Technology

For years, electronic medical records (EMRs) have held the promise of revolutionizing healthcare, by generating large volumes of personal health information that can be analyzed to better inform clinical decision-making, population health management and new care delivery models. But before those benefits could start to be realized, two key steps needed to happen. First, the digital infrastructure for capturing patient data had to be put in place in healthcare facilities across the country. Second, as patient data was collected into EMRs, a system of health information exchange needed to be developed to allow the data to flow among clinicians and across administrative groups.

PHILADELPHIA | Eleven emerging Canadian healthcare IT companies, which have been part of a “market emersion” program, demonstrated their technologies this week at the eHealth Innovation Summit at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia.

BRANTFORD, Ont. | Brant Community Healthcare System, an award-winning community healthcare system with 265 beds and 2,300 staff, physicians and volunteers, has modernized its IT infrastructure with the deployment of an HP Converged Infrastructure, designed to speed the delivery of medical applications to enhance patient care.

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OAKVILLE, Ont. | SCA, the maker of TENA personal care products, has introduced TENA Identifi, an incontinence care solution technology the company says gives caregivers access to a new level of knowledge and represents a shift in continence care planning and resident care.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. | GE Healthcare and Intel-GE Care Innovations have launched a new telehealth offering in Canada. The cloud-based application is designed to help patients access provider-designed care plans via a web browser instead of relying on specialized devices.

TORONTO | Medirex Systems is taking steps to solve patient identification issues, developing what it calls a “groundbreaking” new armband that's receiving worldwide attention for its super-softness, low cost and ability to increase patient safety.