2015 News Releases

Canadian primary care EMR adoption and use continues to grow (Toronto) – More and more Canadian physicians are embracing digital health according to the recently released Commonwealth Fund’s 2015 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care...

Canadians asked to #ThinkDigitalHealth (Toronto) – Leading health organizations want Canadians to mark Digital Health Week 2015 (November 16 to 22) by imagining how their lives will change when they can go online to access their lab results, book...

New Patient Portal – myCARE – launched today (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) – How would you like to access your health care team from home, camp, or even on vacation? The Group Health Centre (GHC) is thrilled to announce the formal launch of myCARE – a secure...

New model tested to support evidence-informed decision making (Toronto) – Teams from across Canada raced to answer pressing questions about the healthcare system for an opportunity to take part in up to $80,000 in awards. During the two-month...

Study demonstrates the benefits for patients and clinicians (Toronto) – Many Canadians would like to be able to access their lab test results online and a new study suggests there are many other benefits to this service. A recent Social Research and...

(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Plexia Electronic Medical Systems Inc. (Plexia), announced today that Plexia EMR has achieved Infoway's Electronic Medical Record certification.

e-Connect Impact Challenge awards announced (Toronto) – Connecting Canadians and health care providers to each other digitally was the name of the game for the ImagineNation e-Connect Impact Challenge . During the 15-month challenge period, teams...

(Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and NexJ Health , a division of NexJ Systems Inc. , announced today that NexJ Connected Wellness has achieved Infoway’s Consumer Health Application certification.

Includes direct messaging and appointment management (Toronto, ON) – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has launched a secure website that helps clients and families take an active role in managing their care by improving the way health-care...

Winning idea aims to increase access to cardiac rehab (Toronto, ON) - A team of innovators from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo has won the Infoway Innovation Award as part of the Hacking Health challenge...

(Owen Sound, ON) – Remote patient care, (RPC), also referred to as remote patient monitoring, is coming to the homes of more Grey County residents living with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), announced Mike...

Significant productivity and quality of care gains with advanced EMR use (Toronto, ON) – More! More time to gain experience and use of more functionalities — those are key factors helping family physicians reap productivity and quality of care benefits...

(Toronto) – Children living in northern Canada are receiving the preventative health, vision and dental interventions they need thanks to University of Saskatchewan faculty and their innovative program, Northern Caring for Kids Where They Live .

2015 National LEADing Practice award recipients embrace the use of digital health to improve the patient and clinician experience (Toronto) – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and Accreditation Canada recognize six 2015 LEADing Practice award recipients...

Remote Patient Monitoring Project Will Enhance Chronic Disease Management (St. John's) – A pilot project to remotely monitor patients with select chronic diseases will help these individuals better manage their health and reduce the need for medical...

(Toronto) – Celebrating the more than 50 million times clinical teams or individual Canadians used digital health solutions over the past 12 months, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is pleased to announce the recipients of the ImagineNation e-Connect...

Access to electronic information benefits patients (Regina) - A historic milestone has been reached now that a comprehensive provincial electronic health record (EHR) for Saskatchewan residents is a reality. Health providers with access to the EHR...