OTTAWA – Three Ottawa medical facilities will be implementing a new medical record system they say will allow healthcare providers to share and access patient records across a single network. The Ottawa Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Academic Family Health Team and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute will be integrating their records with the Epic Health Information System.
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VICTORIA – An independent investigation by Ernst & Young has found the IHealth project in Nanaimo is overbudget, has been badly mismanaged by Island Health and should not be rolled out across Vancouver Island until problems are fixed.
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TORONTO – Inspirata, Inc., of Tampa, Fla., a cancer informatics and digital pathology workflow solution provider, has acquired Toronto based Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. – Summit Healthcare, a leader in healthcare integration and automation solutions, has announced an enhanced partnership with Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). PRHC is a long-time client of Summit Healthcare, and has been leveraging their interface engine technology to assist with their interoperability goals.
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OTTAWA – Six Ontario hospitals based in the Greater Ottawa area are excited to begin implementing Meditech’s web-based Enterprise Health Record (EHR) across all organizations, using a shared database.
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TORONTO – The Hospital Information Systems Benefits and Adoption Team (HISBAT) is a new resource supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) to assist Ontario hospitals with the implementation of advanced Health Information Systems (HIS).
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HAMILTON, Ont. – The HART (Hamilton Assisted Reproductive Technologies) Fertility Centre has been providing fertility, obstetrics and gynecological services to patients in the Hamilton Niagara Region since 2001. The clinic has a team of 10 medical and administrative staff, and serves roughly 30 to 40 patients per day from Monday to Saturday.
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LONDON, Ont. – A single platform approach with Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging will be implemented by London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London and will include other regional hospitals in southwestern Ontario, creating one of Canada’s largest integrated digital imaging systems.
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NEWMARKET, Ont. – Southlake Regional Health Centre has joined the MedChart network to make it easier for its patients to get and share their health records. Through MedChart.ca, Southlake patients are now able to go online to request and retrieve their medical records, diagnostic imaging, and any other relevant medical data generated over the past 10 years at Southlake.
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EDMONTON – The Alberta Health Services board has approved a $459-million deal with U.S. technology giant Epic Systems to outfit the health authority with an advanced clinical information system.
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