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February 19, 2020
TORONTO – On March 11th, the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) will bring together prominent thought leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, healthcare providers and companies from around the world for What’s Next Canada – Canada’s premier aging and brain health conference.
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February 5, 2020
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton Health Sciences, one of Canada’s premier teaching and research hospitals, has entered into a strategic relationship with Siemens Healthineers in Canada worth approximately $270 million. For a contract lifetime of 15 years, with the option to extend the partnership for an additional 10 years, Siemens Healthineers will help Hamilton Health Sciences manage its medical imaging equipment and assist the hospital in raising the quality of care for patients.
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February 5, 2020
TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is pleased to announce that it has selected Simeio Solutions (Simeio) as the technical solution provider for the new Identity, Access and Consent as a Service (IACaaS). Infoway and its collaborators across Canada will leverage these services to provide Canadians with improved access to healthcare services, and greater control over their digital health information.
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February 5, 2020
TORONTO – VitalHub Corp. has announced the sale of DOCit, an innovative, cloud-based forms and task management mobile app for Long-Term Care providers, to Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited (“Caressant Care”).
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February 5, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – EHR vendor Practice Fusion will pay an historic US$145 million fine after admitting to a kickback scheme aimed at increasing opioid prescriptions, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice for the District of Vermont.
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February 5, 2020
If Calgarian Amy van Engelen could improve one thing about the health system, it would be to ensure patients experience high-quality endoscopies – regardless of the clinic or doctor performing them.
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February 5, 2020
TORONTO – Technology is now a part of every aspect of healthcare in hospitals, clinics and long-term care organizations. When negotiating and drafting IT agreements, you need to know what to look out for to anticipate problems, cover-off key points and adequately protect your client’s interests. Are you prepared?
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February 5, 2020
TORONTO – Ervin Sejdic, PhD (pictured), has been appointed the new research chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes at North York General Hospital (NYGH). What matters to him is finding the best and most efficient ways to care for patients, using whatever technologies or theories he can find.
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February 5, 2020
BRAMPTON, ON – Bell Let’s Talk announced a donation of $420,000 to William Osler Health System (Osler) to support a new repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Clinic at Osler’s Brampton Civic Hospital. The clinic is part of Osler’s innovative Stepped Care Program that provides leading-edge, high-intensity treatment for patients with mental illness.
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February 5, 2020
EDMONTON – Turning to virtual assistants for medical emergency information can be useless, shows new research from the University of Alberta. “We were hoping to find that the devices would have a better response rate, especially to statements like ‘someone is dying’ and ‘I want to die,’ versus things like ‘I have a sunburn or a sliver,’” said lead author Christopher Picard (pictured), a master’s student in the Faculty of Nursing and a clinical educator at Edmonton’s Misericordia Community Hospital emergency department.
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