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July 16, 2025
TORONTO — The Hospital for Sick Children has achieved revalidation of HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7, the highest designation for using an electronic medical record (EMR) to improve patient outcomes and engagement.
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July 2, 2025
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health has once again achieved Stage 7 validation – the highest level of certification from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). This achievement recognizes Mackenzie Health’s adoption of digital health solutions that help deliver safe and efficient care for its growing community.
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July 2, 2025
WHITEHORSE, YK – A made-in-Yukon e-referrals solution that connects to both clinicians and social services will soon be rolled out at the Whitehorse walk-in clinic. Chirag Jadhwani (pictured) led the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) assisted Spotlight app with his small but growing company, PeerSupport.io.
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June 27, 2025
"We are all part of one of the most complex of industries – the delivery of healthcare. To facilitate the objectives of COACH it is not only necessary to recognize the complexity of our industry, but indeed, to utilize that complexity by ensuring that the components – hospitals, governments, insurers, and professional associations – play a vital role in COACH. It is also essential to have a viable contribution from all the facets which make up our industry’s components. If the process of learning is to be meaningful, it is essential to have a contribution not only from the data processors, but also from the administrators and the medical and paramedical professionals. Read More
June 11, 2025
BRANTFORD, Ont., and HAMILTON, Ont. – Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) have launched a new integrated health information system partnership. Under this alliance, JBH will adopt SJHH’s version of Epic, a major health information system.
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May 28, 2025
TORONTO – Medirex Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that it received advisory services and research and development funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to support a breakthrough project aimed at modernizing patient authentication in healthcare settings.
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May 14, 2025
HALIFAX – The rollout of a new $365-million electronic medical records system for Nova Scotia is being pushed back until December. In a memo to staff earlier this month, Dr. Nicole Boutilier (pictured), executive vice-president of medicine for Nova Scotia Health, said officials have been re-evaluating the status of the clinical information system.
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May 7, 2025
TORONTO – North York General Hospital has improved the performance and usability of its Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) by migrating it to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). With OCI, NYGH is able to offer a better experience for its patients and providers and enable a more agile approach to adopting new technologies like generative AI, the hospital said.
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May 1, 2025
LAS VEGAS – Two forward-thinking organizations described how they’re integrating genomic data into their MEDITECH electronic health records during the HIMSS conference in March. Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, based in Whitby, Ontario, near Toronto, and Frederick Health, located outside Baltimore, Maryland, have both made strides in capturing and using personalized data for clinical decision support. Read More
April 2, 2025
OTTAWA – Patients throughout eastern Ontario will soon be able to navigate the healthcare system more effectively as six hospitals are joining the Atlas Alliance’s digital health records system. Once these additional hospitals are onboarded, by fall 2026, patients and healthcare providers at any of the 16 partner organizations will have access to the health records they need with just a few clicks.
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