Viewing articles in the ‘Infrastructure’ topic.
October 8, 2019
MONTREAL – The massive computer crash at the McGill University Health Centre earlier this month was caused by two malfunctions in quick succession, rendering the back-up system powerless and resulting in the cancellation of a dozen surgeries as well as medical procedures involving nearly 40 other patients.
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September 25, 2019
WINNIPEG – A massive, province-wide online health system crash occurred in Manitoba the first week of September, incapacitating computers for about 36 hours. The outage was triggered by one server going down, Manitoba’s health minister says, followed by a chain of failures that brought down more than 60 systems in every regional health authority in the province.
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June 12, 2019
TORONTO – An unprecedented gift of $100 million has been donated by the Peter Gilgan Foundation to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). This is the largest single gift ever to SickKids. Together with donations made to other hospitals and healthcare organizations to date, this makes Peter Gilgan and the Peter Gilgan Foundation the largest benefactor to healthcare in Canada.
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May 22, 2019
SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONT. – As the Lab Manager for Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC), Brenda Voth understands the pressure to deliver timely and decisive lab results, just one of the many demands of an acute care hospital lab. Read More
May 22, 2019
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health has signed an agreement with leading medical technology provider Hill-Rom to bring “smart” beds to its hospitals – an existing facility in Richmond Hill and a new hospital, currently under construction in nearby Vaughan and slated for opening in late 2020.
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April 29, 2019
TORONTO – Demand for information from users inside hospitals – and from partners and patients logging into portals outside the facilities – is “becoming insatiable”, as one healthcare executive at Microsoft’s recent “Future Now” conference put it. Read More
April 29, 2019
As part of a plan to upgrade and modernize its IT infrastructure, Markham Stouffville Hospital, located north-east of Toronto, has become the first medical centre in Canada to make use of the INFRastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). Read More
March 29, 2019
TORONTO – CAMH, one of Canada’s leading providers of mental health care, has deployed information technologies so effectively that it was awarded a Stage 7 designation by HIMSS in 2017. Stage 7 is the highest tier on the HIMSS ladder, which measures the use of IT in patient care. Read More
February 27, 2019
VANCOUVER – The government of BC has given the green light to a new St. Paul’s Hospital. The new facility will cost $1.9 billion; it will contain 548 beds, 115 more than the current facility, and a research centre will open concurrently with the hospital in 2026.
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February 27, 2019
WINNIPEG – The new Health Sciences Centre Women’s Hospital will open in December after several years of delays. Tours of the new facility have started, but babies won’t be delivered in the $233-million building until December, as several months of preparation still are needed before the building is ready for patients.
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