Management

LONDON, Ont. – A review commissioned by London Health Sciences Centre supervisor, David Musyj, found the organization lags behind similar centres in its use of technology, faces a $150 million operating deficit, and has been embroiled in scandal and “massive” leadership turnover in the last decade. Read More

BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Novari Health has announced that it has executed an agreement with Quinte Health to implement its surgical wait list management and eBooking technology. The Novari ATC technology is being provided as software as a service (SaaS) to the hospital and all surgical offices. Read More

TORONTO – Preventing the poaching of staff is the top concern hospitals have about a new system of private clinics that will be used to cut the surgical backlog, the head of the province’s hospital association said. Anthony Dale (pictured), the president of the Ontario Hospital Association, said there will be many risks along the way as Ontario looks to private facilities to tackle the backlog that currently stands at 206,000 procedures. Read More

WHITEHORSE, YT – When you think of workplace injuries, you might imagine physical ones caused by operating heavy and dangerous machinery. But worker’s compensation boards across Canada are seeing increases in invisible workplace injury claims. Read More

OTTAWA – In a new report, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) asserts that the rapid implementation of information technology in the healthcare sector – such as virtual solutions to connect patients and clinicians – has resulted in aggravated stresses on the human resource sector. On the one hand, hospitals and other organizations are finding it difficult to find and retain skilled IT staff. On the other hand, clinicians who are required to adopt new technologies find it difficult to learn new ways of working while swamped with patient care duties. Read More