Patients and physicians in Norfolk County are benefitting from quick access to electronic diagnostic images now that Norfolk General Hospital has connected to the Southwestern Ontario Diagnostic Imaging Network (SWODIN), the largest diagnostic imaging repository (DI-r) in use in Ontario ...
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(Toronto, March 2, 2010) – An information management and information technology (IM/IT) partnership between 16 health care organizations in the Greater Toronto Area is getting a facelift. With the increasing size of the SIMS Partnership, members have elected to revise the group’s structure to a more formal ‘association’ and change the name to the GTA Health Information Collaborative (HIC).
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Regenstrief Institute is pleased to announce that RELMA 4.1 has been released and is now available for download.
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Today, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) tabled its audit of Electronic Health Record projects and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

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Seventeen health care organizations working together for their patients and clients

(Toronto, August 5, 2009) – Janet Davidson, O.C., is the President and CEO for Trillium Health Centre, which has locations in Mississauga and west Toronto. Not far away, Rueben Devlin is President and CEO of Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital. Both CEOs recognize their patients travel
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Cirque Du Soleil, Canada Wonderland, Ontario Place for Kids, Wild Water Kingdom and other discounts now available for members
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Nova Scotia’s health care system is challenged for resources. A pandemic can further cripple the system leading to chaos. Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, scarcity of resources and an overwhelmed system have posed a significant challenge for health care decision makers.
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The McGunity Government has identified reducing wait times as one of its most important healthcare priorities.

If one looks at the Ontario wait times website you will find two types of wait time information – Emergency room wait time, and Surgery and Diagnostic imaging wait time.

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STAT Enterprise outpatient scheduling addresses the growing demand from healthcare providers for technology that helps them reduce operating costs and increase collections, retain and improve service to the patient, while ultimately growing revenue.
http://www.statschedules.com
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StatSchedules Patient Portal is a personalized web-based portal that provides patients with a secure web-based access to information and services like scheduling, viewing of lab results and reviewing and paying bills online.
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Long-term homes provide the necessary medical, social, and personal care to individuals who are unable to provide for themselves. Apart from the older individuals who require assistance due to old age; there is a growing trend of younger people who are entering long term care homes unable to meet the basic living needs.
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Information needs to be tightly coupled with function – this will provide purpose and help organize the information in a way that can be used for decision-making within a hospital environment. Data by itself can serve no purpose but when grouped together can provide important information that could be used for statistical and research purposes,
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