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September 2, 2020
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital has launched Epic-in-a-box, a briefcase-like package that allows staff and professionals to visit patients in their homes or at long-term care centres and easily access the hospital’s electronic health record system through a secure cell-phone connection.
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July 29, 2020
CALGARY – The Government of Alberta has given patients the ability to create their own secure messaging account to connect with healthcare providers.
Brightsquid Secure-Mail has been integrated into the provincial MyHealth Records (MHR) portal. Patients registered for MHR can create their own Secure-Mail account to communicate virtually with community healthcare providers.
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June 10, 2020
MISSISSAUGA, ON – During today’s COVID-19 pandemic, patients in hospitals are facing increased challenges. Isolated from families and friends, patients are experiencing higher rates of loneliness, fear, anxiety and boredom.
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June 3, 2020
MONCTON, NB – Vitalité Health Network has implemented a drive-through service for some of its patients with cardiac pacemakers. Located in the St. Pat’s Family Centre’s parking lot, this remote clinic is intended to eliminate the backlog that has been growing since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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May 27, 2020
VANCOUVER – Canadian digital health company InputHealth is pleased to announce the launch of UpPatient, the patient-facing arm of its end-to-end healthcare delivery and practice management platform, the Collaborative Health Record (CHR). UpPatient allows patients to take control of their healthcare by connecting them with their providers and health records through a single, user-friendly, app that’s accessible on both iOS and Android.
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May 27, 2020
MONTREAL – During a pandemic, stress is a daily reality at a hospital. For healthcare workers, it has many faces: anxiety, insomnia, depression or psychological distress. In the heat of the moment, they sometimes find it hard to recognize their own symptoms of stress and alleviate them.
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May 6, 2020
EDMONTON – Alberta is offering an app to the public that uses Bluetooth technology to help with tracing persons who may have contracted COVID-19. The voluntary app, called ABTraceTogether, is similar to the app used in Singapore to control the spread of the novel coronavirus and is believed to be the first of its kind in North America.
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May 6, 2020
HAMILTON, ON – A cordless phone manufacturer has donated 70 baby monitors to Hamilton intensive care units and emergency rooms last month to help bridge the communication gap between healthcare staff and COVID-19 patients in isolation.
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May 1, 2020
Healthcare professionals are always on the move. Whether it’s at a busy hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility, doctors, nurses and allied professionals need solid, secure electronic devices they can rely on. Samsung understands the challenges these healthcare workers face, and as a result have designed truly rugged and more secure mobile devices that are optimized for use in healthcare’s fast-paced and messy environment. Read More
April 29, 2020
MONTREAL – Turn on the television or go on the internet and you will be bombarded with statistics about COVID-19. But what do these numbers really mean? A PhD candidate at The Neuro has used his programming and analytical skills to create an easy-to-use app for tracking the pandemic in Quebec.
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