News, Events & Blog
2011 News Releases
Health Care Providers Form Working Group to Maximize Value of e-Prescribing
(Toronto, ON) - A new working group of clinicians from various disciplines will help shape the future of e-Prescribing in Canada, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/health-care-providers-form-working-group-to-maximize-value-of-e-prescribing
2011 News Releases
Canadians Asked How Health Care can be Improved with Information Technology
Imagine an innovative approach to make our health and health care better using information or communications technologies - what's your idea? (Toronto, ON) - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) today launched its ImagineNation Ideas Challenge, asking...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/canadians-asked-how-health-care-can-be-improved-with-information-technology
2011 News Releases
Province launches eChart Manitoba
(Winnipeg, MB) - Manitoba's electronic health-record system, known as eChart Manitoba, was launched today by Health Minister Theresa Oswald at Kildonan Medical Centre, the first site to implement the new system.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/province-launches-echart-manitoba
2011 News Releases
Canadian medical schools to strengthen training on effective clinical use of information and communications technologies
(Toronto, ON) - Better preparing medical students to practice in modern, technology-enabled, clinical environments is the aim of a new initiative launched today by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and Canada Health Infoway...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/canadian-medical-schools-to-strengthen-training-on-effective-clinical-use-of-information-a-communications-technologies
2011 News Releases
Communication needed for medication safety in Canada
National summit to address this important solution to patient safety (Toronto, ON) - A national summit was hosted today that will ultimately provide important solutions to improving communication and reducing preventable medication errors at transitions...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/communication-needed-for-medication-safety-in-canada
2011 News Releases
Infoway invests $380 million to help physicians and nurse practitioners implement electronic medical record (EMR) systems
(Toronto, ON) - With its newest investment program, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is funding Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings throughout Canada.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/infoway-invests-380-million-to-help-physicians-and-nurse-practitioners-implement-electronic-medical-record-emr-systems
2011 News Releases
NEODIN Completes Northern Connections
(Sudbury, ON) - Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital, Timmins District Hospital and 22 other sites in Ontario's north have become the most recent hospitals to complete their integration to the Northern and Eastern Ontario Diagnostic Imaging...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/neodin-completes-northern-connections
2011 News Releases
North Wellington Health Care, Groves Memorial Community Hospital, and Guelph General Hospital have connected to the DI-r: A Shared Diagnostic Imaging Archive to Enhance Patient Care
(Guelph, ON) - North Wellington Health Care, Groves Memorial Community Hospital, and Guelph General Hospital have joined the South Western Ontario Diagnostic Imaging Repository Network (SWODIN).
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/north-wellington-health-care-groves-memorial-community-hospital-and-guelph-general-hospital-have-connected-to-the-di-r-a-shared-diagnostic-imaging-archive-to-enhance-patient-care
2011 News Releases
Core elements of electronic health records in place for almost half of Canadians
Benefits being realized across the country as a result of investments in EHRs (Toronto) - As a result of investments made by Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and its jurisdictional partners, Infoway President and CEO, Richard Alvarez reports today that...
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2011-news-releases/core-elements-of-electronic-health-records-in-place-for-almost-half-of-canadians
2010 News Releases
Cornwall Community Hospital - Advancing Health System Integration
December 9, 2010 (Cornwall, ON) Patients and physicians at Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) will soon benefit from quick access to electronic medical imaging test results through the Northern and Eastern Ontario Diagnostic Imaging Network (NEODIN) DI-r.
https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/announcements/news/2010-news-releases/cornwall-community-hospital-advancing-health-system-integration