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2017 News Releases
Hamilton Health Sciences Receives Funding to Deploy Digital Health Access Channel for Residents of South West Ontario
(Hamilton) – Hamilton Health Sciences has received funding from Canada Health Infoway to deploy a regional patient portal to be used by up to 3.6 million residents of South West Ontario, one of the largest regional deployments of a patient-facing...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/hamilton-health-sciences-receives-funding-to-deploy-digital-health-access-channel-for-residents-of-south-west-ontario
2017 News Releases
EMR Use in Canada Continues to Grow
Room to Advance Patient Access (Toronto) – Electronic medical record (EMR) adoption and use among primary care physicians in Canada is showing continued and strong growth , according to the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) Workforce Survey ,...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/emr-use-in-canada-continues-to-grow
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Canada’s National e-Prescribing Service Launching Soon
Six provinces, 16 community pharmacy companies onboard with PrescribeIT™ (Toronto) – Canada is well on its way to improving patient safety, convenience and reducing the harm and costs of opioid-related misuse as PrescribeIT™, the country’s national...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/canada-s-national-e-prescribing-service-launching-soon
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Philips Canada Receives Canada Health Infoway Certification
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Philips Canada (Philips) announced today that IntelliSpace PACS, a medical imaging technology which provides storage and access to images from multiple modalities, achieved Infoway’s Diagnostic Imaging...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/philips-canada-receives-canada-health-infoway-certification
2017 News Releases
Harnessing Virtual Technology to Evolve Care Delivery
Virtual Visits valuable for patients; lower overall health system costs (Toronto) – Results of a recent patient survey and observational study found virtual visits, medical consultations between a patient and provider via videoconference, suggest that...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/harnessing-virtual-technology-to-evolve-care-delivery
2017 News Releases
Digital Health Tools Support Nursing Practice and Patient Care: Survey
(Toronto) – A survey conducted by Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA), reveals that by using digital health technologies in their practice, 50 per cent of Canadian nurses...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/digital-health-tools-support-nursing-practice-and-patient-care-survey
2017 News Releases
Infoway Selects TELUS Health for PrescribeIT
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is pleased to announce that it has selected TELUS Health as the successful bidder for the technical solution provider for PrescribeIT™, Canada’s e-prescribing service.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/infoway-selects-telus-health-for-prescribeit
2017 News Releases
Sunnybrook’s Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record Accomplishes Canada Health Infoway Certification
(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre announced today that SunnyCare, an ambulatory electronic medical record (aEMR) developed by Sunnybrook achieved Infoway’s aEMR certification.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/sunnybrook-s-ambulatory-electronic-medical-record-accomplishes-canada-health-infoway-certification
2017 News Releases
Federal Government Announces New Funding for Canada Health Infoway
(Toronto) – The federal government has confirmed its commitment to improve the health of Canadians through digital health innovation by announcing a $300 million investment in Canada Health Infoway in Budget 2017, said Michael Green, Infoway’s President...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/federal-government-announces-new-funding-for-canada-health-infoway
2017 News Releases
Positive Patient Experience Yields Health Care Benefits
e-Patient Services enhance patient experience leading to better health outcomes, productivity (Toronto) – When Canadians have access to their health information, they are better equipped to be an integral part of their health care team. Access to health...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2017-news-releases/positive-patient-experience-yields-health-care-benefits