, enabling
better decisions about treatment and diagnosis. The result is a
sustainable, healthcare system offering improved quality, accessibility
and productivity.
About Initiate Identity Hub( Software
According to the company, Initiate Identity Hub software is the most
accurate, scalable, rapidly implemented and widely deployed customer
data integration and enterprise master person index solution.
Organizations using Initiate Identity Hub solutions create complete,
real-time views of data from all applications and data sources to more
effectively manage, control, analyze and integrate customer, patient or
constituent information and relationships while protecting data privacy.
The software combines the ability to handle hundreds of millions
of records in sub-second response times with unsurpassed matching and
linking technology that identifies and resolves information routinely,
even when there is duplicate, fragmented or incomplete data. Unlike
alternatives, which take months or years to implement, require extensive
business rules and impose intrusive changes on current systems and
business processes, Initiate software is deployed in weeks, does not
require business rules for data accuracy, and works within an
organization’s current environment without disrupting systems or
processes.
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