TORONTO – While nurses recognize that digital health tools present a range of benefits for both themselves and their patients, there are a number of factors impacting the full realization of digital health in nursing practice. The barriers cited include the difficulty of using hybrid paper and electronic systems to access patient information (61 percent of the nurses), and having to use multiple log-ins to access different clinical systems (54 percent).
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton’s Bay Area Records Conversion (BARC) has entered into a five-year contract to scan inpatient records for the Niagara Health System. The preliminary phase of the contract requires some six million pages to be converted to digital format from the Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie, Greater Niagara General Site in Niagara Falls, Port Colborne Site, St. Catharines Site and Welland Site.
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SUDBURY, Ont. – Health Sciences North has been recognized as a national leader for its use of electronic health records. HSN’s Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care Clinics earned the LEADing Practice Award for developing a system of electronic patient scheduling, documentation, decision support and record sharing.
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LONDON, Ont. – CHIMA announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the Canadian College of Health Leaders to support the need for professional development, leadership training and lifelong learning.
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SUDBURY, Ont. – Based at Health Sciences North/Horizon Sante-Nord (HSN) in Greater Sudbury, NEON has been expanded to include the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) serving hospitals along the James Bay coast, as well as the West Nipissing General Hospital in Sturgeon Falls, and the Hôpital de Mattawa Hospital.
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TORONTO – NexJ Systems Inc., a provider of cloud-based software and solutions, and Nightingale Informatix Corp., one of North America’s largest cloud-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) companies, announced an agreement to integrate NexJ Connected Wellness with the Nightingale On Demand EHR system.
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CHICAGO – HIMSS Analytics announced that Cedars-Sinai Health System, located in Los Angeles, Calif., has received the Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
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VANCOUVER – Telus Health has acquired 100% of the shares of Med Access Inc., a leading Kelowna-based company providing electronic medical record (EMR) services to 2,000 specialty and general practice physicians in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The acquisition brings the total Telus Health EMR reach to more than 12,500 Canadian physicians, supporting more than 45 million patient interactions each year. Financial terms are not being disclosed.
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FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s health minister says he’s willing to renegotiate a contract with the New Brunswick Medical Society in an effort to get more doctors connected to an electronic medical records system, but the society says the government has repeatedly stymied efforts to do that.
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OTTAWA – Summit Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare system integration and workflow automation technologies, recently announced an expanded partnership with Hôpital Montfort, a member of the Champlain Association of Meditech Partners (CHAMP) organization.
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TORONTO – While nurses recognize that digital health tools present a range of benefits for both themselves and their patients, there are a number of factors impacting the full realization of digital health in nursing practice. The barriers cited include the difficulty of using hybrid paper and electronic systems to access patient information (61 percent of the nurses), and having to use multiple log-ins to access different clinical systems (54 percent).
Read More
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton’s Bay Area Records Conversion (BARC) has entered into a five-year contract to scan inpatient records for the Niagara Health System. The preliminary phase of the contract requires some six million pages to be converted to digital format from the Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie, Greater Niagara General Site in Niagara Falls, Port Colborne Site, St. Catharines Site and Welland Site.
SUDBURY, Ont. – Health Sciences North has been recognized as a national leader for its use of electronic health records. HSN’s Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care Clinics earned the LEADing Practice Award for developing a system of electronic patient scheduling, documentation, decision support and record sharing.
