CHICAGO – Solutions for interoperability are hot commodities these days, and the market for Vendor Neutral Archives, which can house and interchange all manner of healthcare information, is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s estimated that sales of VNAs are growing by double digits each year, compared with single digit growth for traditional Picture Archiving and Communication Systems.
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BRAMPTON, ONT. – Synapse, a system that enables healthcare professionals to easily communicate with each other via Facebook-like technology, is currently being used by about 1,000 physicians across Ontario, plus another 3,000 nurses, pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals.
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In March 2013, Niagara Health System’s (NHS) St. Catharines Site opened its doors, marking a major milestone in Ontario’s largest hospital integration.
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EDMONTON – Orion Health, a leader in population health management solutions, has announced that its electronic referral management solution (eReferral) is now available province-wide in Alberta for referrals made to lung cancer, breast cancer, and hip & knee joint replacement surgery.
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Joe, a 78-year-old survivor of prostate cancer, suffers with side effects from radiation treatment, including a bladder burn that causes daily discomfort. After seeing the same specialist for more than a decade, he recently transitioned to a new physician.
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OTTAWA – A program called eConsult, which enables family physicians in the Ottawa area to contact specialists directly through secure email with questions about patients, has now been expanded to include pediatric specialists.
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ETON, UK – InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, has announced that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is using InterSystems HealthShare to support key specialist care services. HealthShare is a health informatics platform that enables strategic interoperability and analytics for action across a hospital network, community, region, or nation.
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TORONTO – The University Health Network has recently partnered with Siemens Healthcare to develop and test the next generation of integrated image-guided interventions. UHN’s Techna Institute will lead this collaboration through its Guided Therapeutics Core.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, has joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH), an alliance of 148 of the world’s leading biomedical research institutions, healthcare providers, information technology and life science companies, funders of research, and disease and patient advocacy organizations.
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CALGARY – To improve the coordination of patient-care among general practitioners, radiologists, surgeons and other specialists, the Health Quality Council of Alberta is calling for greater investment in electronic communications networks.
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