Technology

Using electronic medical records could improve reporting

The Public Health Agency of Canada promises financial support to create a Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Monitoring System.

How newly legislated safety-engineered sharps were implemented across the province in just seven months

An array of strategies, tools, ideas and techniques for improving performance throughout the health system are presented at the first Healthcare Efficiency Conference

After trailing other nations’ adoption rates, is Canada poised to move from worst in class to best in class?

A system-wide initiative to improve performance throughout Saskatchewan’s Regina Qu’Appelle health region started right at the top, with training for the senior leadership team

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a contract for $4.7 million with The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to collaborate on the design and development of an advanced technology solution for paediatric surgery.

COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association has appointed Linda Miller as the new executive director of CHIEF: Canada’s Health Informatics Executive Forum, effective April 1, 2011.