Viewing articles in the ‘Performance & Quality’ topic.
October 13, 2021
TORONTO – Improving access to healthcare, including shorter wait times and more doctors, is the top healthcare issue for Ontarians, according to an online survey by the Ontario Medical Association.
Almost 8,000 Ontarians from 600 communities across the province took part in the survey, which asked them to identify their healthcare priorities and how healthcare in their community could be improved.
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September 30, 2021
The Commonwealth Fund’s 2021 report comparing the healthcare systems of 11 developed countries ranked Canada in 10th place, ahead of the United States, which was at the very bottom. Finishing ahead of the U.S. is nothing to be proud of, contends Dr. Paul Woods, a former president and CEO of London Health Sciences Centre. Read More
August 4, 2021
TORONTO – Voyce, an organization specializing in language interpretation services for healthcare patients, has allied with Trillium Health Partners (THP). Voyce’s virtual language interpretation app will be piloted in the diagnostic imaging (DI) unit of THP’s Mississauga Hospital site, marking the first time this innovative technology has been used in a Canadian hospital. Watch a video demo of the app.
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July 14, 2021
KINGSTON, ON – Novari Health announced that its technology will be used by Hawkesbury General Hospital (HGH) to facilitate the sharing of surgical wait lists with other regional hospitals. HGH will be sharing wait list data from its Epic medical record system with The Ottawa Hospital, Queensway Carleton Hospital, Hôpital Montfort and Cornwall Community Hospital to provide regional insight and coordination capabilities.
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June 23, 2021
FREDERICTON, N.B. – Leading full-suite Canadian systems integrator, MOBIA, of Halifax, announced today that its SurgeCon software has been selected by Horizon Health Network (Horizon) to help address emergency department (ED) flow challenges, improve patient wait times, and manage patient surges.
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June 16, 2021
VANCOUVER – Two out of three Vancouver physicians surveyed in a new UBC study faced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from UBC’s faculty of medicine reviewed survey responses from 302 internal medicine physicians who worked for Vancouver General Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital between August and October 2020.
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November 18, 2020
CHICAGO – The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized 89 of an eligible 607 hospitals participating in the adult program for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2019. Of those 89 hospitals, 12 are Canadian facilities.
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August 31, 2020
In North America about 5 percent of all patients in a hospital or LTC centre will acquire a hospital acquired infection (HAI), and some of them will die. In fact, 100,000 patients die each year in hospital from HAI and about 400,000 die in LTC – every year. Read More
August 19, 2020
TORONTO – Ontario-based Halton Healthcare was recognized for digital transformation excellence last month during the ITWC 2020 Digital Transformation Week conference. Halton Healthcare was presented with the top Digital Transformation Award in the Large Public Sector category in recognition of its use of novel patient-centered technologies that integrate clinical functionality.
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February 5, 2020
If Calgarian Amy van Engelen could improve one thing about the health system, it would be to ensure patients experience high-quality endoscopies – regardless of the clinic or doctor performing them.
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