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Cision Canada
5 days ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
CIHI and GEMINI team up to modernize hospital data and improve patient care
TORONTO, June 4, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Unity Health Toronto's GEMINI Network have formalized a 3-year partnership. They will work together to ensure that rich clinical information can drive research, quality improvement and system-wide health care transformation, ultimately improving patient outcomes. Together, CIHI and GEMINI will explore ways to optimize near real-time hospital data to support the development of a pan-Canadian, integrated hospital data system. This system will enhance access to high-quality, standardized data for research, performance monitoring and quality improvement. CIHI is funded by Health Canada to support modernization of hospital data across Canada, and the GEMINI partnership aligns seamlessly with this mandate. GEMINI is Canada's largest hospital clinical data research network, helping health care providers and researchers understand and improve patient outcomes through advanced analytics and real-world data. "CIHI is proud to partner with GEMINI to unlock the full potential of hospital data in Canada," said Dr. Anderson Chuck, President and CEO, CIHI. "Together we are laying the groundwork for more responsive, data-driven health systems that deliver better care for all Canadians." About the partnership This partnership marks an important step forward in strengthening Canada's digital health ecosystem and accelerating the use of data to support smarter, safer and more equitable care. Transforming hospital data requires collaboration across health systems and other sectors. The CIHI–GEMINI partnership will build on digital health innovations, reduce duplication, improve timeliness and facilitate data sharing. By combining GEMINI's expertise in AI and advanced analytics with CIHI's trusted role in data standards, this collaboration will modernize CIHI's data systems, transform rich hospital clinical data into actionable insights to improve patient care, advance the development of sovereign AI models that reflect Canada's diverse populations, and strengthen connections with AI institutes and partners to support the responsible adoption of AI in health care. "We're excited to work with CIHI on this important initiative," said Dr. Fahad Razak, GEMINI Cofounder and Internist, St Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto). "Together, we can create a data infrastructure that not only meets today's needs but also drives continuous learning and improvement across the health system." About CIHI The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing essential health information to all Canadians. CIHI works closely with federal, provincial and territorial partners and stakeholders throughout Canada to gather, package and disseminate information to inform policy, management, care and research, leading to better and more equitable health outcomes for all Canadians. Health information has become one of society's most valuable public goods. For more than 30 years, CIHI has set the pace on data privacy, security, accessibility and innovation to improve Canada's health systems. CIHI: Better data. Better decisions. Healthier Canadians. About Unity Health Toronto Unity Health Toronto is Canada's largest Catholic health care provider with a wingspan across Toronto's core. The breadth of services we provide, strengthened by community partnerships and academic affiliations, positions us as a national model for collaborative, integrated, high quality care as we work to build a stronger, resilient and equitable health system for all. Guided by our mission and values, we aim to provide the best care experiences at every stage of our patients' health journey, from pediatric to primary care, urgent and acute care, specialty programs, seniors care, rehabilitation, long-term care, palliative care and advanced care for the most complex patients. Our strength lies in the combined expertise of our sites: a community academic and acute care hospital at St. Joseph's Health Centre, a research-intensive academic health sciences centre at St. Michael's Hospital, a campus of care for seniors, rehabilitation and long-term care at Providence Healthcare and a constellation of satellite clinics offering community-based and primary care. As a leading Canadian health research institution and learning destination of choice for health professionals, we are advancing health care for all united by one vision: The best care experiences, created together.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
‘I just couldn't take it anymore': Why one long-term care worker left the industry
Warning: Story contains graphic details Wendy Harvie decided to quit after working for 14 years as a personal support worker at a private nursing home. The 60-year-old woman from Oshawa, Ont., who is now self-employed with private clients, told in a video interview Tuesday that she endured years of violence at work, including 'abuse' from residents. 'We were always having somebody up at night that was disruptive or aggressive or violent, like there was always somebody that was up that didn't go to bed, that would be up screaming for no reason,' Harvie said. She says she and her coworkers suffered injuries from residents using canes, walkers, cups and hot drinks as weapons, adding she was punched, kicked and pinched. She described how residents dug their nails, usually full of feces, into her skin. They also scratched her, pulled her hair and spit on her. During her time there, she says workers like her didn't feel safe or supported. Before she quit her job around 10 years ago, Harvie says she had taken about eight months of stress leave from work. Harvie is among the rising number of people who have left the long-term care industry in Canada. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released a study last week that highlighted the challenge of meeting the demand for long-term care workers in the country. These workers include nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. The study says most health-care job vacancies in 2023 were for staff who often work at long-term care facilities, including registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses and personal support workers. The CIHI says these vacancies have risen steadily since 2015 and 'remain elevated' for many jobs. Harvie says most of her past colleagues didn't have benefits since they weren't considered full-time employees. Workers were often called in for extra shifts and couldn't take time off Christmas in part because of staff shortages, she said. 'I didn't know that there was such a thing at the time, that it was anxiety,' she said of her experience. 'Over the years, I just couldn't take it anymore.'
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Why are Canada's nurses and other health-care workers leaving long-term care? Share your story
As Canada's population ages, there is expected to be a shortage in long-term care workers. (Pexels) Canada faces a challenge of meeting the demand for long-term care workers as the sector's workforce is shrinking, according to a new study. With one of Canada's fastest growing age groups being people 85 and older, long-term care capacity will need to nearly double in the next decade to meet demand, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The CIHI found that fewer staff mainly worked in the long-term care sector in 2023, at an estimated 13.6 per cent of the health workforce or 50,216 providers, than before the pandemic. These workers include nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Recent data shows many of these workers are moving to jobs outside the long-term care industry. For instance, the number of registered psychiatric nurses working in long-term care dropped 42.5 per cent to 315 in 2023, from 548 in 2014. CIHI found in 2023 that most health-care job vacancies were for staff who often work at long-term care facilities, including registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses and personal support workers. These vacancies have risen steadily since 2015 and 'remain elevated' for many jobs, according to CIHI. Reasons for the vacancies include retirement, changing jobs or adding positions, the report found. The findings are an overview of recent trends and more data is needed for in-depth analyses, CIHI added. wants to hear from workers about their experiences working in the long-term care industry. Have you left or are you thinking of leaving your job in the sector? Why did you switch jobs, or thinking of making the change? What challenges did you face in your job? What can Canada do to retain workers in the sector? Share your story by emailing us at dotcom@ with your name, general location and phone number in case we want to follow up. Your comments may be used in a story.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Why are Canada's nurses and other health-care workers leaving long-term care? Share your story
As Canada's population ages, there is expected to be a shortage in long-term care workers. (Pexels) Canada faces a challenge of meeting the demand for long-term care workers as the sector's workforce is shrinking, according to a new study. With one of Canada's fastest growing age groups being people 85 and older, long-term care capacity will need to nearly double in the next decade to meet demand, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The CIHI found that fewer staff mainly worked in the long-term care sector in 2023, at an estimated 13.6 per cent of the health workforce or 50,216 providers, than before the pandemic. These workers include nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Recent data shows many of these workers are moving to jobs outside the long-term care industry. For instance, the number of registered psychiatric nurses working in long-term care dropped 42.5 per cent to 315 in 2023, from 548 in 2014. CIHI found in 2023 that most health-care job vacancies were for staff who often work at long-term care facilities, including registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses and personal support workers. These vacancies have risen steadily since 2015 and 'remain elevated' for many jobs, according to CIHI. Reasons for the vacancies include retirement, changing jobs or adding positions, the report found. The findings are an overview of recent trends and more data is needed for in-depth analyses, CIHI added. wants to hear from workers about their experiences working in the long-term care industry. Have you left or are you thinking of leaving your job in the sector? Why did you switch jobs, or thinking of making the change? What challenges did you face in your job? What can Canada do to retain workers in the sector? Share your story by emailing us at dotcom@ with your name, general location and phone number in case we want to follow up. Your comments may be used in a story.
