Integration

MONTREAL – To cut the time taken to move patients experiencing a heart attack from home to hospital and into the angiography suite, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has partnered with Stenoa on a platform that integrates and coordinates care among different parts of the system. Read More

TORONTO and OTTAWA – In partnership with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has launched one of the first electronic health record (EHR) integrations that enables the sharing of patient information between pediatric hospitals using the Epic and Meditech health information systems. Read More

CANTON, Mass. – MEDITECH announced that its Expanse customers in Canada can now integrate directly with SeamlessMD, a leading digital-care platform. The collaboration will enable providers to monitor and engage their patients before, during, and after hospitalization using digital, evidence-informed pre-and post-care plans – such as for surgery, cancer, maternity, mental health, and chronic care. Read More

TORONTO – MEDITECH customers in Ontario will be the first jurisdiction eligible to access Traverse Exchange Canada via the company’s subscription model, with other jurisdictions to follow. Once deployed, the solution will automatically present relevant patient information within a care network, without clinicians having to first ask the patient where they received care. Users will not be limited only to hospital data but will also be presented with patient information from a variety of sources, with the option to consume this data into their local EHR. Patients will also be able to download a comprehensive health summary into their personal apps, such as Apple Health. Read More

TORONTO – After a successful commercialization project funded by the Coordinated Accessible Network (CAN) Health Network, Unity Health Toronto is implementing technology from Toronto-based digital health company, Verto, to help manage ambulatory patient flow, streamline consent management, and transform patient experience across dozens of ambulatory clinics. Read More

EDMONTON and CALGARY – Patient care can be a complicated undertaking and getting patients to the right hospital – or community care centre – can be a challenge. Thanks to Integrated Operations Centres (IOCs) in Edmonton and Calgary, that’s happening more efficiently than ever before. “The idea of the Integrated Operations Centre is to provide kind of a mission control,” says Dr. Kirstie McLelland, acting zone medical director, Edmonton Zone. “Our goal is to get the patient to the right care as fast as we possibly can.” Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton Health Sciences’ new Epic hospital information system has given doctors a ‘surefire’ way to get patients’ lab results instantly from the Ontario Laboratories Information System (OLIS) data base. OLIS is a central electronic storage site that gives authorized healthcare providers like HHS doctors access to lab test orders and results from hospitals, community labs and public health labs across the province. Read More