Health

As our population ages, society demands more out of our health care system. At the same time, technological advances promise new and better outcomes. And yet, governments and health care providers struggle with the financial, organizational and technological challenges of meeting demand and exploiting new technology.

This is where Bell comes in.

As a trusted enabler across the continuum of care, Bell Canada delivers a comprehensive range of healthcare solutions through the Bell Centre for Healthcare Innovation.

The Bell Centre for Healthcare Innovation (BCHI) provides applications, equipment, business and IT consulting, integration, and infrastructure support services in four critical segments of healthcare:

• Access to and delivery of healthcare information
• Creating opportunities to improve efficiency
• Enabling ongoing improvements to quality of care and patient safety
• Establishing and maintaining a flexible and reliable ICT infrastructure

Staffed by experts drawn from healthcare, government, and the private sector, BCHI focuses on clinical, business, and technology issues that affect all stakeholders. Its goal is to help customers:

• Streamline patient intake and overall care
• Enable remote connectivity for medical personnel and patients
• Speed decision-making through collaboration
• Share patient records in real-time
• Improve delivery of services remotely and at the bedside
• Reduce overhead costs, and
• Generate additional revenue streams

A comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services

Solutions and services offered through the Bell Centre for Healthcare Innovation include:

• Healthcare repositories – secure data storage facilities for health data, including electronic health records, drawn from multiple sources such as hospitals, labs, clinics, physician offices and pharmacies
  
  
• Network infrastructure – all aspects of networking and communications, including hosting capabilities, local area networks, wide area networks, metro area networks, Internet and public telephone network infrastructure, wireless networking, and professional services
  
  
• Security and privacy solutions – privacy and security audits, data anonymization and de-identification, and privacy impact assessments
  
  
• Health information exchange solutions – design and implementation of integration and interoperability solutions that connect disparate systems across organizations or regions to enable the sharing of electronic health information and real-time monitoring of clinical activities and processes
  
  
• Point-of-service applications and devices:

• - Portal applications
• - Bedside terminal applications
• - Patient self-service kiosks
• - Event/service/alert management systems
• - Telehealth and collaboration tools
• - Chronic disease management programs

About Bell integrated communications and technology (ICT) solutions

Bell is a leader in driving ICT convergence strategies for enterprises. With a world-class, proven ICT infrastructure – backed by a cross-functional team of industry-leading experts and more than 125 years of business success – we are unique in our ability to provide flexible, end-to-end solutions and services that can be customized to meet evolving business demands.

We offer:

• The power, performance and reliability of the country's largest IP infrastructure
• State-of-the-art network, data centres, lab and technology resources
• In-depth knowledge of business process solutions and applications for different industries
• Consistent levels of service, performance and solution reliability
• A strong commitment and track record of performance in developing customer-focused solutions