Infrastructure

EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services (AHS) will ask a third party to review the cause of a health network outage on Monday that impacted services across the province. The outage was resolved later in the day, and services were restored. The services included Connect Care and electronic medical records, Health Link 811, and community and hospital lab services. Read More

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The Sault Area Hospital joins the list of healthcare organizations experiencing computer system outages as of late, with system failures on Sunday and into Monday. “This has nothing to do with a ransomware or malware attack,” said Sue Roger, SAH vice president of clinical operations and chief nursing executive, speaking to the SAH board of directors at its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening. Read More

OTTAWA – Computer issues affected two Ottawa-area hospitals last weekend, one week after a “critical” network outage at all three campuses of The Ottawa Hospital. A code grey is called when a hospital experiences a loss of a utility, like power or telecommunications, that impacts operations. Read More

TORONTO – Construction is underway at Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) where thermal exchange technology is being installed to heat and cool the institution in a first-of-its-kind Toronto project. The $43 million Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) system will exchange thermal energy from the city’s wastewater and sewer infrastructure to displace fossil fuel used by the hospital. Read More

BARRIE, Ont. – Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) has recently implemented Hypercare, a technology platform that helps clinical teams coordinate patient care seamlessly and effectively. RVH joins an impressive list of hospitals in Ontario who are using Hypercare to help improve patient safety by reducing communication breakdowns at critical times. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – Shane Eby’s aunt Linda died on Friday during the Rogers communications outage. He says his dad was unable to call 911 during the Canada-wide system failure that affected cellphone and other services. The Hamilton family is now in mourning after the Rogers outage that left the country reeling, and an expert says it’s evidence of the “fragility” of Canada’s networks. Read More

ORILLIA, Ont. – In a continuous effort to reduce wait times, help improve patient experience, and support healthcare providers, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is implementing the first GE Healthcare Real Time Location System (RTLS) in Canada. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Ontario government is making the largest single hospital infrastructure investment in Ontario history by making a multi-billion-dollar investment to build a new, state-of-the-art Mississauga Hospital and expanding Queensway Health Centre, both of which are part of Trillium Health Partners (THP). Read More

TORONTO – Caribou Inc., a home care technology company, announced the official launch of their global platform: myCaribou. On the road from innovation to global distribution, medical device equipment manufacturers and distributors face many false starts: inaccurate market insight, regulatory issues, misaligned partnerships, and misguided channel strategies. Read More