E-Newsletter Archives

July 24, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 14

  Alberta terminates nine health region CEOs
  Graham Scott appointed supervisor at KGH
  New hospital planned for Kingston
  MediSolution to sell HIS division for $49.5 million
  CanadianEMR launches physician resource directory
  New hospital in Saskatchewan gets green light
  SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent launch LifeStat
  New ER under construction at Portage La Prairie
  Canada’s pathologists unveil action plan
  Broader development of SNOMED is announced

July 10, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 13

  Quebec health minister resigns, Bolduc appointed
  Roy steps down as CHUM’s executive director
  Kingston General’s CEO forced out
  Physicians ordering unnecessary DI tests, study says
  Rural physicians in Nfld select Nightingale
  SSHA bolsters expertise with new recruits
  Feds ante up $40 million for patient safety
  Healthscreen buys BC physician software company
  Carestream CR approved for mammo in Canada
  Canadian DI supplier attains ISO designation

June 26, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 12

  Pilot launched for Quebec’s provincial EHR system
  Manitoba puts $11.8 million into physician network
  CHCA urges governments to focus on IT in home care
  Manitoba aims at short wait for radiation therapy
  GE partnership seeks to advance digital microscopy
  Lab automation showcased in cross-Canada tour
  Capital Health, North York General, win awards
  Tele-nursing workshop to be held in Ottawa
  Quebec hospitals implement drug-interaction system
  BCCHIT expands work to cover the PHR
  CritiCall Ontario selects Telus’ e-Referral system

June 12, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 11

  eHealth speakers note challenges in computerizing
  Alberta to reduce number of funded EMR vendors
  Portal for chronic disease promotes self-care
  System enables transfer of EMR over cellular devices
  Guelph General automates dictionary maintenance
  Montreal hospitals integrate paper, electronic records
  Ontario to report patient safety indicators online
  Scarborough upgrades physician scheduling
  Quebec appoints physician to reduce long ER waits
  Brian Day: What Canada could learn from Britain
  Fujitsu bows out of British healthcare database
  Europeans to launch SOS interoperability project

May 29, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 10

  Alberta dismisses boards, creates one ‘super-board’
  Extensive patient tracking system for Vancouver
  New CEO appointed at Credit Valley Hospital
  New IT appointments at Cancer Care Ontario
  College network to tackle real-world challenges
  Large Toronto clinic selects P&P as solution
  Ontario funds PDA-based supports for nurses
  Hospitals properly cleaning single-use devices?
  Manitoba proposes changes to health privacy laws
  Doug Cochrane to lead BC’s patient safety council

May 15, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 9

  PEI announces funding for eHealth centre
  Fraser Health and VCH work together on innovation
  Ontario winners of health innovation awards
  Saskatchewan moves to licence telemed consults
  Oregon centre to install Canada’s IMRIS technology
  Carestream has Canadian orders for CR mammo
  Nova Scotia to launch e-Learning program for nurses
  Canadians invent automated anesthesiologist
  NB takes steps to ensure security of records
  National EMR rating system goes live
  Sobeys pharmacies in PEI connect to DIS
  Credit Valley uses HD TV for patient education

April 24, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 8

  $20 million invested in new brain centre at Baycrest
  BC set to build $500 million children’s hospital
  BC introduces new e-Health legislation
  Astronaut to lead medical robotics at McMaster
  Alberta Cancer Board chooses Sunrise Laboratory
  Brant’s new system automates rehab reporting
  Peace Country’s telehealth goes high-definition
  $60 million invested in Ontario cancer research
  Bayshore awarded funds to test tablet PCs
  Rehab and acute care hospital partner on DI
  ABELMed software certified for OntarioMD CMS 2.0
  OntarioMD posts rankings of clinical IT systems

April 10, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 7

  CMA activates new Personal Health Record portal
  Pat Ryan joins southern Ontario's HDIRS
  Safer Healthcare Now! expands to new settings
  Saskatchewan moves ahead with physician IT
  Manitoba to adopt guidelines from COACH
  NIH clinical center licenses TheraDoc
  Philips to acquire Tomcat of Northern Ireland
  St. Michael’s hospital joins robotic revolution
  Agfa to supply DI repository in New Brunswick
  NB’s new plan includes e-Health projects
  Roger Girard new CIO at Manitoba eHealth

March 27, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 6

  NB reorganizes, will create 2 health authorities
  Matt Anderson becomes CEO of Toronto LHIN
  Canada’s radiology association names new CEO
  Strengths, weaknesses in physician use of IT
  Dr. Hartley Stern to lead the Jewish General
  Saskatchewan moves ahead with provincial PACS
  IMRIS announces growing sales, order backlog
  e-Health 2008: Extending the Reach
  PEI’s system for all hospitals to go live
  Nova Scotia to use private surgical facilities

March 13, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 5

  Two Canadian groups win MS-HUG awards
  Hospital-infection watchdog in need of help
  New system to promote hand-washing in hospitals
  BlackBerry used to help manage COPD patients
  Google Health begins pilot with Cleveland Clinic
  Nova Scotia to fix medical-records software glitch
  Leamington hospital selects MediSolution’s Virtuo
  Jewish General launches surgical robotics program
  eClinician makes primary care records shareable
  Philips re-aligns healthcare IT business
  BC makes $14.2 million upgrade to PharmaNet

February 21, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 4

  Nova Scotia embarks on province-wide EHR
  Barrie clinic to implement Clinicare EMR
  Sunnybrook to commercialize image-guided tech
  Regional lab for Champlain hospitals
  Ensemble ranked as top interface engine
  New health centre to be built by Kawacatoose
  EMR rating method available to healthcare groups
  Wait times projects announced in Nova Scotia
  IMRISneuro to be installed at Alberta sites
  Manitoba review calls for enhanced e-Health

February 7, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 3

  Bell Canada creates centralized healthcare initiative
  Region-wide dictation/transcription solution
  Fake nurse worked for 2 years before found out
  Fax glitch results in DI reporting delay
  New medication management system proves itself
  Handheld Palm devices benefit the autistic
  James Maclean becomes Infoway’s VP of innovation
  Toolkit for small, rural and northern hospitals
  New photodynamic therapy used in Edmonton

January 24, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 2

  Canada leads drive for solutions to med errors
  Infoway reaches pricing deal with MedPlus
  ABELSoft Corporation acquires MedicSync Inc.
  Alberta’s health quality council selects Agili-T
  SXC provides upgrade to BC’s PharmaNet
  Montrealers devise world’s largest heart simulation
  Nightingale scores win in New York state
  BC announces timelines for EMR installations
  Cancer treatment pioneer Judah Folkman dies
  N.S. to address health IT after operational review

January 10, 2008 - Volume 5, Number 1

  Sunnybrook launches online public reporting
  Oshawa clinic selects Orthocrat for surgical planning
  BC approves new ED for Victoria General Hospital
  SickKids to implement new system for ER
  New funding for eHealth at South West LHIN
  Andy Hind switches roles at Siemens
  NB to invest $57.5 million in health projects
  Southlake’s medical imaging is now 100% digital
  Webcam shows construction of hospital in North Bay
  UK to start proactive screening for disease
  New eHealth consulting group formed in Vancouver
  Infoway to fund 100% of First Nations telehealth

December 20, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 24

  Laurie Rogers joins Canada Health Infoway
  Healthcare research centre opens in Thunder Bay
  Emergis to help Alberta plan for paperless EHR
  Saskatchewan’s HQC appoints new CEO
  Health records lost en route to B.C.
  Ontario clinic to use ZoomMed for e-prescribing
  23andMe launches web service for genetic info
  ART secures orders for molecular imaging system
  Heart and stroke researchers build new EMR
  Toronto-area hospitals go live with web portals

December 6, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 23

  GE Healthcare wins orders for cyclotrons in Canada
  Telus to acquire Emergis for $763-million
  N.B. unwraps advanced, $85-million hospital
  Alberta adds 14 projects to telehealth network
  CIHI publishes mortality rates in hospitals
  Apology Act passes in Manitoba legislature
  3M and Prudential Consulting to market solutionsPatient flow
  Calgary selects Medworxx for utilization management
  St. Michael’s Hospital makes more data public
  Manitoba announces $40 million for home care
  Steven Huesing accorded lifetime achievement award

November 22, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 22

  Health IT achievers honoured at Toronto gala
  VON launches patient monitoring program
  Online social networking helps diabetes patients
  Healthcare IT leaders shine at CIPA banquet
  Tom Closson to be appointed OHA president
  Online diabetes health classes now available
  Alberta Diabetes Institute called state-of-the-art
  MediSolution offers solutions for outcomes data
  Shriners system to implement McKesson PACS
  Site to deliver medical exams over the net

November 8, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 21

  Canadian EMR evaluation site goes live
  NB releases Personal Health info report
  Nfld region starts checks of DI reports
  Xwave sets up physician advisory board
  BC funds Terry Fox R&D centre with $30 million
  Medication errors send thousands to hospital
  Health Council releases prescribing report
  Visual database will be available via NLM
  TEGH speeds up diagnoses for cancer imaging
  Software spots signs of fetal distress

October 25, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 20

  Osler chooses SolCom for records management
  B.C. implements web-based reporting tool
  Google to launch online health platform
  Additional ASP solutions chosen by OntarioMD
  DI dept. at North York General acquires VR
  Champlain LHIN appoints e-Health CIO
  AMD devises telehealth kit for first-responders
  Sunnybrook employs ultrasound in pain clinic
  New alerting system for ventilated kids
  Videos help residents perform invasive techniques
  McGill hospitals select Opera for OR management
  Nuance to acquire test-results specialist Vocada

October 11, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 19

  $36 million iDAPT project officially launched
  Web portal helps Canadians care for loved ones
  Healthscreen signs e-prescribing system agreement
  ClearScribe licenses Drugmagnet e-prescribing
  VIHA buys direct radiography from IDC
  Information on hospital sites questioned
  Ontario haptic technology project funded
  St. Paul’s implants heart pumps in patients
  Microsoft launches online health record
  Aliant gives videophones to Atlantic Health Sciences

September 27, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 18

  Clinician e-health support network launched
  SIMS adds four healthcare organizations
  Goderich hospital connects to hi-speed DI network
  Researchers test on-line drug services
  Rural centre deploys point-of-care lab tests
  U of Calgary nursing students train on e_records
  EBM for nurses at point-of-care
  Manning Award given to eHealth developer
  Winnipeg centre to acquire new gamma knife
  Healthscreen wins EMR deal for group practice

September 12, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 17

  N.B. awards contracts for eHealth system
  Expansion kicks-off at Mount Sinai Hospital
  $700 million for Aging at Home program
  Healthscreen expands into Alberta
  Orillia Family Health selects Clinicare
  Medical Tronik to handle Carestream in Quebec
  Zimmer to buy Orthosoft for $50 million
  Hospitals in central Ontario together acquire PACS
  Ontario’s wait time system wins award
  Emergis partners with Rx Canada
  ConnexOntario services unveiled in London
  Procura to buy home health assets from 3M

August 9, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 15

  BC to invest $100 million in healthcare innovation
  BC announces preliminary EMR vendors
  Molecular imaging collaborative gets the green light
  Capital District to run patient satisfaction survey
  Nightingale receives VCUR certification in Alberta
  Misys sells its hospital EHR divisions
  Healthscreen acquires Johnson Lake Software
  Capital Health’s first surgical robot joins the staff
  Two Ontario hospitals choose BizTalk
  French companies to offer telemedicine in Canada
  NWT to provide docs and allied workers with EMR

July 26, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 14

  Dual-source CT installed at Vancouver General
  Smooth entry of patients from ambulance to hospital
  SAS Canada expands expertise in the west
  Eceptionist’s scheduling solution selected by Infoway
  Just three companies on Alberta’s latest list
  Aboriginal health data centre is launched
  Ontario funds research into value of medications
  Campaign targets poor penmanship by docs
  New study confirms value of home dialysis
  UHN wins McKesson International Award

July 12, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 13

  BC invests $15 million to produce tracers for PET
  Project will examine use of IT in home care
  Emergis acquires Unikoan, Ontario health IT company
  Nightingale integrates Cissec’s technology
  New VP of privacy and security at SSHA
  Microsoft to open software R&D centre in BC
  Sunnybrook announces new president & CEO
  Manitoba invests $2 million in IT pilot projects
  Dalhousie prof to head global study on med error

June 28, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 12

  GE wins $30 million contract in Abbotsford
  Vancouver General to acquire surgical robot
  Dieter Pagani to lead Agfa’s enterprise group
  PROOF will test, showcase doctor’s office IT
  River Valley extends tele-mental health program
  Osler Health to use Medworxx for training
  Two Quebec City hospitals opt for Crescendo
  UK’s director of health IT calls it quits
  Nova Scotia pilots EMR system in ambulances
  IBM provides Philips with disaster recovery services

June 14, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 11

  Northern Health centralizes dictation, transcription
  St. Michael’s to integrate paper records with EHR
  Calgary radiologists install general and portable DR
  Ontario announces healthcare award winners
  New CEO, executive appointments at Healthscreen
  St. Joseph’s London featured in Sicko
  Community health provider gets mobile technology
  BlackBerry solution aimed at home care workers
  IBM donates software to track spread of disease
  Nightingale announces five new contract wins
  U of A grad student designs “Virtual Liver”

May 24, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 10

  Calgary awards contract to CGI for info exchange
  Providence Health chooses Misys for LIS
  Sault Ste-Marie goes with IMPAX for PACS
  New CEO announced for Baycrest
  IBM wireless technology goes into Jewish General
  VisualMED to be deployed over Internet
  Durham College to provide e-Learning for nurses
  Osler Health purchases entire Picis software suite
  Purkinje honoured for e-prescribing module by TEPR
  Sudbury Regional Hospital installs new data centre

May 10, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 9

  BC hospitals expand in Victoria, Kelowna, Vernon
  SickKids opens state-of-the-art cardiac unit
  Ontario starts planning for new hospital in Vaughan
  EMIS Canada hires new chief operating officer
  New CEO for the New Women’s College Hospital
  Ontario to publicize more medical error data
  Manitoba acquires image-guided linear accelerator
  IHTSDO acquires SNOMED, Infoway joins board
  Toronto firm to bring Egyptian hospital up to speed
  Infoway signs drug-info systems agreement
  Carestream establishes centres of excellence

April 26, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 8

  Peterborough buys Philips DI gear in $13 million deal
  B.C. announces $148 million for provincial EHR
  Manitoba launches $150 million eHealth project
  Ontario expands use of hydro to carry health data
  Provinces given “F” for cardio wait-times
  Fell quits LHIN, cites slow pace of computerization
  Emergis wins new EHR contracts in Montreal
  Calgary makes breakthrough in MRI-guided surgery
  AOL founder Steve Case launches eHealth site
  Capital Health acquires tech for neonatal screening

April 12, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 7

  Rural hospitals link to high-powered DI network
  Nightingale to provide EMR to 20 Ontario clinics
  Ontario invests $114 million in new Brampton hospital
  Purkinje provides clinical solution to Quebec region
  More hospitals asked to join safety campaign
  Sunnybrook’s surgical infections reduced by 40%
  Feds fund nurse mentoring program in BC
  Nurse shortage leads to bed closures in Saskatchewan
  Shimadzu buys Canadian RIS/PACS developer
  Quebec company wins OR contract at Paris hospitals
  Dean of medicine confirmed at the U of Ottawa

March 29, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 6

  Federal budget pumps $400 million into Infoway
  Ontario budget puts $64 million into e-Health
  Manitoba launches French telehealth service
  Wait-times data council created in Ontario
  Self-medicating patients guide each other on web
  Internet drugs blamed in BC woman’s death
  Multi-lingual kiosks tested in emergency rooms
  Advanced SPECT/CT installed at Capital Health
  Alberta docs’ agreement would re-start POSP funding
  New solution allows hospitals to keep HR in-house
  SickKids implements novel pathology PACS

March 15, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 5

  Capital Health launches project to improve access
  SickKids notifies study participants of stolen laptop
  BC issues RFP for EMR vendors
  VIHA signs $11 million agreement with GE
  Kodak approved for digital mammo in Canada
  BC announces new surgical registry
  Montreal hospitals score low on accessibility
  HealthWare to offer Mac-based software in Canada
  Purkinje releases new hosted solution for doctors
  CHT launches White Paper section on website

February 22, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 4

  Agfa to build physician portals for hospitals
  Infoway inks deals for Drug Information Systems
  Sunnybrook and OntarioMD team up for My Chart
  3M and SoftMed complete merger
  Nightingale to acquire VantageMed
  32 new projects enhance telehealth in Alberta
  CHIMA and B Sharp partner on data quality tool
  New CEO of Smart Systems for Health Agency
  Saskatchewan and Alberta to use COACH guidelines
  EHR will improve healthcare for Toronto’s homeless

February 8, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 3

  Health system analysis stymied by poor data
  BC to increase spending on health innovation
  Dr. Danny Sands becomes Cisco’s medical IT director
  Web solution launched for scleroderma research
  Healthscreen to acquire Medical Telecom Corp.
  New oncology centre to be built in Laval
  Survey will poll doctors on use of IT
  Doug McVeigh appointed VP of Adjuvant
  Intelligent home will help elderly patients
  $8.3 million for Ottawa Heart Institute

January 25, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 2

  CAR to track DI equipment with new database
  Feds announce project for pediatric wait times
  3D medical imaging integrated into EMR
  MedSenses and Medworxx join forces
  $27 million invested in hybrid imaging project
  Kodak to expand RIS development team in PEI
  Vancouver to use grid storage for cardiology images
  Osler selects Siemens Canada as long-term partner
  COACH and telehealth society become partners

January 11, 2007 - Volume 4, Number 1

  Emergis to deploy EHR across Montreal region
  SSHA riddled with problems, operational review finds
  Trillium Health announces new president and CEO
  Interior Health obtains solution for LTC placements
  Pilot to study use of GPS in diabetes care
  Nightingale expands services to U.S. care provider
  Cdn Forces health IT to use InterSystems
  Standalone orthopedic centre for Edmonton
  OMA requests ban on “entertainment” ultrasounds

December 21, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 24

  Canada’s first long-term mechanical heart implant
  Online tool for Ontarians with kidney disease
  Canadian intelligent technology network launched
  Ottawa Hospital family docs select Nightingale
  Queensway Carleton acquires patient-flow solution
  Sunnybrook cancer centre gets oncology PACS
  Kirby to probe accuracy of Ontario wait-time data
  PharmaNet expands throughout BC hospitals
  Newfoundland begins primary care IT project
  X-ray overdoses alleged in Ontario

December 7, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 23

  CHITTA/COACH gala celebrates IT excellence
  Toshiba to equip advanced cardiac facility
  Telemedicine network is officially launched
  AMD Telemedicine splits into two businesses
  Sunnybrook site for cardio imaging, intervention
  Gift enables hospital to acquire Vocera badges
  UHN, Mount Sinai benefit from wireless ultrasound
  Kingston surpasses wait reporting requirements
  Quebec regions and Agfa reach DI agreement
  Grey Bruce DI network expands

November 23, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 22

  Demand grows in Canada for Philips iSite PACS
  Advanced surgical telehealth & training centre opens
  Break-in results in theft of patients' health data
  Two healthcare projects win CIPA prizes
  Montfort Hospital activates Oacis EMPI
  2,100 more docs apply for IT funding in Ontario
  Public in favour of EMRs, but want protection
  Xwave allies with Vocera Communications
  Private surgical centre selects Ormed solution
  Visiphor wins Microsoft award for integration solution
  Quick uptake of EMRs in Nova Scotia
  Moshe Safdie to design McGill superhospital

November 9, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 21

  New mental health hospital is completely wireless
  Sarah Muttitt confirmed as Infoway VP
  Sick Kids launches online referral system
  Montreal hospitals given tech funding
  $50 million donated to Mount Sinai Hospital
  Chyma tool adopted by leading hospital
  Study finds high rate of medication errors
  Canada’s primary care rated behind others
  Online education for nurses is available

October 26, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 20

  Capital Health investigates MRI wait times
  Saskatchewan to launch provincial PACS
  Hamilton/Niagara has new eHealth chief
  Wolf Medical selected for EMR pilot in Newfoundland
  Toronto-based health IT network expands
  ICC HealthNet clinics install Clinicare
  Hospital for Sick Kids implements Avega
  Website launched for orthopaedics in Alberta
  Site launched for Canadian breast cancer survivors
  Manitoba expands program for networking docs

October 12, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 19

  Don Newsham appointed CEO of COACH
  Ottawa announces $8.1 million for NurseOne portal
  BC chooses Sun Micro for health IT projects
  Saskatchewan to install surgical scheduling systems
  Ontario picks McKesson to analyze surgical services
  Capital Health: centre for pediatric mechanical heart
  CHUM extends PACS relationship with Agfa
  Quovadx and xwave partner to provide solutions
  Medtech companies among Canada’s fastest growing
  IDC signs agreement with Toshiba Canada

September 21, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 18

  New CEO takes the helm at Momentum Healthware
  IBM wins B.C. contract for surveillance system
  Smart System's Mike Connolly set to retire
  Over 20% of physicians use an EHR: study
  DINMAR to develop eHealth plan for Champlain LHIN
  Mauricie and Centre-du-Quebec selects MediSolution
  Cdn Society of Telehealth now producing podcasts
  Emergis’ pharmacy software to be used at U of T
  Kodak to market Canadian system in Europe
  Cambridge hospital uses ROAM for remote access

September 7, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 17

  St. Mary’s to develop regional cardiac database
  RSHIP places large order for KODAK systems
  Alberta regions get $150 million for equipment
  Business accelerator receives $1.19 million
  $3.5 million for Siemens Institute for Advanced Med
  Vancouver doctors prepare for clinical IT
  Dutch researchers create interactive, 3D imaging
  California considers ‘Canadianizing’ its healthcare
  $56 million invested in Montreal cancer centre
  New president named for Cardinal Health Canada

August 24, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 16

  Project gives pharmacists access to patient records
  N.B. to use MEDcontinuum in all health regions
  Hôpital Montfort selects Crescendo for dictation
  New CEO named for the NLCHI
  HMMS implements advanced transaction sets
  Centre for Determinants of Health gets $4 million
  Olympus launches unit to serve Canadian market
  Child’s heart valve replaced using catheter
  New Alberta Children’s Hospital set to open

August 10, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 15

  Capital Health to use Epic for ambulatory EMRs
  Infoway negotiates preferred agreements for DI
  Stolen PC contained thousands of personal records
  Microsoft buys healthcare I.T. company in U.S.
  Pathology service expands frontiers of lab medicine
  Manitoba to test the use of physician networks
  U.S. hospital quality web site to expand
  HIMSS and Internet2 announce collaboration
  BC publicizes results of inpatient experience survey
  Atlantic Health Sciences chooses Eclipsys EHR

July 27, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 14

  Toronto East Network opts for Agfa’s DI solution
  BC clinic to use CMA-backed software
  Intelerad signs 35 new sites in Ontario
  CCHIT certifies ambulatory EMRs in United States
  York U's Ric Irving next president of HIMSS Ontario
  CST selects Clinidata exec as new Vice President
  US healthcare IT spending increasing, AHA says
  Labour & delivery redeveloped at Mount Sinai
  Report finds that medication errors are prevalent
  Info key to Ontario’s healthcare quality improvement

July 13, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 13

  Emergis to acquire DINMAR, developer of Oacis
  U of C chooses EMIS for Dept. of Medicine
  Grand River opts for Quovadx solutions
  Med2020, AdapCS collaborate on solutions
  Ed Brown new CEO at Ontario Telehealth Network
  Cancer Care Ontario chooses Initiate EMPI
  N.B. opens $28-million neuro rehab centre
  Questions raised about X-ray safety
  CEO of Sask’s Health Quality Council recognized
  Nurses’ association creates online portal

June 22, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 12

  Ontario government to invest $1 billion in hospitals
  Pharmacy network to be implemented in Nfld
  Alzheimer’s film available as teaching tool
  IDC Xaminer in production, commences shipping
  Telus packages ePocrates with Treo for docs
  Michael Decter resigns as Health Council chair
  Canadian team to compete for Imagine Cup
  Project connects Windsor hospital with Huron Lodge
  U.S. oil baron gives $2 million to Calgary researchers
  MHI performs endoscopic cardiac surgery

June 8, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 11

  $37 million gift for cardiology at UHN
  Infoway team to help docs and nurses computerize
  Ottawa Hospital to automate supply chain using GHX
  Capital Health opens $2-million gastro centre
  Women’s and children’s institute for Edmonton
  McGill’s new med dean is techno-savvy
  New med school receives donation from Pfizer
  Health Quality Council made a health authority
  New chair for Saskatchwan’s HQC
  TEPR awards recognize outstanding applications

May 25, 2006 - Volume 3, Number 10

  New electronic tools for mental health and addictions
  Healthscreen to merge with AIM Health Group
  e-Therapeutics released, for doctors and pharmacists
  CBay Systems expands into Canada and the UK
  British Columbia expands PharmaNet
  Canada to work with other nations on HIT issues
  N.B. invests $3 million in mobile-MRI unit