Technology

TORONTO | PatientOrderSets.com has developed integration of its clinical order set software with Cerner Millennium. This integration will allow clinicians to complete order sets using PatientOrderSets.com's customized user interface.

BOSTON | Data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) demonstrates the sensitivity and specificity of Cognigram, a computer-based system, supporting its use in clinical practice settings to identify even subtle impairments that can signify the early stage of dementia.

OTTAWA | The Ottawa Hospital is the first in Canada to use Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate Anywhere software as its clinical decision support resource optimized for the hospital’s mobile-health strategy.

TORONTO | Surgical Information Systems (SIS) says The Scarborough Hospital has selected the SIS Solution to replace its legacy surgical scheduling solution and to automate its perioperative documentation process.

Over the past few years, use of antimicrobial medical devices has increased. A key driver for the adoption of antimicrobial products is the need to eliminate healthcare-associated infections, particularly surgical site infections and their associated grievous outcomes.

VANCOUVER | Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), has successfully implemented what it says is the first province-wide cardiac information system in Canada to support clinical care, quality assurance and improvement, and outcome-based research.

A mobile medical clinic powered by solar energy is delivering health care to Palestinian residents living in area C of the West Bank, where Israeli regulation does not allow construction.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. | Agfa HealthCare has installed a DX-D 600 Semi-Automatic Digital X-ray Suite at Trillium Health Partners' Credit Valley Hospital, a 382-bed acute-care inpatient facility.