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March 8, 2023
HALIFAX – A veteran of the Canadian military says the Nova Scotia government’s decision to commission a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) system is a prime opportunity to ensure veterans in the province receive improved access to care. Health Minister Michelle Thompson announced the $365-million contract with Oracle Cerner Canada last month.
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February 22, 2023
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is implementing the ARIA platform, from Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, to unify the provincial cancer information system. ARIA is compatible with the recently announced One Person One Record information system. Nova Scotia will be the first site in North America to use a new, to-be-released version of Varian’s platform.
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February 15, 2023
BARRIE, Ont. – The CARE4 project to transform care throughout central Ontario with a shared MEDITECH Expanse Electronic Health Record (EHR) reached a new milestone with the recent launch of a central patient portal across their four acute hospitals and ambulatory clinics.
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February 7, 2023
Three Eastern Ontario community hospitals went live with the Epic health information system in November, joining the Atlas Alliance, a group of healthcare organizations all using Epic. Read More
February 7, 2023
BRAMPTON, ONT. – Knowledge is power, and for managers and frontline healthcare workers, having access to real-time data at their fingertips can make all the difference in terms of sustaining and enhancing quality, patient safety and access to care. That was just one of the key drivers behind the development of William Osler Health System’s award-winning iHuddle Boards – a global leading practice as recognized by the Health Standards Organization (HSO) and Accreditation Canada. Read More
February 1, 2023
TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway and Metro Ontario Pharmacies Limited (Metro Ontario) are pleased to announce the launch of PrescribeIT, Infoway’s national e-prescribing service, in its 76 pharmacies operating in Ontario under the Metro Pharmacy and Food Basics Pharmacy banners by the end of April 2023.
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February 1, 2023
HALIFAX – The province of Nova Scotia, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and IWK Health (IWK), announced that a 10-year agreement has been signed with Oracle Cerner to implement an integrated electronic care record across the province for the more than one million Nova Scotians. This technology can help improve the way health professionals use and share patient information.
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January 11, 2023
SUDBURY – Twenty-three hospitals in northeastern Ontario are creating a single electronic health information system to improve the delivery of safe, evidence-based patient-centered care. Three of the hospitals, Sault Area Hospital, North Bay Regional Health Centre, and West Parry Sound Health Centre, went live with the Meditech Expanse-based ONE health information system in 2019, with the other 20 hospitals now transitioning to the same system.
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December 21, 2022
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Niagara Health has signed a 10-year agreement with Oracle Cerner to build a modern hospital information system that will serve all five Niagara Health sites and the Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre. The new hospital information system will allow Niagara Health and Hotel Dieu Shaver to replace paper-based records and outdated electronic processes with more modern, connected and accessible electronic health records.
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December 21, 2022
TORONTO – Mount Sinai Hospital, part of Sinai Health, announced that it will implement Novari Health’s surgical wait list management and eBooking technology. The Novari ATC technology will provide surgeons and office staff with access to a wait list management system and the ability to electronically coordinate the scheduling of surgeries and procedures.
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