Mr. Sam Chebib reports

NIGHTINGALE AND GIIWEDNONG HEALTH LINK LAUNCH THEIR DIGITAL HEALTH PROJECT IN ONTARIO; MASTER AGREEMENT INITIALLY COVERS 14 FIRST NATIONS AND IS AVAILABLE TO OVER 120 FIRST NATIONS IN ONTARIO

Nightingale Informatix Corp. and the Giiwednong Health Link (GHL) are launching a digital health project for 14 first nations in Ontario located along the north shore of Lake Huron and throughout Manitoulin Island. The electronic medical record (EMR) project will use Nightingale enterprise software for the EMR and practice management and will be launched using the "One Patient One Record" cloud-based deployment model.

Under the terms of the master agreement, GHL will pay Nightingale approximately $3-million for the 14 participating GHL first nations over the five-year term of the agreement. While established for GHL, the master agreement allows any of the more than 120 first nations in Ontario to join the program and be part of the agreement, for a predetermined incremental fee.

"After many years of hard work and investments from all stakeholders, we are very pleased that we have received the support of Health Canada, first nations and Inuit Health to fund and launch this very important project," said Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee, chairperson of the Ontario Chiefs Committee on Health. "The GHL digital health program represents a major step forward in enhancing health services delivery to improve first nations health outcomes and to ensure they are on par with provincial and national outcomes. We are excited to partner with Nightingale and deploy their state-of-the-art technology in our communities."

"We are very pleased with GHL's decision to partner with Nightingale for this very important initiative. This is a great opportunity for us to showcase the power of our next-generation product that is built around the concept of 'one patient one record,'" said Sam Chebib, chief executive officer of Nightingale. "We believe that the master agreement entered into with GHL will be a transformative step in first nations health services in the province of Ontario. The GHL project and potential growth beyond the 14 first nations establishes Nightingale as a clear leader in providing digital health platforms for first nations."

"The health and well-being of our community members has always been our highest priority and implementing a one-patient-one-record EMR across the GHL is a very exciting milestone that directly supports our vision," said GHL steering member Roger Beaudin. "Our commitment to providing our members with the best quality of health care using real-time digital health information is becoming a reality."

Nightingale received approximately $1-million to launch the project, with the balance of the contract to be paid as services are delivered for the balance of the first nation sites.

It is expected that the first health centre will be operational by the end of March, 2016, with the balance of GHL centres operational by March, 2017.

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