Technology

Healthtech launches EMR adoption solution among new services
TORONTO | Healthtech Consultants is launching new products and services the company says will transform healthcare, with innovative information management and technology solutions in EMR adoption, virtual health, clinical and business transformation, and rural and northern health.
Bone conduction hearing implant said to be North American first
LONDON, ONT. | Kelly Dickson, from Cambridge, Ont., is the first patient in North America to receive the Boneridge bone conduction hearing implant. The surgery was successfully performed in late April at London Health Sciences Centre.

Trying to save money on medical devices a misguided effort: CHPI

TORONTO | A new study of spending on medical devices in 66 countries finds they are a smaller burden on health spending, and are more affordable relative to GDP in Canada compared to most other countries.
PatientOrderSets adds mobile remote patient monitoring app

TORONTO | PatientOrderSets.com has acquired a patient self-management technology, fliiSolutions, which is used to track patients' compliance with care plans, allowing patients in the community to be effectively supervised by a clinician remotely.
Ottawa Heart Institute adopts Vocera communication system

OTTAWA | The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) is launching a new state-of-the-art Vocera communications system, designed to enable UOHI’s 600 nurses and clinical staff to communicate more efficiently with each other.
Nightingale partners with PEPID, CPhA to improve drug safety

MARKHAM, ONT. | Nightingale Informatix, a provider of cloud-based electronic medical record software and related services, is partnering with PEPID, a multinational provider of electronic decision-support resources for healthcare professionals.
Mobile pharmacy app said to be first for Canada

BRAMPTON, ONT. | What is claimed to be Canada’s first mobile application for ordering prescriptions has been launched by Amjay Software Solutions.
Alberta pilot to test technology supporting heart patients at home

EDMONTON | A group of Albertans living with heart failure will have their conditions monitored right from their homes as part of an innovative pilot project, a collaboration between the Alberta government, Alberta Health Services and GE Canada.
Updated COACH EMR tool geared to healthcare providers

TORONTO | COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association is offering a new edition of a resource, made up of 44 reference fact sheets, to address privacy and security issues when implementing and operating an EMR.
How nurses can be a force of change when it comes to technology adoption

How nurses are preparing themselves for the wave of technological changes affecting them and other clinicians.

Healthtech launches EMR adoption solution among new services

Bone conduction hearing implant said to be North American first

Trying to save money on medical devices a misguided effort: CHPI

PatientOrderSets adds mobile remote patient monitoring app

Ottawa Heart Institute adopts Vocera communication system

Nightingale partners with PEPID, CPhA to improve drug safety

Mobile pharmacy app said to be first for Canada

Alberta pilot to test technology supporting heart patients at home

Updated COACH EMR tool geared to healthcare providers

How nurses can be a force of change when it comes to technology adoption