TORONTO – MedChart announced that it is partnering with BestEndings.com for patient-centered end of life content. This will allow patients to create digital Advanced Directives within their MedChart portal and share them electronically with their entire circle of care. In this way, access to expressed wishes is readily available when end-of-life care is needed.
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ORLANDO, FLA. – In February, leaders of North York General Hospital formally accepted a Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence from HIMSS – the first-ever for a Canadian acute-care hospital. Only 50 other hospitals around the world have won a Davies Award, which is given to organizations that have substantially improved patient outcomes using computerized healthcare systems.
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WIIKWEMKOONG, Manitoulin Island, Ont. – First Nations health officials and representatives of Telus Health gathered at the Wiikwemkoong Health Centre for the launch of an electronic health records program that offers to revolutionize health delivery to residents of Wiikwemkoong. The program may be extended to more First Nations, other communities as well.
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MONTREAL – Logibec Inc. has won the call for tenders issued by the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) for the implementation of an Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI). This three-year contract with renewal options is for the implementation of a single standardized patient index in all healthcare facilities throughout Quebec.
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NANAIMO, B.C. – Island Health has pressed the pause button on the computerized ordering component of its new IHealth system at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Management says it has temporarily stopped usage of the Computerized Physician Order Entry system to give exhausted healthcare providers a break.
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TORONTO – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has begun a multi-year project to implement a fully integrated health information system using software from Epic, an industry leader in electronic health record software. In addition, SickKids and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) have partnered to develop and implement the first integrated Canadian paediatric instance of Epic.
The project will fundamentally change the way SickKids provides care and will improve research by bringing all patient information and charting into one integrated electronic system.
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MARKHAM and NEWMARKET, Ont. – The CEOs of Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH), Southlake Regional Health Centre (Southlake), and Stevenson Memorial Hospital (Stevenson), are excited to announce a new partnership to integrate their Health Information System (HIS) and accelerate the adoption of electronic health records.
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WESTWOOD, Mass. – Humber River Hospital (HRH) made headlines for being North America’s first fully digital hospital and first to implement MEDITECH’s Oncology Management solution. Now, HRH is at it again as they announce they’ll be upgrading to MEDITECH’s Web Electronic Health Record (EHR) in 2017.
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ST. JOHN’S – About 80 percent of pharmacies in Newfoundland and Labrador are now linked to the provincial pharmacy network, and 100 percent are expected to be online by March. Through the network, they will be able to access the provincial electronic health record system.
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TORONTO – The University Health Network’s myUHN Patient Portal will be made available to patients at all UHN sites starting January 30th, 2017. The system is a secure website that enables patients to see their UHN appointments, results and clinic notes as soon as they are ready.
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