Canada Health Infoway announces recipients of ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge Trailblazer Awards <\/p>\n
TORONTO, May 16, 2012 \/CNW\/ - Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) today announced the recipients of the Trailblazer Awards, as part of the ongoing ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge. <\/p>\n
\"Innovation is about translating great ideas into results,\" said Richard Alvarez, President and CEO of Canada Health Infoway. \"With the Trailblazer Awards, we are recognizing teams that not only have innovative e-solutions, but also have creative, practical plans to extend the use of their solutions for the benefit of the patients, clinicians and others.\" <\/p>\n
Participating teams submitted a video describing how they use an innovative e-solution to provide value to clinicians and patients, as well as a written plan outlining actions they will take to increase the volume of use and the number of users of their solution. <\/p>\n
There are four categories in the Challenge: <\/p>\n
Trailblazer Award Recipients <\/p>\n
The top three teams in each of the four categories were selected by a panel of more than 30 judges from across Canada. The award recipients are: <\/p>\n
e-Scheduling <\/p>\n
1st place: University of British Columbia Student Health Service (Vancouver, BC) 2nd place: Uptown Family Health Team (Richmond Hill, ON) 3rd place: Westmount Square Medical Center (Montreal, QC) <\/p>\n
Patient Access to Health Information <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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