CGI wins contract from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

CGI Group, a provider of information technology and business process services, signed a multi-year, $2.2 million contract with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario (Sunnybrook). CGI will implement its Sovera enterprise content management and workflow automation solution while providing ongoing software maintenance and support services to the system’s users.

CGI’s Sovera software, used by 40+ health care systems in more than 240 acute care hospitals in the US and Canada, will first be implemented in Sunnybrook’s health information management (medical records) area. CGI’s Sovera complete digital records management system provides secure, instant access to patient information enterprise-wide, which results in increased staff productivity, improved customer service, and enhanced patient care. Built on two award-winning platforms, IBM Enterprise Content Management and Datacap Taskmaster for Capture and Forms Processing, Sovera automates medical records workflow processes including: medical coding, chart review, analysis and completion, and records release.

As one of Canada’s largest and most dynamic health systems, Sunnybrook comprises 3 campuses with 10,000 staff, physicians and volunteers who serve more than one million patients each year. Over the last 60 years, Sunnybrook has evolved from its original role as a Veterans’ hospital into a centre of excellence in patient care, education and research.

“We chose CGI’s Sovera solution after a comprehensive market search and a review of CGI’s and Sovera’s integration capabilities,” said Sam Marafioti, CIO of Sunnybrook. “We needed a solution that met our technical and business objectives to enhance clinical productivity and the effectiveness of our clinical staff, while continuing quality of care and ensuring patient safety.”

“We are very pleased to partner with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to implement our content management solution in their medical records area” said Steve Bock, Director of the Healthcare Solutions practice at CGI. “As an industry-leading platform, Sovera will help Sunnybrook meet their business goals and objectives of reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and creating a paperless environment while maintaining their outstanding standard for patient care.”