TORONTO, Dec. 15 /CNW/ - Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, is pleased to announce that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook) has adopted the Medworxx Learning Management System for its Nursing Portal. The Medworxx Learning Management System (LMS) will be the eLearning platform to support mandatory education including Ministry of Health mandated infection control and other relevant content.
"When nurses are excited about eLearning and look forward to the next session, I know that our LMS and our leaders that bring nursing education online are doing its part to help Sunnybrook invent the future of healthcare", said Shalimar Santos-Comia, Director of Nursing Education & eLearning, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. "Our nurses can check their own transcripts to better manage their education and learning plans. This gives our nurses control over their own learning path through a system that's available around the clock. It really has taken the nurses out of the classroom and has brought the classroom to the nurses." Ricky Chadha, eLearning Lead, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre notes, "We rolled out the nursing portal during Nursing Week to speed adoption of the new system. Sunnybrook has 2500 nurses accessing the Medworxx LMS for courses ranging from Blood Transfusion Practice to WHMIS Training."
The integration of LMS with Active Directory, ease of use and ease of rolling out the application were other key factors in Sunnybrook's decision to adopt this application.
"We are thrilled to add a respected hospital like Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to our family of customers", said Dan Matlow, President & CEO, Medworxx. "The Medworxx Learning Management System has been successfully deployed at hospitals throughout Canada and the US; it is a testament to the technology and our people that Sunnybrook has chosen to replace their previous LMS with Medworxx."
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is inventing the future of health care for the one million patients the hospital cares for each year through the dedication of its more than 10,000 staff and volunteers. An internationally recognized leader in research and education and a full affiliation with the University of Toronto distinguishes Sunnybrook as one of Canada's premier academic health sciences centres.
Sunnybrook specializes in caring for Canada's war veterans, high-risk pregnancies, critically-ill newborns, adults and the elderly, and treating and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, orthopaedic and arthritic conditions and traumatic injuries. For more information, visit www.sunnybrook.ca.
About Medworxx
Medworxx makes a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge. Founded in 2004, Medworxx products are now used by more than 400,000 people at over 270 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge. For more information, visit www.medworxx.com.
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