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Funded by eHealth Ontario and Dr. Peter Rossos, UHN’s Chief Medical “The clinical priorities were
Canada Health Infoway, Information Officer co-leads the established in the early stages of the
ConnectingGTA integrates electronic ConnectingGTA Clinical Working project. Our major efforts currently
health information so that clinicians Group, an interprofessional clinical relate to alignment with existing
can have a more comprehensive team that determines the design, technology, data quality and
view of an individual’s health history. workflow and implementation availability, privacy and governance
Starting with the information needed priorities to best support regional policies.”
most by clinicians, the system care.
captures critical information such Dr. Rossos says the goal is to deliver
as lab results, diagnostic imaging “More than 200 clinicians were a core solution that will allow all
reports, discharge summaries and directly involved in the development clinicians within Central Ontario to
community assessments, and makes process to best understand the deliver better and safer care within
it available to clinicians across central needs of care providers and their existing work environments.
Ontario. Up to 20,000 users are their patients,” says Dr. Rossos.
expected by the end of 2015.

Highlights

GTA West Diagnostic Imaging Repository Program
GTA West Diagnostic Imaging (DI) Repository program is a shared, regional repository that now provides
UHN clinicians access to patients’ diagnostic imaging results from healthcare organizations outside UHN.
In 2014, the program expanded to include Independent Health Facilities (IHFs).

Rogers Innovation Gift
The Rogers Information Technology Innovation gift will support UHN to co-develop the infrastructure
and innovative applications and communication approaches needed to enable cutting edge healthcare
delivery.

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