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2016 News Releases
University of Toronto Students Recognized with Interprofessional eHealth Award
(Toronto) – An innovative Interprofessional Seniors Outreach Program developed by a team of medical and pharmacy students from the University of Toronto is improving care for seniors. The initiative was recently recognized with Canada Health Infoway’s...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/university-of-toronto-students-recognized-with-interprofessional-ehealth-award
2016 News Releases
Health Care Organizations Recognized for their Clinical Leadership
2016 National LEADing Practice award recipients recognized for improving the patient and clinician experience through their use of digital health (Toronto) – Five Canadian health care organizations have been recognized for their leadership in improving...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/health-care-organizations-recognized-for-their-clinical-leadership
2016 News Releases
Sunnybrook’s MyChart™ Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre announced today that MyChart ™ version 2.0, Sunnybrook’s online personal health record (PHR) service and program, has achieved Infoway’s Consumer Health Application...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/sunnybrook-s-mychart-achieves-canada-health-infoway-certification
2016 News Releases
New Pilot Program Allows Saskatchewan Residents to View their Personal Health Care Information Online
(Regina) – Saskatchewan residents can now go online to see their personal health information. eHealth Saskatchewan (eHealth) is piloting a new program that allows residents from across the province to view their personal health information online...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/new-pilot-program-allows-saskatchewan-residents-to-view-their-personal-health-care-information-online
2016 News Releases
Canadian Physicians Can Improve Patient Care With Advanced EMR Use
Opportunity for primary care physicians to fully embrace EMR functionalities (Toronto) – Electronic medical records (EMRs) among Canadian primary care physicians continues to grow, but the use of advanced functions that support improved patient care...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/canadian-physicians-can-improve-patient-care-with-advanced-emr-use
2016 News Releases
Clinical Peer Leader Networks Support Advanced Clinical Use and Patient-Centred Digital Health Solutions
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is pleased to announce the next wave of Clinical Peer Leader Networks (Networks) in Canada, developed to help health care professionals implement digital health solutions in their respective communities.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/clinical-peer-leader-networks-support-advanced-clinical-use-and-patient-centred-digital-health-solutions
2016 News Releases
RNAO and Infoway to Release Guideline to Advance Professional Practice in a Digital Age
(Toronto) – A partnership between two leading health organizations will produce a groundbreaking evidence-based guideline on health care in the digital age.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2016-news-releases/rnao-and-infoway-to-release-guideline-to-advance-professional-practice-in-a-digital-age
2015 News Releases
Electronic Medical Records Use Tripled in Nine Years
Canadian primary care EMR adoption and use continues to grow (Toronto) – More and more Canadian physicians are embracing digital health according to the recently released Commonwealth Fund’s 2015 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/electronic-medical-records-use-tripled-in-nine-years
2015 News Releases
Digital Health Week 2015 Launches in Canada
Canadians asked to #ThinkDigitalHealth (Toronto) – Leading health organizations want Canadians to mark Digital Health Week 2015 (November 16 to 22) by imagining how their lives will change when they can go online to access their lab results, book...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/digital-health-week-2015-launches-in-canada
2015 News Releases
Group Health Centre Gives Patients a New Way to Access Care
New Patient Portal – myCARE – launched today (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) – How would you like to access your health care team from home, camp, or even on vacation? The Group Health Centre (GHC) is thrilled to announce the formal launch of myCARE – a secure...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/group-health-centre-gives-patients-a-new-way-to-access-care
2015 News Releases
Open Innovation Challenge Delivers New Data on Appropriateness of Care
New model tested to support evidence-informed decision making (Toronto) – Teams from across Canada raced to answer pressing questions about the healthcare system for an opportunity to take part in up to $80,000 in awards. During the two-month...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/open-innovation-challenge-delivers-new-data-on-appropriateness-of-care
2015 News Releases
Knowing is Better Than not Knowing – When it Comes to Lab Test Results
Study demonstrates the benefits for patients and clinicians (Toronto) – Many Canadians would like to be able to access their lab test results online and a new study suggests there are many other benefits to this service. A recent Social Research and...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/knowing-is-better-than-not-knowing-when-it-comes-to-lab-test-results
2015 News Releases
Plexia’s Web-based Electronic Medical Record Application Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Plexia Electronic Medical Systems Inc. (Plexia), announced today that Plexia EMR has achieved Infoway's Electronic Medical Record certification.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/plexia-s-web-based-electonic-medical-record-application-achieves-canada-health-infoway-certification
2015 News Releases
Digital Solutions Connect Clinicians with Colleagues and Patients 71 Million Times
e-Connect Impact Challenge awards announced (Toronto) – Connecting Canadians and health care providers to each other digitally was the name of the game for the ImagineNation e-Connect Impact Challenge . During the 15-month challenge period, teams...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/digital-solutions-connect-clinicians-with-colleagues-and-patients-71-million-times-en
2015 News Releases
NexJ Health’s Population Health Management Solution Achieves Canada Health Infoway Certification
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and NexJ Health , a division of NexJ Systems Inc. , announced today that NexJ Connected Wellness has achieved Infoway’s Consumer Health Application certification.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/nexj-health-s-population-health-management-solution-achieves-canada-health-infoway-certification
2015 News Releases
Online portal empowers families with children’s health information
Includes direct messaging and appointment management (Toronto, ON) – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has launched a secure website that helps clients and families take an active role in managing their care by improving the way health-care...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/online-portal-empowers-families-with-children-s-health-information
2015 News Releases
University of Waterloo Team Wins Infoway Innovation Award at e-Health 2015
Winning idea aims to increase access to cardiac rehab (Toronto, ON) - A team of innovators from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo has won the Infoway Innovation Award as part of the Hacking Health challenge...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/university-of-waterloo-team-wins-infoway-innovation-award-at-ehealth-2015
2015 News Releases
Community Paramedicine Continues to Grow in Grey County
(Owen Sound, ON) – Remote patient care, (RPC), also referred to as remote patient monitoring, is coming to the homes of more Grey County residents living with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), announced Mike...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/community-paramedicine-continues-to-grow-in-grey-county
2015 News Releases
Untapped Potential: Advanced EMR Use Offers Benefits to Family Physicians and Their Patients
Significant productivity and quality of care gains with advanced EMR use (Toronto, ON) – More! More time to gain experience and use of more functionalities — those are key factors helping family physicians reap productivity and quality of care benefits...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/untapped-potential-advanced-emr-use-offers-benefits-to-family-physicians-and-their-patients
2015 News Releases
University of Saskatchewan Faculty Recognized for Interprofessional eHealth Award
(Toronto) – Children living in northern Canada are receiving the preventative health, vision and dental interventions they need thanks to University of Saskatchewan faculty and their innovative program, Northern Caring for Kids Where They Live .
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events-blog/news/2015-news-releases/university-of-saskatchewan-faculty-recognized-for-interprofessional-ehealth-award