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MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE ON CYBER ATTACKS AT REGIONAL HOSPITALS
Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital, and our shared service provider TransForm Shared Service Organization, were recently the victims of a ransomware attack that impacted operations as well as certain patient, employee and professional staff data. We have become aware that data connected to the cyber […]
MEDIA RELEASE: UPDATE ON CYBER ATTACKS AT REGIONAL HOSPITALS
Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital, and our shared service provider TransForm Shared Service Organization, can confirm that we are victims of a ransomware attack.Working with leading cybersecurity experts, we have determined through our investigation that, unfortunately, certain patient, employee and professional staff data has been […]
Media Release: Update on Cyber Attacks at Regional Hospitals
October 27, 2023 – For Immediate Release Bluewater Health, Chatham Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital, along with our shared service provider TransForm Shared Service Organization, continue to work around the clock to restore systems following a recent cybersecurity incident. Leading third-party cybersecurity experts have been engaged and […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Systems Outage Update
We are providing an update on the technical issues we are experiencing. As the shared service provider we have determined that our member hospitals are experiencing a cyberattack.Unfortunately, this incident is impacting their provision of care in various ways. For those patients who have care scheduled in the next few days, the hospitals will contact […]
System Outage – October 23, 2023
Currently, our member hospitals and Windsor-Essex Hospice are experiencing a systems outage including email. If your patients have a pre-booked appointment, please be advised they might be delayed or postponed. We encourage the use of appropriate community health services rather than going to the Emergency Department unless it is a true emergency. Thank you for […]
Press Release: Connecting Healthcare for Enhanced Patient Care – Grand River Hospitals & St. Mary’s Hospital Go Live on Ontario eHub
Kitchener-Waterloo Region, Ontario, October 19, 2023 — Ontario eHub (a partnership between TransForm and Project AMPLIFI) reached another significant milestone in the pursuit of better, more efficient, and coordinated patient care in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. As of October 19, 2023, Grand River Hospitals and St Mary’s Hospital have joined the Erie St Clair, London, Cornwall […]
TransForm – Working to Connect Ontario Health Systems
October 10, 2023 – Connecting the medical records of patients across the healthcare continuum to affect better, more efficient and coordinated patient care has moved another step forward for acute care hospitals and Long-Term Care (LTC) homes in the Grey-Bruce region.As of October 5, 2023, all hospitals in the Grey-Bruce region are now live on […]
Supply Chain Recognition Week: A Day in the Life of Lisa Heuston
Providing exceptional customer service is embedded in TransForm’s mission and values and staff that work on-site at member hospitals are a specific example of how that works.At Chatham Kent Health Alliance, Lisa Heuston works on-site as the Perioperative Supply Chain Specialist, ensuring surgical teams have the medical supplies and equipment needed to complete their procedures.From […]
Supply Chain Recognition Week: A Day in the Life of Enid Bryans
It’s hard work, long days and back-to-back meetings, but ultimately, being Director of Supply Chain at TransForm is about building relationships.Each day, Enid Bryans goes to work building trust with hospitals, vendors, her team and counterparts across the region to keep vital supplies and equipment available to help clinicians save patient lives.Supply Chain is a […]
Leadership Talk Series: Q&A with Megan VanderEnde
Megan VanderEnde is Director of Finance at TransForm, starting her current role in 2021. As a young member of the senior leadership team who has worked her way up from an entry position, she has unique insight into the process of developing as a leader, a mentor and the challenges of health system finance in […]