January 19, 2022
TORONTO – Unity Health is teaming up with Sunnybrook and University Health Network (UHN) to launch a unified virtual ED service available to all Torontonians. Toronto’s Virtual Emergency Department gives people the ability to schedule a same-day appointment with any of the partner hospitals through the ED’s online platform and choose an appointment time that is most convenient for them.
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January 19, 2022
MONTREAL – Amid rising COVID-19 admissions, the Jewish General Hospital has launched a pilot project to establish a “virtual ward” for as many as 50 patients to receive their care at home while their vital signs are monitored remotely.
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January 19, 2022
MONTREAL – Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg (pictured), president and CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, has been named by Industry Era magazine as one of the 10 most inspiring CEOs of 2021.
According to an article in the U.S.-based magazine, Dr. Rosenberg was recognized for his strides in improving healthcare and social services through the use of artificial intelligence and the development of OROT, the CIUSSS’s connected health innovation hub.
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January 19, 2022
MONTREAL – A Montreal start-up is disrupting the way life-saving drugs are administered to sick children by being the first to automate the process with the help of a smart arm bracelet. The novel device takes the guesswork out of the current manual and time-consuming process of weight-based pediatric medication dosing, avoiding costly mistakes and significantly improving patient outcomes.
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January 19, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada has authorized the combination of two antiviral drugs, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (brand name PAXLOVID), to treat adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of progressing to serious disease, including hospitalization or death. The active ingredient nirmatrelvir in PAXLOVID works by stopping the virus from replicating.
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January 19, 2022
TORONTO – DiaStrong, a telehealth service with a distinct focus on diabetes, became available to the public today with its official North American launch. Global Wellness Apps (GWA), the parent company of DiaStrong, is excited to announce the launch of its new telehealth subsidiary after the widespread success of The Diabetes App, a diabetes community application with over 18,000 members.
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January 19, 2022
TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing more than $240 million over three years to help advance research at five leading research institutes across the province. By supporting advanced research, Ontario will continue to strengthen its existing innovation and commercialization capacity, grow its skilled workforce, and position itself as a global leader.
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January 19, 2022
VANCOUVER – A ground-breaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab and the department of microbiology and immunology at UBC. Sepsis is one of the biggest killers in the world, responsible for one in five deaths worldwide including those from severe COVID-19 disease, but it is difficult to detect early.
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January 19, 2022
TORONTO – Canada’s top 40 research hospitals, hospital networks and health authorities devoted a combined $3.06 billion to research in Fiscal 2020, a substantial gain of 5.8% over Fiscal 2019, according to Research Infosource Inc., which released its annual Top 40 Research Hospitals ranking. The overall research spending gain was led by a rise of 20% in research spending at national leader, Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN), where outlays expanded to $490 million.
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January 19, 2022
OTTAWA – The Government of Canada unveiled the results of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Transformation stream competition. Administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council under the strategic guidance of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee, the NFRF Transformation stream supports large-scale, interdisciplinary research projects focused on addressing major challenges with potentially far-reaching impacts, in terms of scientific breakthroughs and applied economic, environmental or health outcomes.
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