ClinicalConnect System Notices
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Current Unscheduled Data Outage(s)/Portal Downtime
Date & Time |
System/Data Impacted |
More Info |
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January 10, 2025 |
Various Cardiology Reports from Niagara Health |
Various types of cardiology reports are currently not available in ClinicalConnect; work is underway to restore access to this data. In the meantime, if you are unable to view a report you'd expect to find in ClinicalConnect, please contact the Health Records department at Niagara Health. |
November 25, 2024 |
Scanned and archived health records from Woodstock Hospital (WH) |
Scanned and archived health records from WH is currently unavailable in ClinicalConnect; work is underway to restore access to this data. |
November 13, 2024 |
Historical data from St. Mary's General Hospital (SMGH) |
Data generated prior to November 2019 is not currently viewable in ClinicalConnect; work is underway to restore access to this historical data. |
November 9, 2024 |
Scanned and archived health records from Niagara Health and Hotel Dieu Shaver Health & Rehabilitation Centres (NH = Source) |
Scanned and archived health records where NH = Source are currently unavailable in ClinicalConnect; those with NHS = Source (pre November 9, 2024) remain available. |
August 15, 2024 |
Images from Ontario Health's Diagnostic Imaging Common Service (DI-CS) |
Images from Ontario Health's Diagnostic Imaging Common Service (DI-CS) may be intermittently unavailable. Reports are not impacted and will remain available. |
Ongoing |
"Report Technical Issue Form" Inside ClinicalConnect |
Please be advised that ClinicalConnect's "Report Technical Issue Form" is not currently working. To report a technical issue with ClinicalConnect please email the HITS Helpdesk at helpd@hhsc.ca, or for more urgent issues, call 905-521-2100 ext. 43000. |
Upcoming Scheduled Data Outage(s)/Portal Downtime(s)
Date & Time |
System/Data Impacted |
More Info |
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January 22, 2025, 2000 hrs - 2200 hrs |
Data from Ontario Laboratories Information System (OLIS) |
For Participant Organizations Authorized to View Data from OLIS: This data may not be available in ClinicalConnect during this time due to system maintenance being performed by Ontario Health |
January 22, 2025, 2300 hrs - January 23, 2025, 0400 hrs |
Data from Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) |
Data from BCHS will be unavailable during this time due to system maintenance being performed by the hospital. |
January 24, 2025, 0030 hrs - 0130 hrs |
Data from Hamilton Health Sciences (HHSC) |
Data with "HHSC" as the "Source" will be unavailable in ClinicalConnect during this time due to system maintenance being performed by the hospital. |
January 25, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
January 26, 2025, 2000 hrs - 2015 hrs |
Data from Diagnostic Imaging Common Service (DI-CS) |
For Participant Organizations Authorized to View Data from DI-CS: New diagnostic imaging data generated by hospitals during this time will not be viewable in ClinicalConnect until after the outage is over. |
January 30, 2025, 0030 hrs - 0130 hrs |
Brief Interruptions in ClinicalConnect Access |
ClinicalConnect users may experience two, five-second (maximum) interruptions, during this time due to network maintenance being performed. |
February 1, 2025, 1430 hrs - 1630 hrs |
Data from Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) and Alexandra Marine & General Hospital (AMGH) |
Data from HPHA and AMGH will be unavailable in ClinicalConnect due to system maintenance being performed by the hospital. |
February 22, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
March 22, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
April 26, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
May 24, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
June 21, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
July 19, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
August 23, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
September 20, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
October 25, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
November 22, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
December 13, 2025, 0800 hrs - 1200 hrs |
ClinicalConnect |
ClinicalConnect will be unavailable due to scheduled system maintenance. |
Data, Features & Functionality Updates
Date of Notice |
Data/Users Impacted |
Feature/Functionality Update |
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December 10, 2024 |
Data from Niagara Health (NH) & Hotel Dieu Shaver Health & Rehabilitation Centre (HDS) |
Please be advised that data from Niagara Health and Hotel Dieu Shaver Health & Rehabilitation Centre is once again fully available in ClinicalConnect's clinical modules, as follows:
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June 13, 2024 |
Update on Addendums of Various Reports with HHSC = Source |
Further to the April 17, 2024 posting below, Addendum information for Radiology reports, where "HHSC" is the "Source", is now displaying correctly in ClinicalConnect. Regarding addendums of Cardiology Reports where "HHSC" is the "Source", they too now display correctly in ClinicalConnect except for the following types of reports: 1. Cardiac Cath For these six types of tests, a technical issue still persists in some cases if the "Status" of the report is "Amended". To ensure you obtain the complete report, please contact the Health Records department at the Hamilton Health Sciences hospital site where the test/procedure was performed. |
April 17, 2024 |
Addendums of Various Reports with HHSC = Source |
Radiology and Cardiology reports as well as some Transcription reports where "HHSC" is the "Source" in ClinicalConnect are currently not displaying addendum information correctly. Work is underway to fix the technical issue, however in the meantime, if the "Status" of a report in one of these modules is "Amended", and there is no obvious indication of an addendum in the report details, please contact the Health Records department at the Hamilton Health Sciences hospital site where the test/procedure was performed to ensure you obtain the complete report. |
March 21, 2024 |
Genetics, Malignant Hematology-Flow and Bone Marrow Reports from HRLMP |
Genetics, Malignant Hematology-Flow and Bone Marrow Reports from the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP), generated from June 4, 2022 onwards, are now available to all authorized ClinicalConnect users in PDF format in the Pathology & Genetics Module. In ClinicalConnect, the "Source" of all Genetics reports is "HHSC". For additional info, visit https://info.clinicalconnect.ca/CC/healthcare/resource-centre-summary-of-hhs-data-display-changes |
March 13, 2024 |
Scanned and Archived Health Records from STEGH and LWHA |
Scanned and archived health records from St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital and Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance are now viewable in ClinicalConnect's Health Records module. |
January 18, 2024 |
HHS/HRLMP Pathology Reports |
Pathology Reports from the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP) are now available to all authorized ClinicalConnect users in PDF format in the Pathology & Genetics Module. In ClinicalConnect, the "Source" of all HRLMP Pathology Reports is "HHSC". For additional info, visit https://info.clinicalconnect.ca/CC/healthcare/resource-centre-summary-of-hhs-data-display-changes |
October 18, 2023 |
Oncology Data from Niagara Health |
Oncology data from visits to Niagara Health's Walker Family Cancer Centre (WFCC), including historical data, is now viewable in ClinicalConnect's Transcriptions Module (where the "Source" is WFCC, and the "Facility" is St. Catharines Site). For additional info, visit https://info.clinicalconnect.ca/CC/healthcare/resource-centre-advanced-search#Source |
N/A |
Sub-set of Radiology Reports and Images from Joseph Brant Hospital and Brant Community Healthcare System |
The following radiology reports and images are unavailable in ClinicalConnect:
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July 7, 2023 |
Mozilla Firefox Browser Users, Viewing Diagnostic Images from Ontario Health West Region Hospitals |
Diagnostic images from hospitals in Ontario Health West Region cannot be viewed in ClinicalConnect when using Firefox (internet browser) version 44 or higher. Please use a different, supported internet browser. |
June 5, 2023 |
All Users |
Please note the following changes in relation to oncology records from Niagara Health:
A project is underway to re-integrate the remaining oncology data from Niagara Health with ClinicalConnect. |
February 1, 2023 |
ClinicalConnect Users at Hamilton Health Sciences |
Formulary Module in ClinicalConnect no longer available; please refer to the Formulary lists within the hospital's Epic Hospital Information System |
June 4, 2022 |
All Users |
Hamilton Health Sciences' Data Display in ClinicalConnect (updated July 22, 2022) |
December 14, 2021 |
Users Authorized to View Data from |
Paediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Information in |
September 8, 2021 |
All Users |
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June 28, 2021 |
All Users |
Subscribing to New Results Notifications Using ClinicalConnect |
May 26, 2021 |
All Users |
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May 22, 2021 |
Users Authorized to View Data from |
Viewing COVID-19 Vaccination Information in ClinicalConnect's Pharmacy Module |
Ancillary Online Tools - Scheduled/Unscheduled Outage(s)/Downtime(s)
Ancillary Online Tools includes the Access Governance System (AGS), HITS Digital Health Learning Management System (LMS) and Self-Service Password Manager (SSPM).
Date & Time |
Online Tool Impacted |
More Info |
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No issues to report |
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