Integrating separate and complex clinical information systems in a large health authority is like working with a giant Rubik’s cube – but it can be done. Fraser Health, which has 23,000 staff servicing 1.7 million people in the Greater Vancouver area, is successfully implementing a commercial off-the-shelf health information exchange (HIE) solution to unify clinical information from hospital, community health, primary health care and provincial systems.
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VANCOUVER – BC Centre for Disease Control has gone live with GetCheckedOnline, the first online service in Canada offering easy, convenient testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and Hepatitis C.
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SUDBURY, ONT. – Intensive care professionals are now able to provide their expertise to 16 hospitals across northeast Ontario through the Virtual Critical Care unit, an advanced telehealth system headquartered at Health Sciences North.
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TORONTO – North York General Hospital, an innovative community medical centre, is the first hospital in Canada to leverage a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) medication management solution to improve accuracy and efficiency within its pharmacy operations. The hospital has deployed the Intelliguard Kit and Tray Management System from MEPS Real-Time, Inc., of Carlsbad, Calif.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. – The Mississauga Halton Central Intake Program has deployed a software solution that automates the referral process for patients who require diabetes education. It replaces the older methods of fax, phone and paper requests with a computerized system that uses embedded workflows and a sophisticated rules engine.
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MONTREAL – Christie InnoMed Inc. and Accuray Inc., of Sunnyville, Calif., announced that they have entered into sales agent agreements involving the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy System product portfolios in Canada. Under the terms of these agreements, Christie InnoMed will be the exclusive sales agent for Accuray products in this region.
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VANCOUVER – Dr. Brian D. Toyota (pictured), head of the division of neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia, has performed Canada’s first NeuroBlate procedure at Vancouver General Hospital. NeuroBlate is currently the only minimally invasive robotic laser thermotherapy tool available in Canada, following Health Canada licensing late last year.
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TORONTO – A new computerized system, designed to help patients prepare for their operations before surgery and to help monitor their recovery afterwards, is proving to be highly effective.
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VICTORIA, B.C. – Island Health has started automatically notifying family doctors when their patients are admitted to or discharged from hospital, improving quality and continuity of care for patients.
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TORONTO – Researchers have shown that a clot retrieval procedure, known as endovascular treatment (ET), can dramatically improve patient outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke by reducing the overall death rate by 50 percent and significantly reducing disability in survivors.
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VANCOUVER – Dr. Brian D. Toyota (pictured), head of the division of neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia, has performed Canada’s first NeuroBlate procedure at Vancouver General Hospital. NeuroBlate is currently the only minimally invasive robotic laser thermotherapy tool available in Canada, following Health Canada licensing late last year.
VICTORIA, B.C. – Island Health has started automatically notifying family doctors when their patients are admitted to or discharged from hospital, improving quality and continuity of care for patients.
