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March 1, 2019
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is investing $3.8 million in a Health Data Lab that’s focusing on analytics and artificial intelligence to improve healthcare delivery. The project may very well become the most advanced of its sort in Canada, as it brings near real-time data flows from across the jurisdiction into a secure, consolidated repository. Read More
March 1, 2019
CHICAGO – There was plenty of talk at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference about the growing importance of business intelligence and analytics (BIA) as technologies that can solve problems in the here and now. Read More
March 1, 2019
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has entered Phase 2 of a free program called Activate – a 3-year preventive program that aims to help 7,000 Canadians with pre-hypertension to lower their risk through healthy eating, smoking cessation, stress management, and regular exercise. Read More
March 1, 2019
EDMONTON – In September 2018, the Northern Alberta Vascular Centre (NAVC) at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital opened two, state-of-the-art vascular hybrid operating rooms (ORs). These advanced suites will improve care for vascular patients and benefit their care teams with added clinical efficiency, safety and effectiveness. Read More
February 25, 2019
What can we expect to see happen in healthcare IT and the management of data this year? Based on the momentum we’re seeing, and the feedback we’re receiving in Canada and worldwide, here’s our outlook for 2019. Read More
January 31, 2019
RICHMOND HILL, ONT. – In November, Mackenzie Health announced that it had become the first acute-care hospital in Canada to achieve Stage 7 on the HIMSS EMRAM scale. Stage 7 is the highest rung on a ladder that measures end-user adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) functions. Read More
January 31, 2019
Fitness video games – think Wii Fit or Dance Dance Revolution – are commonly associated with adolescents. These exercise programs, also called exergames, use virtual reality software to track body movements, allowing a user to interact with the activity presented on a TV screen. Read More
January 31, 2019
TORONTO – The blood-brain barrier – a selectively permeable capillary wall that bars circulating blood and extracellular fluid from entering the central nervous system – performs a critical function in preventing blood-borne pathogens from entering the central nervous system. But it also effectively resists the delivery of lifesaving drug therapies to the brain, requiring higher doses of dangerous chemotherapy drugs, for example, to treat conditions such as brain tumours. Read More
January 31, 2019
CHICAGO – While booking a trip online to Disneyland, and searching for hotels and new rides for his children, a pop-up asked Dr. Michael Recht if he could use some help. “Why not,” he thought, and found the virtual assistant to be just what he needed. Read More
January 31, 2019
There are many reasons why physicians should be using medical apps. Chief among them: “It’s easier to use your phone than to reach for a book,” commented Dr. Chandi Chandrasana, an Ottawa-based family doctor and an OntarioMD peer leader. Read More