February 5, 2014
ANDOVER, Mass. – Royal Philips has announced the formation of Healthcare Informatics Solutions and Services, a new business group within Philips’ Healthcare sector that offers hospitals and health systems the customized clinical programs, advanced data analytics and interoperable, cloud-based platforms necessary to implement new models of care. Read More
February 5, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, and the Intelligent Hospital, a subsidiary of the RFID in Healthcare Consortium, have announced that InterSystems HealthShare will be the official health informatics platform for the Intelligent Hospital Pavilion at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 23-26, 2014. Read More
February 5, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – CAE Healthcare, of Montreal, unveiled the CAE Fidelis Maternal Fetal Simulator at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), the world’s largest annual conference dedicated to healthcare simulation. Read More
February 5, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY – Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing and analytics, announced that it closed US$41 million in funding from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Sorenson Capital, CHV Capital (an Indiana University Health Company) and Partners HealthCare. Read More
February 5, 2014
TORONTO – Shift Health Paradigms, a healthcare startup transforming medical data collection from hospital waiting rooms, announced it is the first Canadian company to join StartUp Health (www.startuphealth.com), a global startup platform. The Canadian digital health company, which has created an innovative solution called TickiT, was selected out of more than 1,400 applicants to become part of the exclusive three-year StartUp Health Academy. Read More
January 23, 2014
TORONTO and KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cerner Corp. has announced successful deployments of the Ambulatory EMR Project in three Ontario hospitals. The deployments were supported by Canada Health Infoway to improve quality and accessibility of clinical documentation across the inpatient and outpatient venues of care. Read More
January 23, 2014
ST. JOHN’S, NL – HEALTHe NL, the provincial electronic health record initiative that is being rolled out by the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI), has announced the addition of the HEALTHe NL Viewer, powered by Orion Health’s Clinical Portal. Read More
January 23, 2014
TORONTO – Dr. Andreas Laupacis, Chair of the Board of Directors of Health Quality Ontario (HQO), has announced the appointment of Shirlee Sharkey (pictured) as the new Chair of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee (OHTAC). OHTAC is a standing advisory committee of HQO’s Board that reviews evidence and makes recommendations to the government and health system about the uptake, diffusion, distribution or removal of health interventions. Read More
January 23, 2014
REGINA – Privacy commissioner Gary Dickson (pictured) has issued a report showing that that breaches of confidentiality continue to occur in Saskatchewan, when doctor’s offices and health regions fax personal health information to the wrong number. In one instance, detailed hormone therapy information of a transgender person was faxed to a school. Read More
January 23, 2014
OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new executive committee, effective January 1, 2014. The appointments include Deborah Murley (pictured), RTR, from Charlottetown, PEI, as President and Chair of the Board. Read More