Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Company Overview

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is one of Canada's largest and most dynamic hospitals, providing critical care to over one million patients every year.

Over the past 60 years, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has grown exponentially from a veterans' hospital; to a world class facility providing groundbreaking care for Canada's war veterans, high-risk pregnancies, critically-ill newborns, adults and elderly, and treating and preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, orthopedic and arthritic conditions and traumatic injuries.

With a staff of 10,000 over three sites, 2,000 students and more than 600 scientists, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is home to a network of world leading healthcare professionals working tirelessly on breakthrough research.

Business Challenge

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was presented with a unique challenge of managing critical data for over 1 million patients annually, reliably and securely. As a publicly funded institution, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre also required a cost-effective solution that would not see loss to the quality of services.

Solution & Business Benefits

After learning more about those needs, Cogeco Data Services worked with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to develop a technologically advanced, cost-effective solution that met the Centre's needs efficiently and reliably, and provided the security required to provide physicians, researchers and students access to critical patient information.

To ensure reliable and secure data management, Cogeco Data Services developed a solution that would provide high-speed Connectivity services and Internet service to Sunnybrook's facilities allowing for critical sharing of patient information between physicians and researchers. Cogeco Data Services' cost-effective, reliable solution allowed the Centre to devote its efforts to the care of its patients rather than the care of its network.

As a world renowned centre for health sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is continually thought of as game changer in the world of research and health sciences, striving to provide exceptional care to its patients, and expects that same exceptional support from its partners. "With a growing offering of services for business enterprises, Cogeco Data Services is effectively positioning itself as a game changer in the traditional metropolitan short-haul fibre market," said Oliver Tsai, Director of Information Technology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.