2012 News Releases

(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...

(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.

(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.

(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...

(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...

(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).

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.

(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 ,...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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,...

(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.

(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...