TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is pleased to announce that it will be eHealth Ontario’s implementation and adoption partner across central Ontario for ConnectingGTA, a central repository and viewer for electronic health records (EHRs). Previously, the University Health Network was the lead implementation partner.
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An e-referral pilot program in Alberta has shown how doctors’ offices can become more efficient and also how they can collaborate more effectively. To build on this success, the province now plans to expand the e-referral project beginning later this year.
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OTTAWA – When Allerject – a commonly prescribed epinephrine injector used for the emergency treatment of patients with severe allergic reactions – was recalled in October 2015, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) used its Epic health information system to do several things not possible before.
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EDMONTON – Alberta will top $20 billion in healthcare spending for the first time this fiscal year, as the NDP government moves ahead with major investments in cancer care, information technology and long-term care.
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TORONTO – KAI Innovations announced that it has acquired Trimara Corp., a medical technology company based in Ottawa that offers an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution to physicians in Ontario. Trimara is said to be a fast-growing company which completed the acquisition of two smaller vendors in 2015.
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The computerized system is already used extensively by the CHU de Québec-Université Laval, which in early 2000 co-developed Cristal-Net in conjunction with the CHU de Grenoble in France. In October 2015, the CHU de Québec-Université Laval obtained the complete rights to the system and is now the sole owner and developer.
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EDMONTON – Alberta is working on an integrated clinical information system that will connect the province’s 97 hospitals with primary care networks of family physicians, along with the provincial Netcare system.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – InterSystems, a global leader in health information technology, announced that research firm KLAS has honored the InterSystems TrakCare unified healthcare information system with the prestigious 2015/2016 Best in KLAS award for Global (Non-U.S.) Acute Care EMR.
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REGINA – eHealth Saskatchewan is launching a new pilot program that will allow residents from across the province to view their personal health information online through a secure website.
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