OCINET
SHAFIQUE SHAMJI TITLE : PRESIDENT & CEO
COMPANY : ONTARIO CLINICAL IMAGING NETWORK ( OCINET )
“ As you can imagine , when you ’ re going through something that traumatic , the anxiety level is quite high , and there is a high human impact . So , for the patient , this was a phenomenal transformation because that specialist had access to that image and could actually read it and bring a diagnosis a lot sooner .
“ That was the idea : to reduce repeat imaging to help patients and to make these systems available centrally and not require local hospitals to make those significant investments .”
Shamji has over 25 years of experience in Technology , Business , Healthcare , Software Development , Telecommunications , and Information Services . Shamji was previously the EVP and CIO at The Ottawa Hospital ; Chief Operating Officer at Macadamian Technologies , President of Privasoft Corporation , and President of Time iCR in Ottawa , which was acquired by Rogers Communications where Mr . Shamji served as the Vice-President of Professional Services .
Shamji has also spent several years in the US where he was Chief Operating Officer of TeleHub Network Services in Chicago ; President of LD Exchange in California ; and Vice-President of Network Services for Fidelity in California . Prior to that , Shamji held several senior level positions in Toronto with AT & T Canada , Unitel Communications and Nortel .
Meeting needs with health services becoming more centralised Fast forward to 2018 , changes in patients ’ behaviour were becoming apparent as services became increasingly centralised . “ We began noticing that the patients within the province were moving a lot more than they were in the past ,” Shamji explains . ocinet . ca 7