KITCHENER, Ont. – A new program has launched in Waterloo Region to help adults who no longer require hospital care to continue their recovery, healing and rehabilitation in the comfort of their own homes. St. Joseph’s Home Care’s Hospital to Home Program is delivered by St. Mary’s General Hospital in partnership with Bayshore Integrated Care Solutions.
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It’s been more than two years since Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital (JGH) launched its innovative hospital-at-home program (Hospital@Home) to help patients recover at home while being remotely monitored using digital technology.
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EDMONTON – Alberta Innovates, in collaboration with the Glenrose Hospital Foundation, is launching a new $2 million partnership to improve access for all Albertans living with physical and cognitive disabilities, by using digital supports for rehabilitative care.
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ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France – Withings, a world leader in connected health devices and the inventor of the first connected smart scale, announces its latest innovation available in Canada: Body Segment. Said to be the most advanced scale ever in Canada, Body Segment will help increase muscle mass faster, achieve fitness goals, monitor cardiovascular health, track metabolism, and evaluate the natural protective function of the skin.
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Home Care Ontario is calling on government to invest an additional $411 million annually for the next three years to improve patient-centered care and support its home care workforce. The investment would be directed, in part, toward modernizing the sector’s digital infrastructure to help create an electronic patient record that can been seen and updated by home care staff in real time.
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VANCOUVER – A judge will be asked to approve Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) purchase of Seymour Health Centre Inc. from receivership for $12 million. Lawyers for receiver Ernst & Young (EY) have scheduled a hearing for Dec. 13 in B.C. Supreme Court about what they say is the only viable bid for the company that operates a primary care clinic on West Seventh Avenue as well as an integrated health services clinic on Hornby Street.
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OTTAWA – The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, a leading national initiative focused on accelerating Canadian innovation in healthcare, announced the launch of its Long-Term Care Innovation and Scaling Network. This new network, led by Ottawa-based Bruyère, is designed to enhance the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents and operators, by introducing innovative, Canadian-made technology solutions to address LTC’s most pressing challenges.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Partners Community Health, Trillium Health Partners and the Government of Ontario are revolutionizing long-term care (LTC) in the City of Mississauga with the opening of Wellbrook Place, two new state-of-the-art LTC homes, part of a larger Seniors’ Campus of Care, focused on providing specialized services to residents in the homes and the community.
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WINNIPEG – A new Manitoba research hub hopes to leverage computers, virtual technology and artificial intelligence to study and develop supports for patients in recovery, people with disabilities and older adults with conditions such as Alzheimer’s who want to live independently in their homes.
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) has a vision for how technology can improve their clients’ and care providers’ experiences, and Canadian software vendor GoldCare is helping to bring it to life. Here, the two senior leaders share their secrets for a productive, mutually beneficial customer-vendor partnership.
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