(8/1/2006) Health care experts agree: Canada-wide electronic health records (EHR) are critical to improving health care, and a recent conference in Quebec may have brought senior policy makers onside. | (8/1/2006) | (8/1/2006) Albertans are to have a new and improved electronic health record (EHR) system soon as the result of a partnership with IBM Canada Ltd. | (8/1/2006) The summer of the gun in Toronto in 2005 left a trail of dead and wounded youth and a posse of government agencies struggling to respond to the crisis. | (7/31/2006) Microsoft Corp. has acquired "health intelligence" software that pulls patient data from various sources into one location and allows instant access to health records. | (7/31/2006) The search for a new point person to head the national effort to foster the use of electronic health records is being stymied on several fronts, according to health care executives. | (7/27/2006) Ontario hospitals are in the process of rolling out a software suite that hopes to shorten wait times for key medical procedures, including cancer surgery. | (7/26/2006) A recent study found only 20 per cent of Canadian general practitioners using IT in their clinical practice. But that number looks to be on the rise due to a Canadian Medical Association (CMA)-backed software system. | (7/26/2006) A recent study found only 20 per cent of Canadian general practitioners using IT in their clinical practice. But that number looks to be on the rise due to a Canadian Medical Association (CMA)-backed software system. | (7/21/2006) When it comes to IT implementation by general practitioners (GP), Canada is a major laggard. A review commissioned by Canada Health Infoway found about 90 per cent of GP's in 10 countries are using computers for patient care, in sharp contrast Canada's use is about 20 per cent. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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