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Tony DiEmanuele has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Mohawk Shared Services Inc. The company is a not-for-profit organization that serves clients in the health care, public and volunteer sectors with business support solutions that standardize processes, increase efficiencies and contain costs. It operates four independent business streams that focus on supply chain services, central laundry, employee assistance services and a diagnostic imaging repository. Tony comes to Mohawk with 20 years of hands-on experience in the areas of business development, branding, marketing, operations and procurement.

The company is hosting an open house today at its 73,000 square foot Burlington warehouse. Members of the community are invited to tour the warehouse and logistics facilities for Mohawk Supply Chain Services and to celebrate the launch of Mohawk Diagnostic Imaging Repository. The event runs from 1- 4 pm at 5295 John Lucas Drive (between Appleby Line and Burloak Drive, off Mainway), Unit #5. The warehouse and the logistics management system will supply 15 hospitals (on 28 sites) in southern Ontario with medical and surgical supplies. The central image and report repository will connect hospital diagnostic imaging systems in Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand, Brant, Waterloo and Wellington. Images and reports for diagnostic imaging procedures will soon be available to health care providers in these regions via a web-based application.

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Globetrotting singer Scarlett Antaloczy, who is also a doctor of Chinese Medicine, has recently opened a holistic medical clinic in the Chateau Royale on James Street South in Hamilton. The OHMM Centre offers traditional Chinese and natural medicine with state-of-the-art technology and a unique variety of healing treatments including acupuncture, biofeedback, chakra balancing, voice works and sound healing. For the spring solstice this weekend, Scarlett will be leading a group to the Hamilton Bay on Saturday at noon to participate in the international Live H20 Concert for the Living Water celebration to promote world peace, health and harmony.

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BDO Dunwoody LLP has expanded its operations and relocated its Hamilton and Oakville offices to a central office in Burlington at 3115 Harvester Road, Suite #400. “Both of our offices were growing and the demand for our services was becoming more specialized,” managing partner Bryan Kogut says of the move. He says it made sense to bring the staff of the two locations under one roof to provide clients with broader and more in-depth expertise. The firm employs 115 people at its new Burlington location.

Tricia Hellingman is president of Hellingman Communications, a Hamilton-based public relations and marketing agency. You can email her at thellingman@hellingman.com. BizzBuzz appears every other Friday.