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• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Use of Electronic Medical Records Doubled over Six Years

  Canadians Say Clinicians Using Electronic Records More Likely to Know their Health History (Toronto, Ontario) – More Canadian physicians than ever are embracing the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMR), according to a new survey released...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Innovative health IT solutions gain momentum

  Recipients of Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge Momentum Awards announced (Toronto, ON) - From clinicians in British Columbia who use digital tools to manage the medications of patients with kidney disease to physiotherapy...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Better Care for Ontario’s Children with Electronic Lab Results

  (Toronto, Ontario) For the first time in the province, children will benefit from their pediatric care providers having access to the online lab results contained in the Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS). This means that care providers will...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Innovation Challenge Fuels Consumer and Clinician Use of Health IT

  ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge teams surpass 1 million uses of qualified e-health solutions since January (Toronto, ON) - From patients booking medical appointments online to pathologists using e-tools to record and report cancer test results, there...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  North York General Hospital Advances Patient Safety with Health IT

  (Toronto, ON) – North York General Hospital (NYGH) is leading an initiative that will help hospitals from across Canada implement technology that improves patient safety.
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Innovative health care e-solutions recognized: Canada Health Infoway announces recipients of ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge Trailblazer Awards

  (Toronto, ON) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) today announced the recipients of the Trailblazer Awards , as part of the ongoing ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge.
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Ontario Hospitals Collaborate to Expand Use of Electronic Medical Records

  (Owen Sound, ON) -- Grey Bruce Health Services is leading a project with two Toronto hospitals to expand the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in ambulatory care clinics. GBHS, together with North York General Hospital and Toronto East General...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Nursing quality report card project to transform care

  (Ottawa, ON) — The National Nursing Quality Report (NNQR) initiative – a new benchmarking system for the nursing profession – is set to launch, with funding from Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and other sources.
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Nightingale on Demand Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification

  (Toronto, ON) - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) announced today that Nightingale on Demand , a software product developed by Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX-V: NGH), (Nightingale), is the first product in Canada to successfully achieve...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  OSCAR EMR Version 12.1 Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification

  ( Toronto, Ontario) Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Open Source Clinical Application Resource (OSCAR) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Inc. announced today that OSCAR version 12.1 has achieved Infoway’s J-class, Laboratory and Clinical Documents...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Digital Stethoscopes Enable Remote Care for Heart Failure Patients Across Vancouver Island

  (Island Wide) Cardiac and Internal Medicine specialists at Heart Function Clinics located in Nanaimo, Campbell River and Victoria are listening to the heartbeats of patients who live in communities across Vancouver Island in real time with the addition...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  New health information technology system to help support quality cancer care

  (Hamilton, ON) – Authorized clinicians at cancer care facilities located throughout the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (HNHB LHIN) will be among the first in Ontario to have access to new decision-making tools and a...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  ABELMed EHR-EMR/PM Version 12 Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification

  (Toronto, Ontario) Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and ABELMed Inc. announced today that ABELMed EHR - EMR/ (PM) version 12, ABEL’s comprehensive Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and practice management solution has achieved Infoway’s J-class, Laboratory...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Canadians Could Gain 70 Million Hours per Year with Health IT: Conference Board of Canada

  Secure access to online health information, tools could avoid 47 million in-person medical appointments (Toronto, Ontario) – Canadians could have gained nearly 70 million hours of time in 2011 had they been able to consult with their health care...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  25,000 clinicians to have easier access to vital patient information

  (Toronto, Ontario) – Improving the patient experience through increased quality of care and efficiencies is the aim of recent investments in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for outpatient clinics, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Med Access EMR Version 4 Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification

  (Toronto, Ontario) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Med Access Inc. announced today that Med Access Electronic Medical Record (EMR) version 4 has achieved Infoway’s EMR National Class certification, ensuring it conforms to national and...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Electronic medical records outperform paper in primary care “Practice Challenge”

  (Toronto, ON) — Primary care practices with electronic medical records (EMRs) identified patients who need preventative or follow-up care approximately 30 times more quickly than paper-based clinics, according to a study commissioned by Canada Health...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Ontario clinicians transitioning to electronic medical records to receive mentorship from peers

  (Toronto, ON) – Supporting clinicians to enhance the effective use and integration of technology in clinical practice is the objective of a new initiative launched by OntarioMD, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Canada Health...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  GE Healthcare achieves Infoway Certification for second Diagnostic Imaging product: Centricity TM PACS

  (Toronto, ON) – GE Healthcare Canada, the first in its class to complete the Infoway certification process, continues to demonstrate leadership with the announcement of Infoway certification for a second diagnostic imaging product, the Centricity™...
• Infoway.ca / 2012 News Releases

  Saskatchewan advances Electronic Health Record for faster access to lab results

  (Regina, SK) - Today, the province introduced the Saskatchewan Lab Results Repository that puts lab results in providers' hands faster and improves the care experience for patients.