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      Our multi-disciplinary teams offer broad expertise in health care, social services and life sciences. We collaborate with our clients to develop strategies, manage activities, assess outcomes, and - through our implementation and operations teams - deliver key initiatives.

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      Selecting, implementing and operating ICT solutions in clinical, social services and research settings demands specialized expertise. We have the knowledge and proven track record to help you achieve adoption and meet your stakeholders’ needs.

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      Our specialty practices deliver deep subject-matter expertise, guided by industry leaders. Today, these practices include eHealth Standards and Architecture, Public Health, International Development, Business Intelligence and Software Quality Assurance, with more in the planning stages.

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      Healthcare information and communications technology is evolving at a rapid pace. Trends in treatments, business and funding models, eHealth and mHealth combined with unique clinical domain needs demand in-tune solutions and approaches.

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Gathering Expert Opinions

Our blog presents opinion pieces drafted by our industry leaders, management experts and exceptional team members. Share your thoughts and views as we’d love to hear from you!

Gevity Healthcare Blog

What I learned at FHIR North 2017

I had the pleasure of attending the FHIR North Education and Connectathon event held at Mohawk College on April 26.  Given the requests I’ve received for my thoughts on the event and FHIR itself, I thought I’d share them with others:

#1. There's a lot of interest FHIR. 238 people registered for the event.   That’s on par with the numbers we would see in the US and they have 10 times our population and are way head of Canada in terms of FHIR implementations. 

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Posted 
May 12, 2017
Author 
Gavin Tong

Do Standards Build Trust?

On April 21, 1864, William Sellers launched the first standardization battle of the industrial era.  He addressed a room full of engineers and machinists in the lecture hall of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to gather support for standardizing thread counts on screws.

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Posted 
October 11, 2016
Author 
Gavin Tong

The Information Technology Blog Series

Making Consumer eHealth Better

Part 2: A Better Approach

This second blog of a two-part series investigates the positives of consumer e-Health solutions. I will look at what makes for a successful solution, and propose some ideas to guide policy development around consumer eHealth.

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Posted 
July 4, 2016
Author 
Chris Nickerson
Article Tags 
Information Technology Services Consumer
e-Health Solutions
mHealth
Mobile Health
Triple Aim of Care

The Information Technology Services Blog Series

Improving Consumer eHealth

Part 1: The Problem

This two-part series will investigate the positives and the negatives of consumer e-Health solutions. This first post evaluates some possible problems with these solutions.

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Posted 
June 16, 2016
Author 
Chris Nickerson
Article Tags 
Information Technology Services
Consumer e-Health Solutions
mHealth
Mobile Health
Triple Aim of Care

The Information Technology Services Blog Series

A Framework for Evaluating Cloud Deployment Within Healthcare Organizations - Part 2

In my previous blog post, I discussed how moving from internal IT service delivery to a cloud model requires a fundamental shift in organizational planning, a major component of which is human resource (HR) planning, also referred to as human capital management. No matter the cloud delivery model chosen, there will be an impact on IT department responsibilities, as well as the types of roles needed to support the new model.

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Posted 
April 11, 2016
Author 
Rod Thurber
Article Tags 
Information Technology Services
Cloud Deployment
Triple Aim of Care

The Information Technology Services Blog Series

A Framework for Evaluating Cloud Deployment Within Healthcare Organizations - Part 1

Can the primary drivers for moving to a cloud model be realized in the Canadian healthcare space? In this series of blogs, I will detail the costs and considerations associated with cloud deployments and distill these factors into a decision making framework to help you answer that question for your organization.

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Posted 
March 3, 2016
Author 
Rod Thurber
Article Tags 
Information Technology Services
Cloud Deployment
Triple Aim of Care

Gevity's Emerging Professionals - Kyle Schembri

The Importance of Teamwork

In early 2006, I was sitting in a computer science class at the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) listening to (now Gevity Managing Partner Emeritus) Tracy Forbes talk about the British Columbia Ministry of Justice (BC Corrections) primary care information system.

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Posted 
January 27, 2016
Author 
Kyle Schembri
Article Tags 
Emerging Professionals
Blog

Gevity’s Emerging Professionals - Naima Salemohamed

From Co-op to Full Time Employee

At Gevity, experts work one-on-one with emerging professionals to address the unique needs of organizations working to improve the health and well being of individuals and communities.

We understand knowledge sharing is key to making our world a healthier place.

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Posted 
September 29, 2015
Author 
Naima Salemohamed
Article Tags 
Emerging Professionals

Gevity’s Emerging Professionals - Kiersten Mackie

Gevity’s Kiersten Mackie on Her Day as e-Health 2015 Conference Chair

Jerry Seinfeld once joked, “according to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death…this means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”

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Posted 
July 23, 2015
Author 
Kiersten Mackie
Article Tags 
Professional Development
e-Health
Conferences

Ingredients of Successful Teamwork

There is no doubt that teams play a significant role in today’s workplace. Over the years thousands of articles have been published to share insights into making the inner workings of a team optimal. When asked to write a short piece on teamwork for this issue of EP Exchange, I decided that I would write about what I believe are ingredients of successful teamwork. These “ingredients” lend themselves nicely to form the acronym: G.R.E.A.T. The intention of this article is to provide another view on helping teams succeed, ensure collaboration, and become

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Posted 
April 29, 2015
Author 
Zen Tharani, Senior Managing Partner
Article Tags 
Teamwork
Management

Gevity's Response to Influenza Outbreaks

With so many health issues being highlighted in the media recently it can be hard to put them all into perspective. The most recent Ebola case count now stands at over 20,000 with nearly 8000 deaths. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Measles and even a Mumps outbreak among NHL players have captivated media attention. But what should Canadians really be concerned with?

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Posted 
January 28, 2015
Author 
Marty Pearce, Gevity Public Health Specialty Lead
Article Tags 
MERS

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