Canada’s healthcare system is at an inflection point. Leaders nationwide are working to strengthen access, ease pressures on care teams, and improve outcomes – all while facing workforce shortages and fiscal constraints. Meanwhile, expectations are shifting. Patients and providers seek more connected, coordinated, and personalized care. Across Canada, momentum is growing for more integrated, interoperable […] The post Beyond Health Data: Connecting Care Across Canada appeared first on Hospital News.

HN Summary • William Osler Health System is embedding AI into its new Epic hospital information system to enhance clinical decision-making, improve patient safety, and streamline care ahead of its 2026 launch. • The initiative is clinician-led and grounded in strong governance, ensuring AI supports care delivery while maintaining privacy, ethics, and human oversight.  • […] The post Designing the future of care: Advancing an AI-enabled hospital system appeared first on Hospital News.

Despite decades of digital transformation initiatives, one technology still dominates referral intake across hospitals in Canada: the fax machine. Diagnostic imaging departments, specialty clinics, and central intake teams receive thousands of fax referrals every week. These referrals must be manually reviewed, sorted, entered into systems, and triaged before patients can be scheduled. The result is […] The post Still managing fax referrals manually? appeared first on Hospital News.

Dead batteries. Lost devices. Outdated software. Rising security threats.  These are all mobility threats that have a direct and negative impact on patient care. If any of those headaches sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Across the world, healthcare organizations, frontline staff and IT teams are under increasing pressure to do more with technology that doesn’t […] The post Patient care runs on mobile devices. Is your fleet holding you back? appeared first on Hospital News.