February 28, 2025
Writing about Canadian healthcare in the February 7, 2025 edition of the Globe and Mail, columnist Andre Picard states: “Our health information systems are pitiful, marked by a lack of access and interoperability.” Read More
February 28, 2025
Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has found a way to relieve the overcrowding of Emergency Departments (ED) and increase access to primary care. Using Petal Health’s Orchestration Platform, the ministry now has a province-wide, real-time view of primary care appointment availabilities that triage nurses in EDs can fill for non-urgent cases. Read More
February 28, 2025
For persons without the use of their hands and arms or limited motor control, the simple joy of eating requires assistance from others. A delicious plate of food at your table might as well be a mile away if no one is there to manually feed it to you. Lacking agency over something so fundamental has meaningful impact on a person’s dignity and quality of life. Read More
February 28, 2025
To help break down the silos of patient data and connect clinicians to the information they need, MEDITECH last year launched Traverse Exchange Canada in Ontario. The network now ties together 43 hospitals using MEDITECH, allowing them to more easily transfer data. Read More
February 28, 2025
The quest to advance detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and to personalize cancer care has received a major boost, with $7.2 million in funding to Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's Health Care London for first-of-its kind research. Read More
February 28, 2025
Stagnation in approach is no longer an option for care-providing organizations looking to thrive in the dynamic healthcare sector. Patient expectations are rising, and there are significant shifts in their preferred mode of care delivery. Read More
February 28, 2025
Interoperability in healthcare is essential to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care, especially as healthcare systems become increasingly complex. To explore this critical topic, Stratford Group recently hosted a roundtable discussion with six industry experts: Read More
January 31, 2025
TORONTO – In a bold move that signals a new era for healthcare communications, North York General Hospital has rolled out one of the country’s first fully integrated, cloud-based communication systems across its entire network. Read More
January 31, 2025
TORONTO – Health Minister Sylvia Jones asserts that the Ontario government isn’t simply looking to reduce costs when it comes to backing innovations. Instead, it’s seeking new ways of improving the patient experience. Read More
January 31, 2025
KINGSTON, ONT. – Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has taken delivery of a portable MRI machine and soon plans to deploy it in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It’s just the ninth device of its kind to be used in Canada and only the second to be implemented in an ICU – the first is currently in use at St. Michael’s Hospital, in Toronto. Read More