$21 million invested in hospital AI projects
October 4, 2023
MONTREAL – SCALE AI took the stage at Canada’s ALL IN event to announce investments of $21 million for nine artificial intelligence (AI) projects selected by SCALE AI as part of its AI for Healthcare Initiative to support hospital projects pioneering the deployment of AI solutions. This latest SCALE AI initiative promotes collaboration between hospitals and AI product and solutions providers across the country to innovate further and accelerate the deployment of AI in the Canadian healthcare network to improve operations, logistics and resource allocation.
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TORONTO – North York General Hospital (NYGH) is excited to announce Dr. Everton Gooden (pictured) has been appointed as its next president and CEO, following a thorough search process. Dr. Gooden’s first day as president and CEO will be December 1, 2023. Dr. Gooden joined NYGH more than 20 years ago, and over that time has combined clinical, administrative, and leadership experience, serving as chair of the Medical Advisory Committee, president of the Medical Staff Association, division chief of Head and Neck Surgery, and as a member of the NYGH Foundation Board.
VANCOUVER, BC and TORONTO – WELL Health Technologies Corp., a digital healthcare company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of HEALWELL AI Inc.’s clinical assets in Ontario. HEALWELL AI was formerly known as MCI Onehealth Technologies Inc. The transaction includes a strategic alliance between WELL and HEALWELL, and a conditional call option which would allow WELL to purchase a controlling interest of HEALWELL from the prior MCI founders’ multi-voting shares.
BURNABY, BC – Dexcom, Inc., a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) for people with diabetes, and RxFood Corporation, the leader in AI-driven personalized nutrition assessments, announced today a first-of-its-kind partnership in Canada to introduce an improved digital health solution for those living with diabetes.
LONDON, Ont. – An exceptional career of innovation, influence and leadership has won St. Joseph’s physicist Ting-Yim Lee (pictured) the inaugural Career Achievement Award presented by WORLDiscoveries. Ting-Yim, director of PET/CT Research at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and medical physicist at St. Joseph’s Hospital, is being recognized for the significance of his work in the field of medical imaging and outstanding success in turning innovative ideas into tangible products and services.
TORONTO – Breast Cancer Canada (BCC) has announced PROgress Tracker, a first-of-its-kind knowledge base registry that will collect experiences from breast cancer patients and survivors with intentions to inform research, policy and future care of Canadian breast cancer patients.
MONTREAL – C4 (the Command Centre), where real-time data about care throughout CIUSSS West-Central Montreal is displayed on-screen and analyzed by staff, has moved to bigger and better equipped premises at the Jewish General Hospital. No longer tucked away in modest quarters on the second floor of Pavilion B, the award-winning Centre is now spread over a pair of spacious, connected rooms in a central location on the main floor.
OTTAWA – In a major stride towards advancing patient centric care and enhancing operational efficiency, The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), and Lumenix proudly announce the signing of an innovative partnership, to deploy cutting-edge artificial intelligence in the healthcare setting. Lumenix, a leader in building technologies and artificial intelligence, is set to install its Artificially Intelligent Monitoring System (AIMS) platform technology at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus in the fall of 2023.
WATERLOO, Ont. – The ePrivacy Fundamentals in Health Care course provides a comprehensive understanding of privacy and how to use this knowledge to build privacy programs in healthcare organizations.
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Mondays, Oct. 30, Nov. 13 & Dec. 4, 2023
KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health is pleased to announce it has completed another successful implementation of its surgical wait list management and eBooking technology. The Novari ATC software is being provided as software as a service to Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital and all surgical offices.