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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OTTAWA – Patients and their families now have secure, online access to certain personal information stored in their electronic health records at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). Called CHEO MyChart, the system puts direct, real-time access to their electronic health record at their fingertips, through a computer or using mobile devices.
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The System Coordinated Access (SCA) program is leading an exciting initiative to remove inefficiencies and barriers to care by creating a secure, system-wide electronic referral (eReferral) process that will allow information to flow across the continuum of care in Waterloo Wellington.
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HAMILTON, Ont. – St. Joseph’s Healthcare is laying the groundwork for a hospital-wide implementation of the Epic electronic medical record. It will be one of the first hospitals in Canada to install the software from ambulatory to acute care, and it’s aiming to attain the HIMSS Level 6 standing.
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CORNWALL, Ont. – The Cornwall Community Hospital has implemented a new, electronic health record system supplied by Cerner Canada. With the launch of the solution, the hospital is positioned to achieve the HIMSS Stage 5 designation, a value out of 7 stages to indicate the scope of an electronic health record.
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NANAIMO, BC – A third party report recommends keeping a controversial EHR system in place at Island Health. The $174-million IHealth program was launched at three mid-island health facilities, including Nanaimo Hospital, in March, but ran into difficulties.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital announced that Wellsoft’s Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) was selected by Grand River Hospital (GRH) for care in the Lazaridis Family Foundation Emergency Department. GRH, a 567 bed hospital located in Kitchener, Ontario, provides care for more than 65,000 emergency department patients each year.
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TORONTO – Now over 10 years in the making, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s MyChart Personal Health Record Service (PHR) is gaining the momentum its innovators dreamed of – this year, eight new member sites will go live, with eager patients joining not just from Sunnybrook but also from many other healthcare providers. As well, MyChart is experiencing a sharp increase in use by doctors.
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