Eastern Health Goes Live with NexJ Disease Screening
Enhanced system to manage screening for colorectal cancer, the second
leading cause of cancer death in Canada, being deployed in Newfoundland
and Labrador
TORONTO, July 23, 2012 /CNW/ – NexJ Systems Inc., (TSX: NXJ) a leading provider of next generation enterprise customer
relationship management (CRM) solutions, today announced that Eastern
Health, the largest, integrated health authority in Newfoundland and
Labrador, has begun use of the NexJ Disease Screening solution for its Colorectal Screening Information and Reporting System
project. This makes Eastern Health the second Canadian healthcare
provider to use NexJ Disease Screening for colorectal screening for
large populations of patients.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in
Canada. In 2012 an estimated 23,300 Canadians (13,000 men – 10,300
women) will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 9,200 (5,000 men -
4,200 women) will die from it. On average, 64 Canadians will be
diagnosed with colorectal cancer every day and 25 will die from the
disease every day.(1)
“NexJ Disease Screening is proven to improve wellness within a
population as evidenced in Saskatchewan by the Saskatchewan Cancer
Agency. Eastern Health now joins Saskatchewan in use of our solution
for their population-based disease surveillance programs which have
successfully identified pre-symptomatic individuals with colorectal
cancer,” said Eric Gombrich, SVP & GM, Health Solutions Group, NexJ
Systems. “A significant contributing factor in Saskatchewan’s early
detection success has been the high participation rate of nearly 50 per
cent of the population identified by the Screening Program for
Colorectal Cancer. This approach has proven to enable dramatically
higher participation than in other initiatives.”
NexJ Disease Screening enables proactive, targeted screening for
diseases across a population. Health provider networks use the
solution to identify treatable diseases early, enable coordinated
action when disease is detected, and analyze results to improve
screening programs and public health.
Among the goals of Eastern Health’s Colon Cancer Screening Program is to
encourage screening, which will raise the number of instances of early
detection and, as a result, reduce the number of deaths from the
disease.
“Introducing advanced automation to disease screening programs not only
improves efficiency, it enhances reliability and usefulness of the
information gathered,” said Katherine Chubbs, Vice President
responsible for the Cancer Care Program at Eastern Health. “The Colon
Cancer Screening Program further demonstrates our commitment to the
continuous enhancement of the systems and processes used to improve the
wellness of our region.”
About Eastern Health
Eastern Health is the largest, integrated health authority in
Newfoundland and Labrador employing approximately 13,000 dedicated
employees and serving a population of more than 290,000 people. The
authority has an annual budget of over $1.2 billion and offers the full
continuum of health and community services including public health,
long-term care, community services, hospital care and unique provincial
programs and services. Its geographic boundaries extend from St. John’s
west to Port Blandford including all communities on the Avalon, Burin
and Bonavista Peninsulas.
About NexJ Systems Inc.
NexJ is a leading provider of enterprise private cloud software,
delivering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for
financial services, insurance, and healthcare. Our next-generation,
people-centered software combines industry-specific functionality with
information from multiple applications and data stores to provide
comprehensive knowledge of the individual. Organizations use this
knowledge to provide superior sales and service by enabling proactive
interactions that influence behavior.
NexJ was founded by an executive management team with extensive
experience in the successful design and delivery of large-scale,
integrated, enterprise software solutions. For more information about
NexJ Systems visit www.nexj.com, e-mail info@nexj.com, or call 416-222-5611.
(Source: Canadian Cancer Society, Statistics Canada, Provincial /
Territorial Cancer Registries, Public Health Agency of Canada)
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company at the date of this press release, may prove to be inaccurate
and consequently its actual results could differ materially from the
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future events or otherwise.
SOURCE NexJ Systems Inc.
