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CIHI using analytics to improve Canadian healthcare system

WEBJeff Hatcher, director of analytics for CIHI. Credit: CIHI. Jeff Hatcher, the director of advanced analytics for CIHI, oversees a team of about 25 analysts, …

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Canadians believe connected technologies are the future of …

WEBWith Canada’s aging population putting an unprecedented amount of pressure on the country’s healthcare system, technology will increasingly play an …

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How hospitals use business intelligence to care for their patients

WEBJune 15, 2014. For John Backhouse, improving how hospitals care for their patients isn’t just a matter of providing better medical care – it’s also about a better use of data. As …

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Ontario healthcare provider signs $300-million “smart hospital” …

WEBThe Internet of Things stands to revolutionize many industries including healthcare where the quick exchange of information between patients, staff, and devices …

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Three Canadian hospitals start using newly launched Apple Health

WEBOctober 16, 2020. Apple last week launched the health records feature within its Health app for users in Canada. Women’s College Hospital, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, …

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Canadian employees are demanding access to virtual healthcare

WEBCanadian employees want easier access to mobile apps that allow them to connect directly and instantly with nurses, physicians and other health professionals to …

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Healthcare app from Telus and Babylon brings the doctor to your

WEBIn Vancouver yesterday, Telus Health (the healthcare division of national telco Telus) and British digital healthcare provider Babylon Health announced the …

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Ontario’s healthcare shakeup attracting cyberattacks, says security

WEBThe Ontario government has described its new model for healthcare as the biggest health system reform in 50 years, but according to a security expert, it’s leading …

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Healthcare with a smartphone: new app measures wound depth

WEBThe mobile phone application measures the depth of wounds by being waved over an injury in a wand-like fashion. It tracks thousands of points in the images, and …

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How COVID-19 accelerated a hospital’s telemedicine plans

WEBMany organizations have digital transformation plans. For those that were ready, the COVID-19 crisis enabled them to accelerate those plans. A good example is …

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Toronto hospital network says IT problems not caused by cyber …

WEBJanuary 10, 2023. One of the country’s biggest hospital networks says the IT alert issued Monday wasn’t the result of a cyber attack. In a series of tweets Tuesday morning …

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Infoway blueprint to set patient records straight IT Business

WEBsays it has consulted with more than 300 experts to develop its Electronic Health Record Solution (EHRS) Blueprint. The project started last December and …

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Maple launches free online screening and consultation solution in

WEBWhile health officials do their best to provide answers to the public about COVID-19, virtual healthcare solutions provider Maple is doing what it can to quell those …

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Gamifying healthcare for patients IT Business

WEBWhatever you think you know about mobile health apps - how they’re helping patients stick to their pill schedule, or how they’re encouraging them to eat better …

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P.E.I to adopt Telus Health’s electronic medical record system

WEBMarch 2, 2021. Prince Edward Island will spend CA$8.4 million to deploy Telus Health’s electronic medical record (EMR) solution to unify medical record-keeping for community …

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Ontario privacy commissioner investigating hospital group …

WEBAn update today issued by Bluewater Health says of those 267,000 people, the report includes the Social Insurance numbers of 20,000 patients. Also among the …

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Telus Business to provide free virtual healthcare service for small

WEBTelus has announced that starting today, Telus customers with small business smartphone plans will be given access to physical and mental health support …

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Ontario hospitals struggle with electronic patient records

WEBThe health-care system has not had a good history of adapting quickly to technological change. It was only after much lobbying, for example, that the industry was …

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Ontario government still silent after hospital ransomware attacks

WEBNovember 15, 2023. Six days after being asked for comment, the government of Ontario is still considering a public response to recent cyber attacks on hospitals in the province. …

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B.C. moves ahead to outsource medical services IT IT Business

WEBThe 10-year contract with Reston, Virginia-based Maximus Inc. will be delivered by two new Canadian subsidiaries, Maximus BC Health Inc. and Maximus BC …

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No stopping Mississauga’s booming medtech sector

WEBOne of the fastest-growing cities in Canada, Mississauga, Ont. is home to a booming medtech sector and some of the biggest names in innovation, including Boston …

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