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Technology solution helps seniors remain at home
Care Link Advantage solution includes sensors, door contacts, cameras and emergency communication device. An independent living solution developed by Sudbury-based Care Link Advantage has been embraced by New Brunswick’s Department…
SAH first to implement Nexadia EMR in North America
Technology improves efficiency and quality of care for renal patients On January 25, Sault Area Hospital’s (SAH) Algoma Regional Renal Program went live with the Nexadia System, an electronic medical…
Telehomecare programs rolling out across the north
Nurses monitor health status and provide self-management coaching A growing number of seniors in Northern Ontario are taking advantage of telehomecare technology to help them manage their chronic diseases. In…
Telemedicine beats 243 km trip to Thunder Bay
Better and more economical care, improved quality of life for patients in Ignace Tracy Stanley has a new perspective on the health-care system. A former operating room nurse at Thunder…
Parallel virtual hospital a reality
Telemedicine embedded in 35 programs in Thunder Bay Five years ago, Ron Saddington, the former CEO at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, launched the so-called Parallel Virtual Hospital initiative…
Personal videoconferencing launches in January
Doctors able to use PCs to connect with patients The launch in January of the Ontario Telemedicine Network’s Personal Video Conferencing (PVC) service will equip doctors across Ontario with the…
Northeast rolls out Physician Office Integration
Hospital discharge reports being sent electronically to physician EMRs Family physicians across northeastern Ontario who are used to waiting weeks for hard copy hospital discharge reports and spending hours scanning…
Sault Ste. Marie home to Canada’s only health informatics institute
Improving health care and patient outcomes through research, evaluation and education If you were asked where Canada’s only applied health informatics institute is located, Sault Ste. Marie probably wouldn’t come…
Hand hygiene app speeds audits
Judith Edwards, an infection control practitioner at Sault Area Hospital (SAH), used to roam the halls with clipboard in hand, filling out hand hygiene reports with pencil and paper. After…
Ground-breaking biopsy procedure performed at HSN
Dr. Antonio Caycedo, a surgeon at Health Sciences North, performed a trans-anal endoscopic microsurgery to remove a malignant polyp from a patient May 14th. The procedure marked the first use…