More people are accessing cancer care in Sudbury without having to travel long distances to do so.
They're gaining access to critical health care through video teleconferencing, said Tamara Shewciw, the chief information officer with the North East Local Health Integration Network.
The video network connects cancer patients from rural and remote areas to doctors at Sudbury's Regional Cancer Centre.
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“We’ve expanded the number of Northern telemedicine sites – now 261 in the northeast region,” said Louise Paquette, CEO of the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).
“I’m very proud to say that telemedicine is a critical part of the North East LHIN’s plan to improve access to care for all Northeastern Ontarians. In fact, the northeast is the highest user of the technology among Ontario’s LHINs.”
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Three years ago this month the auditor general of Ontario issued a report highly critical of eHealth Ontario’s progress, spending, and lack of strategy. Since then, a new management team and board of directors have been working to turn around the agency and deliver real progress.
Last year's announcement by the Federal government to develop a shared services approach to IT service delivery and procurement hit the solution provider community in Canada like a thunderbolt.
The move to modernize and consolidate IT systems and resources in 43 government departments through the aid of Shared Services Canada put uncertainty and fear inside every major IT solution provider in the National Capital Region.
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This prompts an interesting question and opportunity – What is meant by a single network? Is it a single supplier, or a single logical environment?
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