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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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July 4, 2018
REGINA – eHealth Saskatchewan, which manages the province’s personal medical records, has launched a ‘follow the money’ investigation into the organization’s contracts. Three employees have been dismissed “with cause” in relation to the investigation.
The agency, which manages the province’s personal medical records, confirmed the dismissals in recent committee meetings at the Saskatchewan legislature under questioning by the NDP’s Danielle Chartier.
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July 4, 2018
TORONTO – The myUHN Patient Portal has reached a significant milestone – 50,000 registered patients. myUHN is a secure website that makes appointments, test results, pathology and diagnostic imaging reports and clinic notes available to patients in real-time.
It allows patients to share their information with their caregivers or family doctor, empowering them to become partners in care. myUHN also includes patient education resource links, to help patients and caregivers better understand health information.
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July 3, 2018
Toronto’s Humber River Hospital continues to be the trendsetter when it comes to building the “digital hospital” in Canada. Just last November, Humber River launched North America’s first “Command Centre”, a room filled with large computer screens that display real-time information about what’s happening in key areas of the hospital. The data feeds include ED capacity and waits, as well as patient status and length-of-stay in other parts of the hospital. Read More