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March 30, 2020
OTTAWA – The sluggish growth of virtual care in Canada hasn’t been caused by a lack of technology – there are plenty of solutions available, all of them capable of connecting clinicians with patients via smartphones and computers. Read More
March 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – Amazon Web Services has launched the AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative – a program to support customers who are working to bring better, more accurate, diagnostics solutions to market faster and promote better collaboration across organizations that are working on similar problems. Read More
March 30, 2020
There is increasing evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to make a major impact on the practice of medicine in Canada. GE Healthcare’s Critical Care Suite, for example, an AI application that identifies cases of pneumothorax on X-ray images in real-time, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September and is in the queue for approval by Health Canada. Read More
March 30, 2020
The VIRTUAL Integrated Platform for Spinal Cord Injury (VIP4SCI), a two-year-old pilot project for Spinal Cord Injury Ontario (SCIO), recently received the go-ahead for a rollout across Ontario. Read More
March 30, 2020
To support small and rural hospitals with patients transitioning from hospital to home, Northwest Telepharmacy Solutions (NTS) is launching their Virtual Medication Reconciliation on Discharge (VMRD) program to several hospital clients across Ontario. Read More
March 30, 2020
Point-of-care technology for lab testing has come a long way, but there’s still a fair bit of resistance to it in North American hospitals. That’s due to a lagging perception that POC testing is more expensive than traditional benchtop testing – it no longer is, when all factors involved are considered. The hesitation is also a matter of ingrained habits – in many cases, people don’t like to change their ways. Read More
March 30, 2020
Innovating since the days of Florence Nightingale, nurses continue to strive to deliver better patient care. However, this does not necessarily mean in a healthcare facility or at the patient bedside. Read More
March 30, 2020
Not much has changed for the hospital bed since it first began appearing with electrical functions in the 1950s. Since then, new and more advanced technology has been added to its frame – but the overall concept and design has remained relatively unaltered. Norwegian startup Ably Medical is on a mission to reimagine the hospital bed as we know it today, and in doing so, revolutionize the culture of health care. Read More
March 11, 2020
TORONTO – Orion Health has developed a comprehensive pandemic outbreak monitoring platform to alleviate demand on health systems and reduce the risk of further spread of the COVID-19 virus, the company said. The Orion Health software that supports this will be offered at no cost to existing and future customers. Read More
March 11, 2020
TORONTO – In recent years, healthcare organizations and individuals in Canada have been reprimanded, sued and fined for losing data or snooping on files. And yet, care-providers still aren’t paying enough attention to securing their data, industry experts say. Read More