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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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February 13, 2019
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A dozen Northwestern Ontario hospitals will have a new regional data centre by the end of March. It’s the result of a two-year, joint endeavour between the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Care Group and the Northwest Health Alliance.
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November 21, 2018
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Halton Healthcare has won the Information Technology Association of Canada’s Ingenious Award for Large Public Sector organizations. The hospital won for its Smart Hospitals Enabling Exemplary Patient Experiences initiative.
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November 7, 2018
VANCOUVER – TRIUMF, a particle-accelerator centre, hosted a visit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (pictured) to announce funding and construction of the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes (IAMI). The state-of-the-art facility will conduct research into next-generation, life-saving medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals.
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August 30, 2018
The expansion of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute gives the facility some of the most advanced surgical technology available, but a focus on a state-of-the-art working environment is almost as important. Inaugurated in the Spring, the Life Support Tower – “The Tower,” to its staff – marks the completion of Phase 3 of the planned hospital improvement project, says Dr. Tim Zakutney, Vice-President, Medical Equipment and Chief Medical Technology Officer. Read More
August 8, 2018
MONTREAL – A blackout that lasted nearly one hour at the Montreal University Health Centre affected surgical suites and resulted in surgeons using flashlights to finish operations that were already in progress. The blackout occurred in late July.
According to the Montreal Gazette, the flashlights were easy to find, because for the first six months after the superhospital opened in 2015, the McGill University Health Centre stocked the operating rooms with plenty of flashlights and batteries in case of feared blackouts.
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