Peter Calderone, Director of Clinical Data Science for MDClone, describes the capabilities of the new ADAMS platform to members of the Quality team of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.
July 2023News

New digital platform gives staff easier access to healthcare data to improve quality of care

A new digital platform from MDClone is giving staff quicker access to healthcare data to help improve the management and quality of care.

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Chantal Desmarais, Coordinator of Medical Records
CIUSSS West-Central MontrealMay 2023

Protecting confidentiality of users’ health information in the Connected Health Record

Chantal Desmarais, Coordinator of Medical Records, is helping to ensure the privacy of users’ medical charts in the Connected Health Record.

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Mike Shulha, Ph.D., Associate to the Director of Digital Health, in the Design Lab at the JGH, where work is under way to develop the Connected Health Record.
CIUSSS West-Central MontrealMarch 2023

For Mike Shulha, transforming fresh ideas into responsive software is crucial in building Connected Health Record

As work progresses on building a Connected Health Record, Mike Shulha is determined to have the new digital tool respond to the daily, real-life needs of staff.

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Members of the Digital Health team discuss the development of the Connected Health Record.
November 2022Spotlight feature

How the Connected Health Record helps ensure the right care at the right time in the right location

In part 2 of his Q&A conversation, Dr. Justin Cross explains why developing a Connected Health Record presents such significant challenges.

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Dr. Justin Cross, Chief Digital Health Officer for CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
October 2022Spotlight feature

Introducing the Connected Health Record for CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

Dr. Justin Cross, Chief Digital Health Officer, presents an overview of the mega-project to create a single uniform health record for the CIUSSS.

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Users can get visual directions (left), text directions (centre) and maps of specific areas in the hospital in a new app from the JGH Users’ Committee. (Click on this or any illustration to enlarge it.)
March 2022News

Confused by the route to your JGH destination? Now there’s an app for that!

Confused trying to find your way in the hospital? You’re in luck! The JGH Users’ Committee has created an app get you to your destination.

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OROT, the connected health innovation hub of the JGH (within CIUSSS West-Central Montreal), links private-sector entrepreneurs with public-sector healthcare experts. This is helping to solve the puzzle of how creativity can be nurtured, so that new products and tools are developed to improve the delivery of care. (Click on this or any image to enlarge it.)
October 2021Spotlight feature

Bringing new technology to life through OROT, the JGH’s innovation hub

OROT, the innovation hub of the JGH and the CIUSSS, is linking entrepreneurs with healthcare experts to develop new products for better care.

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Shortly after Nicole-Ann Shery (right) gave birth to Kayla on March 3, the COVID-19 lockdown began. She used telehealth to stay in touch with her midwife, Kathleen McDonald (top of staircase), who is shown in the Côte-des-Neiges Birthing Centre with midwife Yvette Munezero (centre) and Maëcha Nault, Head of Midwife Services. (Photo at right courtesy of Reina Price.)
July 2020Telehealth

Pandemic spurs midwives to give birth to new telehealth services

Motivated by COVID-19, midwives have given birth to new telehealth services. Using Zoom to link to moms at home, they’ve continued to provide breastfeeding support and answer questions.

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Members of the Digital Health team gather online for a video conference. Top, from left: Michael Shulha, Dr. Justin Cross and Sabine Cohen. Bottom, from left: Danina Kapetanovic, Anna D’Ambra and William Laurin (of the Telehealth Support Centre).
June 2020Telehealth

How COVID-19 yanked telehealth out of the future and into our daily lives

At first, telehealth seemed like a distant dream. But when COVID-19 hit, the CIUSSS and the JGH made telehealth a part of daily life.

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Dr. Justin Cross, Chief Digital Health Officer for CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
April 2020News

Public’s participation sought in predicting COVID-19 hotspots

By completing the Daily Coronavirus Survey, members of the public will provide CIUSSS West-Central Montreal with digital data that will help predict potential hotspots and improve the allocation of resources.

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