IT gold to University Health.Toronto -- The University Health Network received the Gold Award of Canadian Information Technology Productivity awards for non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . The award was given for the electronic process that integrates UHN's health information system with its pharmacy system to provide computerized order entry by physicians, electronic nursing documentation at the bedside, and electronic validation of orders by the pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. . The UHN UHN United Hackers Network (hacker group) UHN Unit Hub Node encompasses three Toronto hospitals--Toronto General, Toronto Western and Princess Margaret--as well as Toronto Medical Laboratories. The UHN has an operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. of nearly $900 million, 1,200 physicians and 11,000 affiliated staff. It serve the needs of 30,000 inpatient cases and 950,000 outpatient visits annually. |
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