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SALUMATICS
www.salumatics.com
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HEALTHCARE • Salumatics
SALUMATICS
Improving patient care
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HEALTHCARE • Salumatics
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At the root of the name Salumatics is “salus”, or
“health” in Latin, a reflection of the company’s
contribution to the evolution of the healthcare system,
specifically by assisting healthcare organizations reach
their electronic health record goals.
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HEALTHCARE • Salumatics
Mississauga-based company Salumatics provides a range of health information services, so-
SALUS, SALUTIS N (3RD) F
lutions, and technologies to healthcare providers,
HEALTH; PROSPERITY; GOOD WISH;
governments, business and hospitals. They have
GREETING; SALVATION, SAFETY;
a unique and comprehensive understanding of
the challenges of keeping and accessing patient
Efficiency
records in an increasingly digital age. Salumatics
The basic advantage to conversion of paper
brings vast experience to healthcare providers
records is to make the hospitals more efficient,
who seek to convert their paper records to elec-
says Magnacca. The conversion of paper to the
tronic form and need the tools and resources to
digital electronic image allows doctors to review
evolve their health information. With offices and
more accurately the information, expedites
facilities also in Montreal, Salumatics is uniquely
access to critical patient information, and
positioned to serve the Canadian market with
removes that cumbersome process of piles
their electronic data needs.
of paper sorted into files and then eventually
“We are trying to help healthcare organizations improve patient care,” says President and
getting the file back to a health provider.
“Our mandate is to assist health care orga-
CEO Allan Magnacca, who has been with Salu-
nizations to reach their electronic health record
matics since 2003, bringing with him a wealth
goals,” says Magnacca.
of senior management experience in the public
As the Canadian market is largely funded
and private sector to the executive team. He
with public funds, Canadian clients aren’t drawn
describes Salumatics services in four areas: re-
to Salumatics cost benefits the same way its
cords conversion, remote coding and abstracting
American clients are. Rather, they gravitate
(whereby coders identify procedures by a stan-
towards Salumatics for the improvement in
dard code classification which is useful particu-
resource efficiency, which can be concentrated
larly for statistical purposes), data hosting and di-
further on patient care.
saster recovery. These services combine to offer
management of electronic records to healthcare
Visit from the Mayor
providers during the transition to electronic data
Salumatics was honoured to be visited in Sep-
keeping and maintenance thereafter.
tember by Mississauga Mayor, the indefatigable
DECEMBER 2010 • The Canadian Business Journal
Hazel McCallion. Mayor McCallion paid a formal
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At their secure data centre, Salumatics pro-
visit to the Salumatics headquarters in Missis-
vides remote hosting of Trillium health records
sauga and toured the company offices and se-
in SaluVision, a platform independent Software
cure production facilities where health records
as a Service (SaaS) software product. The
from across North America are managed.
SaluVision SaaS platform provides Trillium with
a cost effective secure alternative to expensive
“Mayor McCallion has been very
involved in understanding the
health system,” says Magnacca,
“and is very much a supporter of
hospitals within Mississauga such as
Trillium Health Centre. She really
connected quickly with our people
and showed a real understanding
of the importance of the services,
solutions and technologies we were
providing.”
legacy based Electronic Document Management Systems.
Magnacca and his team are very excited to be
working with a large number of healthcare organizations across North America. The team contributes directly on efforts towards consuming less
paper. “Over the course of our business, we have
converted in excess of 91 million pieces of paper
to digital images, or over 636,000 tonnes of paper.
By going in this direction, the consumption of paper
will be drastically reduced in the future.”
The ushering of the healthcare industry into
Their work with Trillium Health Centre
the digital age is a huge undertaking. With credit
Her visit came in recognition of Salumatics sign-
to Salumatics, the Ontario and Quebec health-
ing a five-year agreement to provide hosting of
care industries are being streamlined and im-
health records for Trillium Health Centre. Trillium
proved, improving patient care with it. CB
Health Centre, which has locations in Mississauga and west Toronto, recently signed a five year
agreement with Salumatics to provide conversion of paper-based charts to digital images, plus
hosting of electronic health records. This is in
addition to a large coding project that Salumatics
completed for Trillium earlier this year.
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