October 30, 2014
OTTAWA – A team at Bruyère’s Saint-Vincent Hospital is adapting conventional technology to help severely disabled patients communicate and maintain some independence. Read More
October 30, 2014
TORONTO – An advanced form of mammography at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging is enabling radiologists to spot breast lesions with more accuracy than ever before. That’s giving women a better chance to fight breast cancer at an early stage, when the success rates are much higher. It has also strengthened the Joint Department’s position as one of Canada’s leaders in the field of mammography. Read More
October 30, 2014
In June, the CATAAlliance Mobile Health Advisory Board published a summary report from its Mobile Health Roundtable event, which was held in Ottawa. Read More
October 30, 2014
Oct 11, 2020. It’s 5:45 am. My alarm goes off and I wish it didn’t. It has been harder to wake up despite my going to bed earlier than usual. I reach out for my phone to upload the data from my AirSyncPillow 3000, which I purchased two weeks ago as recommended by Dr. Johns. Read More
October 30, 2014
2015 could be a breakthrough year in Canada as a handful of hospitals prepare to be the first in the country to reach Stage 7 on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), a benchmarking scale developed by HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Read More
October 30, 2014
In March 2013, Niagara Health System’s (NHS) St. Catharines Site opened its doors, marking a major milestone in Ontario’s largest hospital integration. Read More
October 2, 2014
Provincial Long Term Care (PLTC) Homes, a privately owned group of five nursing homes in southern Ontario, has announced the rollout of a new app that allows family members and close friends of its residents to tap into the electronic charting system to keep track of how their loved ones are faring. Read More
October 2, 2014
Fueled by an aging and growing population, the challenge of managing chronic disease and post-operative patients to prevent hospital re-admissions and emergency department visits has been near the forefront of policy discussions for many years. With years of experience from Canadian and international pilots, programs and research, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is increasingly becoming an important part of the solution. Read More
October 2, 2014
In January 2014, North West Telepharmacy Solutions (NWTS) undertook an ambitious project to assist in getting a rural hospital pharmacy department ready to implement 24-7 pharmacy services in only 100 days. Read More
October 2, 2014
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. – Lions Gate Hospital (LGH), a recognized trauma centre with 276 beds, is one of only five neurosurgery centres in British Columbia and the fourth busiest hospital in Vancouver. LGH is part of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA). Read More