3/17/2014 The news that Telus Health purchased Kelowna, B.C., EMR vendor Med Access took many analysts by surprise. After all, Telus had already bought three EMR vendors: Wolf Medical Systems in B.C., KinLogix in Quebec, and the Canadian Medical Association’s MD Practice Software. It looked like Telus had its hands full integrating these disparate solutions. However, with the recent announcement that it has invested $3 million in PatientSafe Solutions Inc., a California-based mobile healthcare software developer, a larger picture of Telus’s strategy is emerging.
3/7/2014 In the U.S. tens of millions of EMRs have been compromised since 2009
2/20/2014 The Coalition has a broad mandate that embraces all aspects of greening Canada’s health care landscape. Many hospitals have a long way to go when it comes to dealing with their organic waste.
1/28/2014 Although we know there are peaks and valleys in emergency room demand leading to surgery, it is hardly a smooth algorithm. Some nights the ice is less slippery than others, and having an underused hospital is a waste of resources. In my view, there are three steps to solving this problem.
12/19/2013 There is an interesting trend in mobile healthcare apps, where the initial investment in core functionality extends into areas that might be covered by competing applications such as personal health records.
11/25/2013 In B.C., provincial health authorities and the Provincial Health Services Authority are moving aggressively away from paper. The aim is for physician offices to receive complete electronic distribution of lab, medical imaging, transcription, and other healthcare information, including reports by this time next year.
11/11/2013 From a communications perspective, healthcare environments are more dynamic than most. By that I mean that the type of communication, its urgency, the number of people participating, and the distances involved can fluctuate dramatically.
