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Marijuana for Medical Purposes: What We Know and Don’t Know

November 1, 2016

With the advent of recent government legislation Medical Marijuana is becoming a much more mainstream topic. The number of clients registered with Health Canada to use medical cannabis has grown. At the end of June, 2016 there were 75,166 registered clients under the medical marijuana regime, according to Health Canada’s website. That’s up 40 per […]

AB/IME Files: The Importance of Workflow Based Document Management

April 20, 2016

It is widely acknowledged that of all the different types of insurance claims, Accident Benefits (AB) is the most document intensive – requiring vast amounts of information on an array of forms to be shared among various parties such as legal representation and Independent Medical Examination (IME) companies often over the course of multiple years. […]

Entering the Cloud: Risk Versus Reward

February 25, 2016

Global Software as a Service (SaaS) revenues are forecasted to reach $106B in 2016, increasing 21% over projected 2015 spending levels. A Goldman Sachs study published last month projects that spending on cloud computing infrastructure and platforms is still on target to increase 30% from 2013 through 2018 compared with 5% growth for overall enterprise […]

How the Backend Influences the Frontend in Technology System Implementation

February 5, 2016

In our last article we reviewed the key steps to consider when implementing a workflow based technology system – establishing that a system can only be as good as the planning, configuration, and data entered into it – and an important part of this data is clearly understanding and defining the “role/s” of each potential […]

Key Steps to Consider When Implementing a Workflow Based Technology System:

December 23, 2015

Over the past 10 years, with the advent of enhanced Internet-based application capabilities and a growing awareness of the gains systemized processes can provide an organization, a wealth of resources have been invested in an attempt to determine what constitutes the optimal technology solution/s for a company. As a result, we have decided to weigh-in […]

Distracted Driving: Overview & Will the New Penalties be Effective?

November 20, 2015

With all of the recent media coverage, for most of us, it is not news that as of September 1, 2015 in Ontario the fines and penalties for distracted driving increased. Just as an overview, if convicted of distracted driving, a fully licenced driver (holder of Class A, B, C, D, E, F, G) or […]