Viewing articles in the ‘Electronic Records’ topic.
November 7, 2018
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health has become the first Canadian acute-care hospital with an emergency department and intensive care unit to receive the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 7 certification. This achievement recognizes the hospital’s adoption of digital health solutions that help deliver on its promise of world-class, safe and efficient care for its growing community.
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October 29, 2018
NEWMARKET, ONT. – Southlake Regional Health Centre has partnered with Toronto-based startup MedChart Inc. to allow patients and authorized third parties to easily request and quickly obtain medical records online, day or night. Read More
September 27, 2018
TORONTO – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has integrated a new version of M*Modal’s dictation solution, equipped with high-accuracy speech recognition, with its newly installed Epic patient record system. Read More
September 5, 2018
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government is investing more than $4 million to support family doctors to communicate with patients by telephone and through e-health services. Family doctors who take part in the technology incentive pilot program can receive up to $12,000 a year to communicate with their patients by telephone or through MyHealthNS.
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September 5, 2018
EDMONTON – Since its launch last December, the Provincial Public and Allied Health Replacement – Edmonton Zone Project has converted more than 1.3 million patient records and 11 million immunizations records into electronic files for the Edmonton Zone. The project also increases patient safety, decreases work duplication in data entry, improves health information security and provides accurate and timely reporting.
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August 30, 2018
CORNWALL, ONT. – Cornwall Community Hospital recently stepped up to Stage 6 on the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM ladder. The adoption of a leading-edge Electronic Health Record (EHR) has provided significant clinical and operational benefits. Read More
August 30, 2018
VANCOUVER – Waiting for an in-person visit with a specialist can delay a patient’s treatment, especially if a confirmation of the referring physician’s initial treatment plan is all that’s required. Waiting to see a specialist for a non-urgent case can also cause unnecessary stress for a patient. Read More
August 22, 2018
ST. JOHN’S – Thanks to more than $9 million in investments from the Government of Canada, the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) will lead three new initiatives to improve clinical care and healthcare outcomes, and help foster growth in the province’s life sciences sector.
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August 22, 2018
TORONTO – North York General Hospital (NYGH) has partnered with PocketHealth to provide patients with online access to their medical imaging exams, in their original diagnostic formats.
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July 18, 2018
TORONTO – Infoway plans to invest up to $70 million to deploy computerized healthcare solutions in Atlantic Canada and leverage the talent and innovation that currently exists throughout the region.
The program will be ramped up via ACCESS Atlantic, an initiative announced by Ginette Petitpas Taylor (pictured), Canada’s Minister of Health.
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