2012 News Releases

( Toronto, Ontario) Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Open Source Clinical Application Resource (OSCAR) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Inc. announced today that OSCAR version 12.1 has achieved Infoway’s J-class, Laboratory and Clinical Documents...

Recipients of Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge Momentum Awards announced (Toronto, ON) - From clinicians in British Columbia who use digital tools to manage the medications of patients with kidney disease to physiotherapy...

(Toronto, Ontario) For the first time in the province, children will benefit from their pediatric care providers having access to the online lab results contained in the Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS). This means that care providers will...

(Island Wide) Cardiac and Internal Medicine specialists at Heart Function Clinics located in Nanaimo, Campbell River and Victoria are listening to the heartbeats of patients who live in communities across Vancouver Island in real time with the addition...

Canadians Say Clinicians Using Electronic Records More Likely to Know their Health History (Toronto, Ontario) – More Canadian physicians than ever are embracing the move from paper to electronic medical records (EMR), according to a new survey released...

(Toronto, Ontario) Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and ABELMed Inc. announced today that ABELMed EHR - EMR/ (PM) version 12, ABEL’s comprehensive Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and practice management solution has achieved Infoway’s J-class, Laboratory...

Secure access to online health information, tools could avoid 47 million in-person medical appointments (Toronto, Ontario) – Canadians could have gained nearly 70 million hours of time in 2011 had they been able to consult with their health care...

(London, Ontario) – Lawson Health Research Institute today announced an innovative project that uses a smartphone and web application (app) specially developed to help people living with mental illness play a more active role in their recovery process.

(Toronto, Ontario) – Improving the patient experience through increased quality of care and efficiencies is the aim of recent investments in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for outpatient clinics, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada...

ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge teams surpass 1 million uses of qualified e-health solutions since January (Toronto, ON) - From patients booking medical appointments online to pathologists using e-tools to record and report cancer test results, there...

(Toronto, Ontario) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Med Access Inc. announced today that Med Access Electronic Medical Record (EMR) version 4 has achieved Infoway’s EMR National Class certification, ensuring it conforms to national and...

(Toronto, ON) — Primary care practices with electronic medical records (EMRs) identified patients who need preventative or follow-up care approximately 30 times more quickly than paper-based clinics, according to a study commissioned by Canada Health...

(Toronto, ON) – Supporting clinicians to enhance the effective use and integration of technology in clinical practice is the objective of a new initiative launched by OntarioMD, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Canada Health...

(Toronto, ON) – GE Healthcare Canada, the first in its class to complete the Infoway certification process, continues to demonstrate leadership with the announcement of Infoway certification for a second diagnostic imaging product, the Centricity™...

(Toronto, ON) – North York General Hospital (NYGH) is leading an initiative that will help hospitals from across Canada implement technology that improves patient safety.

(Toronto, ON) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) today announced the recipients of the Trailblazer Awards , as part of the ongoing ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge.

(Owen Sound, ON) -- Grey Bruce Health Services is leading a project with two Toronto hospitals to expand the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in ambulatory care clinics. GBHS, together with North York General Hospital and Toronto East General...

(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.

(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...

(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...