MONTREAL and DUBLIN, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sybase Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, announced the company has signed an agreement with two multi-site university hospital systems, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), and the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to implement a new integrated clinical information (CIS) system. In order to respect the laws in force concerning the safety and confidentiality of clinical data, each establishment will have its own application and database completely independent of the other establishment. As the primary contractor on this multi-year multi-million dollar deal, Sybase is responsible for the successful delivery of the application and technology for both hospital systems.
"This is a practical, affordable alternative that enables us to integrate our clinical information system without having to replace existing systems in areas such as laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy," said Jean Huot, Chief Information Officer for CHUM & MUHC. "The new system will contribute to provide a higher quality of service in care giving, teaching and research."
The new clinical information system will help the hospital networks achieve specific goals for improving direct patient care, teaching, research and technology evaluation. Benefits the system provides include: improving access to and quality of clinical information; providing clinical decision support tools; facilitating multidisciplinary care and integration of care processes; improving healthcare efficiency and supporting evaluation of clinical activities and continuous quality improvement.
Because the new system is built around Sybase(R) Adaptive Server(R) Enterprise (ASE) database technology, data acquisition, staging, warehousing and reporting are all simplified without having to use extensive and costly data transformation software. Sybase ASE is an enterprise-class relational database management system (RDBMS) that has established itself as one of the most effective data management platforms for the healthcare industry. The open architecture of the system ensures that as the hospital's needs change, enhancements can be made by the hospital's IT department.
The new CIS is a comprehensive electronic health record system (EHR) called Oacis from DINMAR Inc., a Sybase partner based in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. The Oacis clinical data repository, as well as other Oacis technology components, is deployed on the Sybase ASE enterprise class database platform.
"We are delighted to be chosen to provide this mission-critical capability for MUHC and CHUM," said Tony Morrison, Head of Professional Services for Sybase North America. "The business process expertise of our partner coupled with the robustness and openness of our technology provides an outstanding platform for all clinical applications in the healthcare market."
Both MUHC and CHUM are tertiary and quaternary teaching and research facilities centers with multiple hospitals throughout the city. Combined, the two health centers consist of over 20,000 caregivers and other personnel, more than 2800 beds and serve over 1.6 million outpatient visits each year.
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About CHUM
The CHUM is a university hospital centre that provides specialized and sub-specialized services to a regional and supra-regional clientele. Within its more immediate coverage area, it also offers general and specialized hospital care and services. All of these services contribute to teaching, research and the assessment of technologies as well as healthcare methodologies. These services are provided within integrated networks. The CHUM also contributes to continually promoting front-line health services. The CHUM's research centre employs more than 300 researchers who work in various fields to improve the public's well being. Hotel-Dieu, Hopital Notre-Dame and Hopital Saint-Luc merged in 1996 to form the CHUM, which now counts 10,000 employees, 1000 physicians and 800 volunteers who render services to more than 500,000 patients each year.
About MUHC
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is a comprehensive academic health institution with an international reputation for excellence in clinical programs, research and teaching. The MUHC is a merger of five teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University -- the Montreal Children's, Montreal General, Royal Victoria, and Montreal Neurological Hospitals, as well as the Montreal Chest Institute. Building on the tradition of medical leadership of the founding hospitals, the goal of the MUHC is to provide patient care based on the most advanced knowledge in the health care field, and to contribute to the development of new knowledge.
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