TORONTO – North York General Hospital, a community academic hospital, has been named a 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient. Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health information technology (IT) to substantially improve patient outcomes.
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TORONTO – St. Michael’s Hospital plans to install a clinical decision support system in the hospital’s family practice clinics to study how to improve the appropriateness of imaging tests ordered by physicians.
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KINGSTON, Ont. – A revolutionary new technology is now in use at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) that is improving the treatment of patients with complex cardiac conditions.
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is now enabling the developers of EMRs to integrate their systems with CPhA’s drug (CPS) and therapeutics platform, RxTx. The integration will allow clinicians to access important Canadian drug and evidence-based disease information without leaving their electronic charting systems – saving them time and trouble and enhancing the quality of care for patients.
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VANCOUVER – Synaptive Medical Inc., a Toronto-based medical device and technology company, is proud to announce that Vancouver General Hospital is the first Canadian hospital to install its innovative BrightMatter technology, which integrates imaging, surgical planning, and robotic visualization.
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OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital and the Bariatric Medical Institute have partnered with SeamlessMD’s patient engagement platform to extend their support for bariatric surgery patients into the homes of patients.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has selected SeamlessMD’s patient engagement platform to launch its new enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program and extend the support of the hospital into its patients’ homes.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Carestream Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE Ultrasound Systems have received a Health Canada license and are currently available for sale in Canada as well as the United States.
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MONTREAL – The government of Quebec is preparing to launch a centralized system for referring patients to specialists, starting in the Montreal area on October 31.
The new system is supposed to improve efficiencies within the existing pool of doctors and GPs will still be free to refer patients to a specific specialist, although the referral must go through the Centre de répartition des demandes de services (CRDS), the regional dispatch centres for all referrals.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Healthineers in Canada has announced the launch of the ACUSON S Family HELX Evolution TOUCH. Following years of work with research and university centres to develop an advanced ultrasound solution with a focus solely on the end-user, Siemens Healthineers has developed a system that is applicable in multiple clinical settings, from a community clinic to a university research centre.
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