RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health announced that it has extended its Epic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to Casey House. This collaboration enables Casey House, a Toronto-based specialty hospital supporting individuals living with and at risk of HIV, to leverage Mackenzie Health’s state-of-the-art Epic EMR, providing transformative tools for care delivery, client engagement and clinical decision-making.
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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health and Novari Health Inc. have executed an agreement to deploy the Novari Access to Care suite of technologies across Nova Scotia. Under the terms of the $17 million, 5-year agreement (with an option to extend an additional 4 years), the province will expand its use of Novari’s surgical wait list management system and implement its award-winning referral central intake and medical imaging requisition management modules.
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HALIFAX – When a patient is admitted to the hospital for care, one of the most important pieces of information – for the patient, their loved ones and the healthcare system – is when they are expected to leave the hospital, often referred to as their Estimated Date of Discharge (EDD)—a key component for enhancing patient care.
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BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Six healthcare organizations, including Quinte Health, have announced the launch of a new health information system across southeastern Ontario. The system – using the Oracle/Cerner electronic health record – will help share electronic medical records with access to results, health histories and appointments, for 650,000 people.
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TORONTO – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has achieved the highest level within the HIMSS Analytics Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity (AMAM), Stage 7 validation. This accomplishment places the hospital among an elite group of healthcare organizations worldwide and only one of two hospitals in Canada recognized for analytics expertise and commitment to leveraging data to enhance client care and operational efficiency.
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TORONTO – Unity Health Toronto powered-up its new electronic patient record (EPR) system in the early hours of Nov. 30 – with the ringing of bells and an eruption of applause. Teams inside the command centre and across the organization were on hand to usher in the new system and with it, a new era of patient care.
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Niagara Health and Hotel Dieu Shaver have launched a new and advanced Hospital Information System (HIS) that’s designed to improve the delivery of care. The move to a state-of-the-art Oracle/Cerner system is set to enhance coordination, efficiency and access to information.
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CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has completed the ninth and final launch of Connect Care, bringing more than 11,000 additional staff and physicians at 155 AHS and AHS-partner sites and locations, onto its Epic Systems provincial information network.
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SARNIA and PETROLIA, Ont. – Bluewater Health is excited to announce the successful launch of its new hospital information system (HIS), powered by Oracle Health, marking a transformative step in patient care for the Sarnia-Lambton community.
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Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, is the first mental health organization in Canada to use pharmacogenomics on a routine basis to prescribe anti-psychotic medications to inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
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