VAUGHAN and RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health recently became the first health system in Canada to launch a technology that allows for two-way information flow between an intravenous (IV) medication pump and a patient’s electronic medical record. The technology, known as BD Alaris EMR Interoperability, replaces the need for healthcare professionals to manually program pumps while sending infusion safety information back to Epic EMR, significantly reducing the risk of administration errors and providing an accurate infusion record in the EMR. By scanning a patient’s wristband, medication b ..read more

HALIFAX – A former employee at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital, in Antigonish, N.S., inappropriately accessed the personal health information of 2,690 people, according to a news release from Nova Scotia Health. The health authority says the person responsible has been terminated and it is in the process of sending letters to those who were affected. “Nova Scotia Health views this as a summary offence under the Personal Health Information Act and the RCMP are currently investigating,” reads the release. “All those affected will hear directly from Nova Scotia Health and we will be available to d ..read more

MONTREAL – The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Foundation is launching its most ambitious fundraising campaign in the hospital’s 90-year history. The Tomorrows Are Made Here philanthropic campaign aims to raise $400 million over seven years to fund four areas critical to the future of healthcare: Championing Digital Health Initiatives Enabling Groundbreaking Research & Innovation Improvements in Patient Experience Building A Powerful Endowment The Tomorrows Are Made Here campaign is supported by the knowledge and experience of its Honorary Co-Chairs: Stephanie Azrieli, Paul Desmarais, jr ..read more

MONTREAL – Over the next few months, Quebec is expected to roll out home care services in five hospitals as part of a measure to allow patients to receive treatment at home while under the supervision of a medical team. Quebec’s minister responsible for seniors, Sonia Bélanger (pictured), announced that the hospitals taking part include Pierre-Boucher Hospital in Longueuil, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Lévis, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Anna-Laberge Hospital in Châteauguay and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). They will join eight other establishments in the ..read more

MONTREAL – Quebec is hoping to expand on a new model of care for patients in the emergency room experiencing a mental health crisis. The model has been in place at Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal for several months, and earlier this month, Health and Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant (pictured) announced a plan to expand the measures to other hospitals. A “brief intervention team” will now care for patients in crisis who need to be stabilized. The measure, said Carmant, will free up beds for more severe psychiatric cases. “They can have 48 to 72 hours in a unit of intensive short interve ..read more

KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital has launched a Hospital to Home program that is designed to help patients with complex care needs move from hospital-based services to their homes. Patients are recovering more quickly, with less complications, and leaving more beds available in hospital for those who need them, early indicators show. “I would have been lost without this program,” Rob Schramm recently told the hospital. His 94-year-old mother, Trudy, was admitted to Grand River after a fall. As she recovered and got to a stage where she could continue the healing process at home, Schramm ..read more

WATERLOO, Ont. – Imagine the possibility of detecting Alzheimer’s disease up to 15 years before the onset of symptoms. By using retinal imaging available through a telehealth model, University of Waterloo physics professor Dr. Melanie Campbell (pictured) and her company LumeNeuro are looking to change the game in the early detection of Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases for those who might not otherwise have access to life-changing care. Knowing about multiple diseases is important to creating the best treatment plan. Using polarized light, LumeNeuro’s device detects multiple types of protei ..read more

MONTREAL – LGI Healthcare Solutions, a Canadian leader in healthcare IT, is proud to announce its new strategic partnership with Cegid, a leader in cloud business management solutions for professionals in Human Resources. This collaboration delivers a fully integrated payroll, scheduling, and talent management solution for a comprehensive end-to-end user experience. This partnership brings together the strength of LGI’s payroll and scheduling solution with Cegid’s advanced talent management capabilities to deliver a solution tailored to meet the stringent requirements of healthcare facilities ..read more

BERLIN and LAS VEGAS – Bayer and Google Cloud announced a collaboration on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support radiologists and ultimately better serve patients. As part of the collaboration, Bayer will further develop its innovation platform to accelerate the development and deployment of AI-powered healthcare applications with a clear focus on radiology, using Google Cloud’s technology, including its generative AI (gen AI) tools. The collaboration aims to help organizations overcome many of the challenges to building scalable and compliant AI-powered medical ..read more

VANCOUVER – Patients are benefiting from convenient, safe and timely acute-level care from the comfort of their own home as the Hospital at Home (HaH) program launches in several hospitals in Vancouver. HaH is an internationally recognized model that is both safe and effective, and is designed to improve patient comfort, privacy and independence. The teams include doctors, registered nurses, pharmacists, occupational and physiotherapists, and speech-language pathologists, among others. Other specialists may be provided as needed so care is tailored to a patient’s individual needs. “Giving pati ..read more