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May 9, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) — The National Nursing Quality Report (NNQR) initiative – a new benchmarking system for the nursing profession – is set to launch, with funding from Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and other sources.

May 7, 2012 (Hamilton, ON) – Authorized clinicians at cancer care facilities located throughout the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (HNHB LHIN) will be among the first in Ontario to have access to new decision-making tools and a common electronic patient record, which will allow them to provide safer and more reliable patient care, announced Dr. Bill Evans, President and CEO of the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre.

May 2, 2012 (St. John's, NL) – Supporting pharmacists, physicians and nurses to work together to enhance the effective use of technology in clinical practice is the objective of a new peer mentorship initiative launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (the Centre) and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

May 2, 2012   (Halifax, NS) – More clinicians in Nova Scotia will receive support from their peers as they transition to electronic medical record (EMR) systems thanks to an expansion of the interdisciplinary Nova Scotia EMR Peer Support Network, announced today by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway). 

May 1, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Membership of Canada Health Infoway's (Infoway) Standards Collaborative is more affordable and now provides a broader range of benefits, announced Richard Alvarez, Infoway's President and CEO.

April 27, 2012 (Regina, SK) - Today, the province introduced the Saskatchewan Lab Results Repository that puts lab results in providers' hands faster and improves the care experience for patients.

April 23, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - The foundation for interoperable digital diagnostic imaging systems in Canada was strengthened today with the Infoway certification of GE Healthcare Canada’s Centricity^TM Enterprise Archive v4.0 DI-r Class Diagnostic Imaging System, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

April 20, 2012 (Hamilton, ON) - Authorized health care providers can now use mobile devices to instantly and securely access their patients’ health information, accelerating the decision-making process and enhancing patient care, announced Murray Glendining, Executive VP, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and CIO of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).

April 17, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Laboratory test results are now available to health care providers in Grey and Bruce counties through the eHealth Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS).

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, April 12, 2012 – Canada Health Infoway Inc. (Infoway) and the Group Health Centre (GHC) today launched a new $3.3-million initiative, the Group Health Centre Ambulatory EMR and Hospital Information System Connect Project. 

March 29, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Accuro^® EMR, a software product developed by OptiMed Software, and PS Suite^® Software, developed by MD Physician Services Software Inc., have successfully achieved electronic medical record (EMR) certification, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway).

March 22, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) announced today that Nightingale on Demand, a software product developed by Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX-V: NGH), (Nightingale), is the first product in Canada to successfully achieve electronic medical record (EMR) certification.

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March 8, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) - The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) are pleased to announce the results of two competitions aimed at improving clinical practice and patient care by supporting medical school faculty, students and residents in their adoption and clinical use of information and communication technologies.

March 02, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Embedding and implementing Privacy by Design (PbD) into electronic health record (EHR) systems being built across Canada will enable us to benefit from the wealth of health information stored on these systems, while protecting patient privacy, according to a new paper released today at the Toronto Board of Trade.

February 14, 2012 (Toronto, ON) - Toronto-based health technology company Infonaut Inc. today announced it has signed a contract with the University Health Network to test its real-time disease surveillance system to control and stop hospital acquired infections, Hospital Watch Live.

February 8, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) - The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and Hawkesbury & District General Hospital (HGH) today announced two innovative ehealth projects designed to better serve more than 1.2 million patients in Eastern Ontario.

January 26, 2012 (Winnipeg, MB) - First Nation patients will benefit from better health and health care through information and communications technologies with the launch of the Mustimuhw cEMR (Community Electronic Medical Record), due to the hard work of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, announced AMC Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.

New project will improve safety and quality of care for residents of long-term and complex continuing care facilities in Ontario

November 16, 2011 - Mississauga/West Toronto, ON - Patient care for seniors in long-term or complex continuing care facilities will benefit from a new library of evidence-based information and clinical protocols that will be created as part of a $1 million investment Canada Health Infoway is making with Trillium Health Centre, announced Trillium President and CEO Janet Davidson, O.C.

November 9, 2011 (Winnipeg, MB) - Manitoba is launching innovative electronic tools that make the health-care system work better for patients and health-care providers, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.

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