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Better Care for Ontario’s Children with Electronic Lab Results
For the first time in the province, children will benefit from their pediatric care providers having access to the online lab results contained in the Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS). This means that care providers will now have a more complete and immediate picture of their patients’ health. OLIS…
October 23rd, 2012
eHealth Ontario and COACH offer health care organizations new privacy and security guidelines
TORONTO – Public and private health care organizations across Ontario now have direct access to the Guidelines for the Protection of Health Information, published by COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, through a new licensing agreement between eHealth Ontario and COACH. The agreement makes both the main and special…
May 29th, 2012
Proposals received for Ontario drug information system
TORONTO − eHealth Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario announced today that Maximus Canada Services Inc. and TELUS Health Solutions GP have submitted proposals to develop Ontario's drug information system. Both bidders had previously pre-qualified to submit bids. Submission of the bids closes the request for proposals (RFP) stage of the…
April 17th, 2012
Patients of Grey Bruce Hospitals Benefit from Electronic Lab Reports
Over 2,000 Health Care Providers Now Have Access to Ontario Laboratories Information System Laboratory test results are now available to health care providers in Grey and Bruce counties through the eHealth Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS). OLIS connects hospitals, community laboratories, public health laboratories and other health care providers to allow…
February 8th, 2012
More than 1.2 million patients in Eastern Ontario to benefit from two new ehealth solutions
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and Hawkesbury & District General Hospital (HGH) today announced two innovative ehealth projects designed to better serve more than 1.2 million patients in Eastern Ontario. In a provincial first, patients of The Ottawa Hospital are now benefitting from access to Ontario laboratories information system (OLIS) data through…
November 4th, 2011
Pre-qualified companies invited to submit proposals for provincial drug information system
TORONTO - eHealth Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario have released a request for proposals (RFP) today to companies pre-qualified to develop the province’s drug information system. The drug information system will provide a secure and comprehensive record of medications to enhance patient care in Ontario. The goals of the…
September 1st, 2011
eHealth Ontario Announces New Vice-President Robert Mitchell to Oversee Communications
TORONTO - eHealth Ontario President and CEO Greg A. Reed announced today that Robert Mitchell will be joining eHealth Ontario as Vice-President of Communications and Stakeholder Relations effective September 6, 2011. Mr. Mitchell has an extensive background in government and communications having served as Director of Communications, Strategic Planning in the Office…
August 9th, 2011
Online patient records enhancing care for 2 million Ontarians
eHealth Ontario invests $5M in ClinicalConnect More people across the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) and Waterloo Wellington (WW) Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) now have access to better quality and more efficient health care. Thanks to a five million dollar investment from eHealth Ontario, ClinicalConnect is expanding to better…
July 5th, 2011
Prequalified bidders announced for provincial drug information system
TORONTO - eHealth Ontario and Infrastructure Ontario announced today the companies prequalified to respond to a request for proposals for the development of the province's drug information system. Maximus Canada and Telus Health Solutions GP are the companies that have been prequalified based on a request for qualifications process…
June 9th, 2011
Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth Ontario Partner to Deliver Safer Chemotherapy Treatment
TORONTO, June 9, 2011 – Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) has received $9.7 million from eHealth Ontario to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of systemic (chemotherapy) treatment across the province. Chemotherapy drug ordering is one of the most complex processes in patient care. The Oncology Patient Information System (OPIS) automates the former paper-based…



