eHealth Saskatchewan underfunded, memo says
December 22, 2020
REGINA – eHealth Saskatchewan, which manages the provinces healthcare IT system, says the provincial government has underfunded the organization for years, putting patient care at risk.
A briefing note prepared for Saskatchewan’s Minister of Health warns that eHealth, which runs the province’s healthcare IT system, has been underfunded for years and is at growing risk of failure, which could potentially affect patient safety.
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EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services has started using cloud-based medical dictation services, enabling clinicians to dictate from virtually any device and to create reports within minutes. That’s reducing the need for outsourced transcription services, which can take days or more to return reports.
TORONTO – By leveraging its partnership with Humber River Hospital, Runnymede Healthcare Centre has gone live with Meditech Expanse in just an eight-month timeframe, enabling the organization to move from a completely paper-based system to a fully electronic health record (EHR) solution.
VANCOUVER and MONTREAL – WELL Health Technologies Corp., a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the healthcare sector, has acquired ExcelleMD Inc. and its affiliate VirtuelMED Inc. ExcelleMD is a Montréal based omni-channel healthcare company providing both virtual and in-person care via its five multi-disciplinary clinics and 38 healthcare practitioners.
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – Prince Edward Island is just weeks away from announcing a new electronic medical system for doctors, providing connectivity among physician practices and with hospitals. According to media reports, the provincial government had hoped for a fully functioning system by now, but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) confirmed that it is taking the next step toward digital transformation by renewing its hospital information system (HIS) using the Epic solution. This multi-year project will enable significant advancements in the safety and efficiency of health service delivery at one of the province’s largest hospital networks.
WINDSOR, Ont. – Patients at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH) can look forward to even better care, as a new Hospital Information System using Cerner Millennium is introduced to the region by the e-VOLVE Program at TransForm Shared Service Organization (TransForm). The new HIS is now live at HDGH, as well as at Erie Shores HealthCare in Leamington and at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance sites in Chatham and Wallaceburg.
EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services launched the second wave of Connect Care at several suburban locations across the Edmonton zone.
The system gives healthcare providers a central access point for patient information and best practices. It also includes AHS Connect, a portal for patients to access their medical information when they are treated at one of the sites using the new system.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Trillium Health Partners announced that it went live with its new Epic Systems electronic health record system. The go-live occurred on October 10. The organization said the new system will provide seamless access to patient information through one point of access, across all of THP’s sites.
TORONTO – The Health Records feature within the Apple Health app is now available for users in Canada to securely view and store their medical records, right on their iPhone, with their privacy protected at all times. Women’s College Hospital, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, and Mackenzie Health are the first healthcare institutions in Canada to make this feature available to their patients.