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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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November 5, 2014
TORONTO – NexJ Systems Inc., a provider of cloud-based software delivering enterprise solutions, announced that Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) has selected NexJ Connected Wellness as its technology platform for delivering a Pan-Canadian Survivorship Program called True NTH. The program is funded by Movember, the global charity committed to changing the face of men’s health.
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October 30, 2014
In June, the CATAAlliance Mobile Health Advisory Board published a summary report from its Mobile Health Roundtable event, which was held in Ottawa. Read More
October 30, 2014
2015 could be a breakthrough year in Canada as a handful of hospitals prepare to be the first in the country to reach Stage 7 on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), a benchmarking scale developed by HIMSS Analytics, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Read More
October 22, 2014
WHITBY, Ont. – Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) announced that it has received the prestigious HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 award. Ontario Shores is the first hospital in Canada and the first mental health hospital in the world to receive this prestigious recognition. This designation is awarded to healthcare organizations for having a completely paperless health information system which advances the use of patient data to ultimately improve process and performance. Read More