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May 22, 2019
SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONT. – As the Lab Manager for Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC), Brenda Voth understands the pressure to deliver timely and decisive lab results, just one of the many demands of an acute care hospital lab. Read More
May 1, 2019
ORLANDO, FLA. – It drives Peter Bak nuts when hospitals tout their HIMSS Analytics EMRAM scores and make reaching Stage 6 or 7 the object of their I.T. strategies. Read More
April 30, 2019
The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), in partnership with Mary Furlong & Associates, held its first-ever What’s Next Canada Conference in March, bringing together experts and thought-leaders in aging and brain health to network and discuss current innovations in the care of seniors. Read More
April 29, 2019
When a zero-day virus hit Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario, earlier this year, HSN and 21 hospitals put their main electronic medical records on downtime to avoid further contamination. No data was corrupted and there was no privacy breach, but it did lead to a slowdown in a number of departments until the issue was resolved four days later. Read More
April 29, 2019
Don Tapscott is in. At a recent pitch session for innovation projects at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) – modeled after popular CBC TV series Dragon’s Den, where entrepreneurs compete for investment cash from financiers – Tapscott the Dragon offered up his own cash for one proposal. Read More
April 29, 2019
TORONTO – Demand for information from users inside hospitals – and from partners and patients logging into portals outside the facilities – is “becoming insatiable”, as one healthcare executive at Microsoft’s recent “Future Now” conference put it. Read More
April 29, 2019
As part of a plan to upgrade and modernize its IT infrastructure, Markham Stouffville Hospital, located north-east of Toronto, has become the first medical centre in Canada to make use of the INFRastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). Read More
April 29, 2019
HAMILTON, ONT. – The Virtual House Call Project was started in 2017 to address a significant gap in access to care for patients who are considered marginalized. For clarity, a marginalized patient is one who cannot receive primary healthcare in a manner that is appropriate for their disease burden or needs in general, and consequently accesses ER and hospital services in lieu of primary care access. Read More
April 15, 2019
While visiting her daughter in Midland, an Ontario resident experienced a fainting spell. Her daughter brought her to Georgian Bay General Hospital where she was prescribed the m-CARDS PocketECG, a wearable cardiac monitor that provides real-time monitoring of heart rhythms and symptoms for up to 28 days. Read More
March 29, 2019
In 2017, TELUS built on an existing relationship with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) by providing crucial network and security management services to the Hospital. Read More