Viewing articles in the ‘Electronic Records’ topic.
November 4, 2026
NAPANEE, Ont., and OTTAWA - Lennox and Addington County General Hospital (LACGH) has selected EmergConnect, a Canadian health-tech platform that automates emergency department intake and triage, to modernize the patient arrival experience in its emergency department.
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October 30, 2026
VANCOUVER – In a three-month BC Ministry of Health-supported pilot that tested D2Type, a platform for prediabetics and patients with type 2 diabetes, participants with type 2 diabetes showed improvements in glycemic control, weight and lifestyle behaviours. Mean HbA1c fell by 0.9 percentage points, and half lost at least five percent of their body weight. Read More
October 30, 2026
BridgeHead Software, a UK-based healthcare data management company with an established Canadian presence supporting Meditech hospitals, is expanding its offering in Canada with its HealthStore® Clinical Data Repository. HealthStore consolidates patient and clinical information across multiple healthcare systems and makes it available to clinicians and applications, often through the EHR. Use cases include application retirement, Enterprise Imaging, interoperability and authorized secondary use of clinical data.
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October 28, 2026
OTTAWA - Patients across eastern Ontario will have better access to their own health records, as eight more hospitals in the region have joined a shared digital health records system, the Atlas Alliance.
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October 7, 2026
OTTAWA - During a recent update of The Ottawa Hospital’s electronic health record system, an error occurred that led to incorrect information being added to some patient charts. The error incorrectly identified some patients as the same person and combined their health records.
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September 30, 2026
Nearly all Canadian hospitals now have sophisticated, electronic health record systems, but after years of working with them, the argument could be made that organizations are struggling with operational performance and efficiency more than ever before. Emergency departments are crammed full, waits for beds and diagnostic tests are long, and hospitals are running big deficits. Read More
September 30, 2026
Hospitals in Canada are operating in one of the most challenging environments in recent memory. This article summarizes research conducted by Tectonic Advisory Services on what Canadian healthcare leaders are experiencing and what capabilities they believe they need to operate sustainably in the current environment. It also shares GE HealthCare’s model for health system operational maturity, what that looks like in practice and how a real-time and predictive operational control system can help hospitals manage pressure. Read More
September 30, 2026
Patients arriving at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) Emergency Department (ED) in Barrie, Ontario, used to encounter a lineup as soon as they walked in the door. With between 270 and 350 patients seeking emergency care every day, patients often ended up waiting in line to identify themselves and share their reason for seeking emergency care. Read More
September 16, 2026
TORONTO – The University Health Network (UHN) is launching enhancements to an early warning and response system that uses data to alert clinicians about sepsis cases in patients before they can cause harm.
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September 16, 2026
MONTREAL - Campaigning politicians blasted premier Christine Fréchette earlier this week, as a Radio-Canada report claimed a provincial IT project that aims to update and transform healthcare financial systems.
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