Yesterday at the Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, just north of Toronto, Mackenzie Health announced Phase Two of its Innovation Unit. The first of its kind in Canada, the initiative is designed to further the integration of advanced technology to improve healthcare. The Innovation Unit is one of five healthcare-related projects which has received funding from Ontario Centres of Excellence through its AdvancingHealth program.
On hand at the announcement were Mackenzie Health’s technology partners for Phase Two: Cisco, ThoughtWire, and BlackBerry. Whereas Phase One saw the installation of smart beds and sensors in the Innovation Unit to facilitate patient care and track compliance, Phase Two better connects its IoHT (Internet of Healthcare Things), implementing a mobile-friendly clinical messaging and alert system to intelligently tie communications between the hospital’s information systems. The goal is to give care providers (outfitted with BlackBerry smartphones) better access to the information they need when they need it.
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