TORONTO – xwave has been named Company of the Year at the Canadian Health Informatics Awards. The Awards are an annual black-tie event held to honour contributions made to health informatics in Canada. This year’s gala took place November 16th at the Arcadian Court in downtown Toronto, and was co-hosted by the Canadian Healthcare Information Technology Trade Association (CHITTA) and Canada`s Health Informatics Association (COACH).

The Company of the Year award recognizes a distinguished healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) organization that has demonstrated excellence in the Canadian health informatics industry within the past 12 months. Through this award, client organizations and business partners have the opportunity to nominate private-sector companies that have excelled in corporate initiatives and client satisfaction while delivering exceptional quality of service.

Accepting the award on xwave’s behalf was Paula Hatty, Account Manager for Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation (AHSC). In addition to acknowledging the talent of her xwave Healthcare colleagues, Paula spoke of the privilege of partnering with healthcare clients and the role they play in the organization’s success.

She specifically thanked AHSC which nominated xwave for the award. xwave is currently in year 6 of a 10-year outsource agreement with AHSC, and provides the 13-site facility with end-to-end ICT services and support. In his nomination, Derrick Jardine, AHSC’s Chief Information Officer, cited factors such as technical expertise, contract flexibility, a consistent surpassing of service level agreements, and a willingness to work with external vendors.

xwave was also nominated in the Healthcare Transformation category for the Clinical Management System (CMS) Application Service Provider (ASP) program; the CMS ASP is Ontario’s only intranet-based Clinical Management System approved and funding-eligible under the Province’s Physician IT Program.

xwave operates one of Canada’s largest healthcare-consulting practices; its 200 medical, technology and business specialists deliver services and solutions that effectively connect providers with patients and promote efficiency and reform across the entire continuum of care. From iEHR strategies and eHealth blueprints to eReferral and clinical management systems, xwave Healthcare works to move health information more efficiently and make it available to the right person at the right time.