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eHealth Ontario invests $5M in ClinicalConnect More people across the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) and Waterloo Wellington (WW) Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) now have access to better quality and more efficient health care.

Dennis Giokas to lead new focus for Infoway (Toronto, ON) - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) has established an Emerging Technology Group to identify and guide the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in health care innovation,...

ImagineNation Ideas Challenge Winners Announced (Toronto, ON) - Imagine having your child's immunization record at the click of a mouse, as well as email alerts when they need a vaccination.

1.5 Million Patients to Benefit from Faster Test Results (Toronto, ON) - Work on Ontario’s fourth and largest diagnostic imaging repository is underway and will begin benefitting patients across the western parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and...

Certification supports drive toward trusted, interoperable EMRs (Toronto, ON) - Electronic Medical Record (EMR) certification has been added to Canada Health Infoway's (Infoway) certification services, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO,...

Saved patients nearly 47 million km in travel last year (Toronto, ON) -With more than 5,700 telehealth systems in at least 1,175 communities across the country, Canada is a global leader in improving access to care by connecting patients and care...

(Toronto, ON) - A new initiative announced today by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) aims to prepare nursing students for practice in modern, technology-enabled clinical environments.

Delivering Faster, Smarter and More Coordinated Patient Care (Toronto, ON) - Work is underway to ensure health care providers will be able to share electronic health information for Greater Toronto Area (GTA) residents, who represent 47 per cent of the...

Improved provincial wait times reporting website also back on-line (Edmonton, AB) - A new online health tool connecting Albertans to trusted health care information and services, other health tools and wellness management tips has been launched.

Infoway invites Canadian innovators to join first-ever results-based ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge (Stratford, ON) - Canadian innovators are invited to participate in the ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge announced Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Senior Vice...

(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).

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...

(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.

(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...

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...

(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.

(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...

(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).

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...

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.