During a keynote speech at the 2013 e-Health: Accelerating Change conference, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced funding from the Harper Government to support research projects focused on developing innovative new electronic health (ehealth) technologies. These technologies will capitalize on advances in electronic patient records, internet technology and mobile devices.
"Our Government continues to invest in and promote health care innovation to improve the health of Canadians and increase the efficiency of the health care system," said Minister Aglukkaq. "These research projects aim to develop products that empower patients, assist health care providers, and enable better population health monitoring."
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The County Information Systems department has been providing daily IT (information technology) support to the Town of Tillsonburg since October 2012 while the Town assesses its long-term IT needs. The technician serving Tillsonburg will be recruited by the County to provide on-site, day-to-day support to Town staff, although the Town will still retain the benefit of the different areas of expertise represented in the County’s Information Systems department. All IT services delivered under the shared services agreement will be provided to Tillsonburg on a cost recovery basis.
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A study done for Canada Health Infoway, the federally funded organization set up to monitor and improve the use of information technology across Canada's health care system, has found that increased use of electronic medical health records has saved $1.3 billion over the last six years.
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In an effort to make the province's best doctors and treatments available to Windsor-Essex residents with less hassle and cost, local health care providers are offering telemedicine - consultations with specialists far away via teleconference with the help of a specialized nurse.
Think of it as a doctor's visit via Skype ... but with a hack-proof, ultra-quick network connection.
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SSC – the newly formed federal agency tasked with consolidating the government’s IT portfolio – now has the authority to procure hardware and software to 106 federal departments and agencies.
“(This initiative) is part of the government’s overall strategy to achieve better value for money with respect to IT and builds on SSC’s mandate to modernize and transform the government’s email systems, data centres and networks,” SSC executives stated in a release issued April 9.
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