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October 30, 2019
TORONTO – Humber River Hospital has launched the world’s first clinical analytic applications in a hospital Command Centre. The new solutions use real-time clinical data, early warning algorithms and AI to identify issues and raise the quality of care. The hospital worked in partnership with GE Healthcare to develop the Command Centre and its new capabilities. Read More
October 30, 2019
Two Ontario hospital organizations – encompassing six sites – will soon deploy artificial intelligence to help with continuous learning and peer review in their imaging departments. By automatically detecting the types of cases being read by radiologists at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences, the system will deliver the latest journal findings, as well as personal pattern recognition and error avoidance, direct to their desktops. Read More
October 30, 2019
TORONTO – Maple, the provider of virtual visits for patients and physicians, was recently in the news after raising $14.5 million in funding to help fuel its growth. A key part of the program for the near future involves a partnership with SE Health, formerly known as Saint Elizabeth Health, the national provider of home care and community services. Read More
October 30, 2019
TORONTO – What are the main stumbling blocks as healthcare providers align themselves into Ontario Health Teams? A panel of CIOs commented on this question at the recent HIMSS Ontario conference, and they agreed the biggest hurdle isn’t the technology. Read More
October 30, 2019
A renowned Quebec cardiac hospital has implemented an automated, electronic solution to collect vital signs data from ventilators in its intensive care unit. It’s another step towards Montreal Heart Institute’s vision of a “Digital Hospital,” says Leila El-Fehri, biomedical engineer with MHI. Read More
October 30, 2019
Canadian researchers are digging deep to help solve an age-old problem: diagnostic error. By applying recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) – including machine learning, deep networks and cutting-edge computer vision algorithms – they are working to automate the process of arriving at medical consensus, training machines to recognize thousands upon thousands of digital images so they can quickly and accurately serve as intelligent assistants. Read More
October 30, 2019
Virtual care – the practice of offering remote healthcare services through communications technology – offers a practical way for patients to access a healthcare team regardless of their location. And as technologies evolve, there are more options that allow virtual care to rival the effectiveness of traditional medicine – for example, through videoconferencing and the addition of remote instruments. Read More
October 30, 2019
Just eight months after launching Babylon by Telus Health, a platform for virtual visits with doctors and an AI-powered symptom checker for patients, the app has been downloaded by “tens of thousands” of users across Canada. It’s especially popular in British Columbia, where the provincial government has given the go-ahead for patients to conduct video visits with participating primary care physicians. Read More
September 27, 2019
HAMILTON, ONT. – A McMaster University spin-out company, called VoxNeuro, has produced technology that allows clinicians to precisely gauge the level of brain activity in persons who have suffered head injuries – such as concussions – or those who have experienced a cognitive decline, including the elderly. Read More
September 27, 2019
After two decades of administering mental health services, Toronto psychotherapist Jennifer Heintzman is discovering a new way to listen, attend and respond to clients – deepening her active listening skills and challenging herself to clearly communicate her empathy, understanding and concern. At the same time she’s accessing more people, including a new generation of 20- and 30-somethings. Read More