September 30, 2026
Toronto-based NERON AI, a startup company, has created a computer-based system that measures brain performance through exercises that test the brain’s neuromotor control – how a person simultaneously moves and thinks. Read More
September 30, 2026
Nearly all Canadian hospitals now have sophisticated, electronic health record systems, but after years of working with them, the argument could be made that organizations are struggling with operational performance and efficiency more than ever before. Emergency departments are crammed full, waits for beds and diagnostic tests are long, and hospitals are running big deficits. Read More
September 30, 2026
Hospitals in Canada are operating in one of the most challenging environments in recent memory. This article summarizes research conducted by Tectonic Advisory Services on what Canadian healthcare leaders are experiencing and what capabilities they believe they need to operate sustainably in the current environment. It also shares GE HealthCare’s model for health system operational maturity, what that looks like in practice and how a real-time and predictive operational control system can help hospitals manage pressure. Read More
September 30, 2026
Hospitals have no shortage of data, but in most cases, “very little of it is built around the idea of using it for research, analytics, insights and clinical understanding,” asserts Dr. Aaron Galaznik, chief medical officer of MDClone. Read More
September 30, 2026
Patients arriving at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) Emergency Department (ED) in Barrie, Ontario, used to encounter a lineup as soon as they walked in the door. With between 270 and 350 patients seeking emergency care every day, patients often ended up waiting in line to identify themselves and share their reason for seeking emergency care. Read More
September 30, 2026
British Columbia’s Hospital at Home (HaH) programs, which are among the first in Canada, are now on the verge of adopting AI to further improve workflow and assist doctors, nurses, and other clinicians. Read More
September 30, 2026
Digital healthcare in Canada has long accepted that the three largest hospital EMR vendors have almost no Canadian presence: no Canada-based employees at all in the case of Epic and MEDITECH, and a handful in the Cerner part of Oracle. Yet our spend on these systems is well over a billion dollars a year. In 2026, living on the shores of Lake America, are we still OK with this? Read More
September 30, 2026
Thirty kilometres north of the trans-Canada highway between Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie in a landscape of lake, hills, and rock, Elliot Lake, Ontario, is a close-knit northern community that has transformed from its mining roots into a thriving retirement destination. At the heart of this northern city is St. Joseph’s General Hospital Elliot Lake (SJGHEL), which provides essential healthcare services to the community. Since opening its doors in 1959, SJGHEL has served as the region’s healthcare hub. Read More
September 30, 2026
BRAMPTON, ONT. – William Osler Health System (Osler) has been undergoing one of the multi-site community teaching hospital’s largest clinical transformations yet, as it reshapes clinical practice with the formal launch this month of its state-of-the-art Epic hospital information system (HIS). Read More
September 30, 2026
Over the past several articles, we have introduced our vision for a digitally optimized clinic and the foundational pillars to help realize the benefits of digital transformation: Read More