Ontario Fetal Centre’s robotics research paves way for innovation in surgery
November 1, 2024
A team at the Ontario Fetal Centre, led by Dr. Tim Van Mieghem, is trialing the da Vinci Xi robot to repair spina bifida. Read More
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Annual OntarioMD conference highlights the growing use of AI scribes
November 1, 2024
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Many of the discussions at the annual OntarioMD conference – held in September – focused on AI Scribes for doctors. Seems these newfangled solutions, powered by ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI, actually work! They’re saving doctors who try them hours of administrative toil, as they’ve got the smarts to do a lot on their own. Read More
Ontario Shores integrates genomic data with EHR to personalize doses
November 1, 2024
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, is the first mental health organization in Canada to use pharmacogenomics on a routine basis to prescribe anti-psychotic medications to inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Read More
U of T’s Data Sciences Institute helps place the data scientists it’s producing
November 1, 2024
Participants are seeking employment as data and reporting analysts, data coordinators and technicians. Read More
GoAutomate brings AI, financial-sector tech know-how to healthcare
November 1, 2024
TORONTO – GoAutomate is developing AI-based solutions that are designed to improve workflow in diagnostic imaging departments, which often get bogged down with faxes and paper-based processes. They’re also slowed down by mistakes in documents that are sent electronically. All of these documents regularly contain missing or incorrect data, and staff must fill in the blanks and fix the incorrect information – a time-consuming and tedious process. Read More
Healthcare lags other industries in Gen AI, but many use cases beckon
November 1, 2024
To the patient’s eye, a family doctor’s job begins and ends in the exam room. Medical professionals know that’s not true. According to the Ontario College of Family Physicians, doctors spend 19 hours a week on administrative tasks – reports, referrals, and more. Read More
Roundtable: Driving digital health success, from buy-in to impact
November 1, 2024
Stratford Group recently hosted a roundtable discussion, bringing together six healthcare experts to explore the most pressing challenges in digital health. The discussion was organized around three key topics: gaining approval and buy-in, effectively measuring benefits, and scaling successful initiatives. As our experts shared their experiences a unifying theme emerged: digital transformation makes a meaningful impact when leaders align people, processes, and technology. Read More
With Montreal’s Scale AI, hospitals across Canada are testing new AI applications
November 1, 2024
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal identified opportunities to perform hundreds of additional surgeries each year. Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre decreased the mortality rate from delayed radiology treatment by up to 13 percent. And the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) achieved a 5 percent increase in efficiency in its infusion clinic – amounting to 11 hours of extra treatment capacity per day – by accurately predicting patient treatment times. Read More
Therapeutic power of focused ultrasound has now been further refined
September 30, 2024
Dr. Kullervo Hynynen, vice president of research and innovation and senior scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), has spent more than three decades advancing a revolutionary technology that is well on its way to changing medicine. Now, Dr. Hynynen, his team and collaborators are on the verge of the next major leap in the technology’s potential, this time to scale its reach based on a model of personalization and portability. Read More
Toronto Grace Health Centre emerges as a virtual care powerhouse
September 30, 2024
The Toronto Grace Health Centre, an urban hospital specializing in complex, continuing care and post-surgical rehab, has large ambitions when it comes to telehealth. Read More