Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
$150,000.00
Electronic Medical Records Ecosystem Cloud Transition Investigation, Planning, and Development for_x000d_ Robust, Scalable and Secure Long-Term Support
FY 2020-21
Summary
York Card Technology Inc. o/a YMS is a Markham, Ontario company that develops and manages healthcare
information technology solutions, including electronic medical records (EMR) management and healthcare
billing software. YMS has been assisting Ontario healthcare professionals and their administrative staff for 25+
years. The YMS billing software was built as a desktop application, and has provided consistent services for its
clients, however, there is a need to improve its reliability, security, speed, and create an application that can be
managed and evolved in a scalable fashion. YMS would like to investigate, test and develop a billing cloud
application for greater reliability and EMR integration. The Mohawk College mHealth and eHealth
Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has performed digital health applied research projects since
2007, and has the software, health information, digital health data standards, iterative development, and
networking experience and expertise to investigate and develop this project. MEDIC is extensively familiar
with meeting rigorous health software standards; and building modern web-based solutions that are reliable and
scalable. The project will ensure the YMS billing application is redeveloped with efficient workflows, a secure
system, and a modular framework to enable efficient integration with their EMR and its evolution.
In the Best Advice-Advanced and Meaningful Use of EMRs by The College of Family Physicians of Canada,
Quality Improvement is highlighted as critical, which this project will support for YMS' EMR offerings, and its
internal operations. Canada's Economic Strategy Tables report on Health and Biosciences notes the goal to
increase Canada's ranking from ninth of eleven countries in the 2017 Commonwealth Fund ranking of
healthcare system performance to a top five place by 2025. An important element to increasing the rank is
reducing administrative time and costs and improving care delivery. This project will contribute towards those
efforts by supporting the YMS EMR and improving efficiencies for its healthcare delivery clients
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
555774-2020
Name nom
McIsaac, Jeffrey
Department département
Fennell Campus
Organization id
2189
Institution établissement
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
150000
Program id
CARD3
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 3
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
800
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information and communication services
Area of application fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Research subject code
2700
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Information technology
Research subject fr
Technologie de l'information
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Electronic Medical Records Ecosystem Cloud Transition Investigation, Planning, and Development for_x000d_
Robust, Scalable and Secure Long-Term Support
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
York Card Technology Inc. o/a YMS is a Markham, Ontario company that develops and manages healthcare
information technology solutions, including electronic medical records (EMR) management and healthcare
billing software. YMS has been assisting Ontario healthcare professionals and their administrative staff for 25+
years. The YMS billing software was built as a desktop application, and has provided consistent services for its
clients, however, there is a need to improve its reliability, security, speed, and create an application that can be
managed and evolved in a scalable fashion. YMS would like to investigate, test and develop a billing cloud
application for greater reliability and EMR integration. The Mohawk College mHealth and eHealth
Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has performed digital health applied research projects since
2007, and has the software, health information, digital health data standards, iterative development, and
networking experience and expertise to investigate and develop this project. MEDIC is extensively familiar
with meeting rigorous health software standards; and building modern web-based solutions that are reliable and
scalable. The project will ensure the YMS billing application is redeveloped with efficient workflows, a secure
system, and a modular framework to enable efficient integration with their EMR and its evolution.
In the Best Advice-Advanced and Meaningful Use of EMRs by The College of Family Physicians of Canada,
Quality Improvement is highlighted as critical, which this project will support for YMS' EMR offerings, and its
internal operations. Canada's Economic Strategy Tables report on Health and Biosciences notes the goal to
increase Canada's ranking from ninth of eleven countries in the 2017 Commonwealth Fund ranking of
healthcare system performance to a top five place by 2025. An important element to increasing the rank is
reducing administrative time and costs and improving care delivery. This project will contribute towards those
efforts by supporting the YMS EMR and improving efficiencies for its healthcare delivery clients
