Windsor, Ontario – October 6, 2022 – TransForm SSO’s e-VOLVE team has been recognized as a winner of the CIO Awards Canada 2022 by International Data Corporation (IDC) and CIO. The e-VOLVE team, in partnership with TransForm SSO’s member hospitals – Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital, spearheaded the largest digital transformation project of its kind for the Erie St. Clair region, during the COVID-19 pandemic. TransForm SSO led the team across four hospitals, representing six sites and over 1000 beds, to implement the Cerner Millennium hospital information system (HIS).

The e-VOLVE project focused on building a shared, longitudinal patient record that is easily utilized and shared across the Erie St. Clair region, with the goal of maximizing efficiency for various stakeholders including patients, staff and providers. Through the implementation of this award-winning project, TransForm SSO contributed to a 20% improved patient satisfaction rate while enabling four of its member hospitals to achieve level 6 of 7 on the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, which only 16 Canadian hospitals were able to achieve.

“The recognition of e-VOLVE marks a milestone and is very special to me because it represents the power of teamwork and how truly amazing things can happen in our region when we all work together towards such an innovative and impactful goal,” said Noralyn ‘Lyn’ Baluyot, President & CEO, TransForm SSO. “Congratulations to our e-VOLVE team at TransForm and to our member hospitals. I am incredibly proud of what has been accomplished and look forward to many more milestones as we achieve better systems and better care together.”

Every year, CIO recognizes the tech world’s most innovative organizations and accomplished leaders. 2022 would be the first year for this popular Awards Program in Canada where CIO Awards Canada recognizes innovative Canadian tech projects and teams.

“We’re excited to celebrate our inaugural class of CIO Awards Canada, which honours Canadian IT organizations for projects driving digital business growth through technology innovation. Many projects are related to solutions for data management, work collaboration for hybrid work culture and digital transformation to improve business processes like predictive approaches to drive data value and reducing the carbon footprints,” said Lars Goransson, Managing Director, Canada, IDC. “We are honoured to showcase these achievements and the people behind them as we gather virtually to experience CIO’s Future of Digital Innovation Summit & Awards Canada at the end of November. The event will be co-produced by IDF and Foundry’s CIO. We’re also pleased to co-present TECHNATION’S Ingenious Awards at the Summit – it truly will be a celebration of innovation in Canada.”

Executives from the winning companies will be recognized at the CIO’s Future of Digital Innovation Summit & Awards Canada on November 29 and 30.

About TransForm SSO:

TransForm Shared Service Organization is a not-for-profit, shared service organization founded by the five hospitals in Erie St. Clair to manage their hospital IT and supply chain needs. As a leader in health system innovation, TransForm SSO has developed and implemented advanced initiatives that improve efficiency and help customers focus on providing outstanding care and service. Our goal is to provide exceptional customer service, find new opportunities to reduce costs, increase efficiencies while improving the performance of healthcare organizations and helping our member hospitals. Our award-winning team is well-equipped the health system thrive. To learn more about TransForm SSO, please visit www.transformsso.ca or follow us on LinkedIn: TransForm Shared Service Organization and Twitter: @TransFormSSO.

About the CIO Awards Canada:

The CIO Awards Canada celebrate Canadian organizations and the teams with them that are using IT in innovative ways to delivery business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers. It is an acknowledged mark of enterprise excellence. Because the award is given to company projects rather than individuals, it’s an honour that everyone on Canadian team can take pride in. Coverage of the CIO Awards Canada award-winning projects will be available online at CIO’s Future of Digital Innovation Summit & Awards Canada and CIO.com soon.

About IDC:

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,300 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC’s analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives. Founded in 1964 IDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading media, data, and marketing services company that activates and engages the most influential technology buyers. To learn more about IDC, please visit www.idc.com. To learn more about IDC Canada, please visit www.idc.com/ca or follow us on Twitter: @idccanadaand LinkedIn: IDC Canada.

About CIO:

CIO focuses on attracting the highest concentration of enterprise CIOs and business technology executives with unparalleled peer insight and expertise on business strategy, innovation, and leadership. As organizations grow with digital transformation, CIO provides its readers with key insights on career development, including certifications, hiring practices and skills development. The award-winning CIO portfolio provides business technology leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT’s role in achieving business goals. CIO is published by Foundry (formerly IDG Communications, Inc.) Company information is available at www.foundryco.com. Follow CIO on Twitter: @CIOonline & @CIOevents, and on LinkedIn: CIO Online and on Facebook: @CIOfacebook

Media Contacts

Michelle Watters, TransForm SSO, [email protected], 519-401-9043

Juhayna Helmy, TransForm SSO, [email protected], 438-728-6133