As we enter our third year of the global pandemic, healthcare organizations are evaluating vulnerabilities and identifying opportunities to improve upon nearly every aspect of current business and care models.
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Toronto-based University Health Network (UHN) is the largest hospital-based research centre in Canada. To securely and efficiently integrate more than 170 platforms and systems across its programs and facilities, UHN sought to adopt a highly available, scalable integration solution. With Red Hat Fuse, the organization has improved data collection, delivery, and scalability, with less server downtime and integration management effort needed.
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CORNWALL, Ont. – Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) has launched SeamlessMD, a digital patient engagement platform used by hospitals and health systems across North America, to improve the surgical patient experience. The hospital will implement SeamlessMD across several surgical service lines including Total Hip and Knee Replacement, Shoulder, Breast, Colorectal, and for all Emergent General Surgery.
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LONGUEUIL, Que. – Montérégie Integrated Cancer Center (CICM), which is part of the Charles-Le Moyne hospital in Longueuil in Quebec, has placed an order for additional RayStation licenses as well as upgrades to the system which includes advanced treatment planning functionality.
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TORONTO – VitalHub is pleased to announce the 5-year licensing of TREAT to Strides Toronto. Formed in January 2020 through the amalgamation of Aisling Discoveries Child and Family Centre and East Metro Youth Services, Strides Toronto provides a range of community, residential and treatment services to improve the mental, social, and physical health of infants, children, and youth. Collaborating with Toronto’s 25 core service providers, Strides engages in community and outreach partnerships to address the mental health needs of the young clients they serve and their families. This partnership represents a substantive investment in the TREAT solution with approximately 70% of the investment supporting recurrent license revenue.
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SASKATOON – The Administrative Information Management System (AIMS) project is a provincial health system initiative involving the Saskatchewan Health Authority, 3sHealth, eHealth, the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, SAHO Inc., and affiliated organizations. The project will integrate financial, supply chain, payroll, and human resource management information by replacing 82 non-integrated systems into one single software solution.
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TORONTO – Microsoft Canada has announced the availability of Azure API for FHIR, which lets you quickly connect existing data sources, such as electronic health record systems and research databases. Create new opportunities with analytics, machine learning, and actionable intelligence across your health data.
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TORONTO – The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) has announced the transfer of Integrated Decision Support (IDS) to the OHA from Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS). Launched in 2009, IDS is a leading collaborative solution for sharing integrated health partner data for planning and analytics. Through its data sharing platform across a host of subscribers – including hospitals, home and community care, primary care, public health and EMS – IDS equips healthcare providers with linked data of their shared-care patients, which allows them to address common challenges that can only be solved through their combined efforts.
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As COVID-19 amplifies the need for collaboration among healthcare providers, a unique partnership is creating a digital link between St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) and St. Joseph’s Villa in Hamilton, Ont., to enhance the health outcomes of older adults transferred between hospital and long-term care (LTC).
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TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway and Loblaw Companies Limited are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to advance e-prescribing in Canada. Under the agreement, Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaw retail pharmacies and QHR Technologies’ AccuroEMR will work towards connecting with PrescribeIT, Infoway’s national e-prescribing service.
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