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April 22, 2015
BURLINGTON, Ont. – Bay Area Records Conversion (BARC) has won a contract to provide record scanning services for Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH). The three-year contract involves annually converting an estimated 2.5 million pages of paper patient records into digital images, and uploading these images into the hospital’s electronic record system. Read More
April 22, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, has announced HealthShare Personal Community, a patient engagement solution built on the interoperable InterSystems HealthShare health informatics platform.
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April 8, 2015
CHICAGO – Black Book Rankings named Allscripts Sunrise platform as the top overall inpatient electronic health record (EHR) for large hospitals and academic medical centres in 2015. Allscripts Sunrise also achieved this recognition in 2014.
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April 8, 2015
CUMBRIA, UK – NHS trusts in Cumbria, in northwest England, can now make electronic referrals to social care services if they believe a child is at risk. The child safeguarding e-referral system was developed by Strata Health and is currently available at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
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April 8, 2015
TORONTO – Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) has been recognized for achieving Stage 6 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model; it is only the fifth Canadian hospital to achieve this level. The HIMSS Analytics Adoption score measures organizational progress towards the ultimate goal of a paperless patient record. Read More
March 4, 2015
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia announced that it will implement a new, province-wide electronic medical information system called One Person, One Record. The province would like to operate just one health information system that gives providers the patient information they need, instead of the myriad of fragmented systems they must access today.
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March 4, 2015
VICTORIA – An electronic health records project estimated to cost $842 million faces completion delays and efficiency issues, B.C.’s Opposition New Democrats said, citing leaked documents.
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December 17, 2014
EDMONTON – After high-profile figures in the political and medical establishment criticized Alberta’s electronic medical record (EMR) systems as fragmented and ineffective, the Health Minister launched a task force earlier this month to investigate how a more unified system could be created. Read More
December 3, 2014
QUEBEC CITY – Quebec’s Health Minister, Gaétan Barrette (pictured), says the province’s $1.6 billion investment in electronic health records has been a major disappointment. Far from the interoperable and seamless system that was envisioned, the province is left with numerous databases and repositories that can’t communicate. Read More
November 19, 2014
SURREY, BC – Fraser Health, Canada Health Infoway and Intrahealth, an EMR vendor, have announced a partnership to implement an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record (aEMR) system in six more of Fraser Health’s primary and ambulatory care clinics.
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