September 11, 2024
VANCOUVER – DIGITAL, Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, this week announced an investment of over $53 million in 11 different AI-enabled projects across the country’s leading industries. These investments are set to leverage an additional $106 million in partner contributions.
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September 11, 2024
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government is spending $42 million over five years to help improve access to health information through Google Cloud’s search tools and artificial intelligence. The province said that three projects are in the works.
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September 11, 2024
KITCHENER, Ont. – Building on the success of the Continuous Connected Patient Care (CCPC) project, a consortium of leading Canadian medtech companies, led by FluidAI Medical in collaboration with Medtronic Canada ULC, Excelar Technologies, Providence Health Care Ventures, and the University of Waterloo, has announced the launch of the Postoperative Patient Management Platform (PPMP) project under Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, known as DIGITAL.
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September 11, 2024
YELLOWKNIFE, NWT – Residents of the Northwest Territories sometimes travel to Alberta for care, but it seems they can’t make use of Alberta’s healthcare app to check on their data. NWT residents receiving care in Alberta can’t access information through the province’s dedicated app because of what one patient calls “absurd bureaucratic barriers,” reports Cabin Radio, a news service.
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September 11, 2024
OTTAWA – The Canadian Medical Association has released a new report to compare the bilateral health funding agreements signed between the provinces/territories and the federal government. Prepared by Deloitte, the analysis dives deeper on the best approach to ensure the new funds are strategically managed to benefit all Canadians. Given the complexities of each agreement, the report concludes there must be a greater commitment to tracking improvements to healthcare delivery and patient outcomes in Canada.
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September 11, 2024
TORONTO – Catalytic Health and Bedford Group Transearch are proud to announce the inaugural Canadian Life Sciences Top 20 Under 40 Awards. The new awards will recognize 20 Life Sciences leaders making an outsized impact in their industry and community.
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September 11, 2024
TORONTO – Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd., a provider of innovative cardiac diagnostic solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its new reference site program. This initiative aims to foster collaboration with key stakeholders in major hospitals to enhance the accuracy, efficiency and diagnostic capabilities of echocardiography.
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September 11, 2024
WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering microcourses that are of great importance to healthcare professionals, starting in the fall of 2024. They are: Data Governance in Health Care, the Fundamentals; and Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals. The courses are available online.
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September 11, 2024
TORONTO – Family doctors report spending 70% to 90% less time on paperwork in a study evaluating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) scribe technology. OntarioMD (OMD), a subsidiary of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), announced this week the findings of the study that examined the use of AI scribes by more than 150 family doctors and nurse practitioners (NPs) over a three-month period.
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September 4, 2024
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health has entered into a new partnership with Google Cloud to implement three digital solutions that will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the patient and clinician experience. “We must try new solutions to the challenges we face – that’s what our healthcare plan calls for,” said Premier Tim Houston (pictured). “This partnership will empower Nova Scotians, reduce administrative work for doctors and make diagnosing illness easier.”
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