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Moonlighting physicians are creating useful apps

By Dianne Daniel

April 14, 2014


In 2012, Dr. Joshua Landy, a busy intensive care specialist at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto, was catching up with two friends over dinner. Today, the three are cofounders of Figure 1 Inc., a start-up that recently raised $2 million in seed funding to grow its healthcare photo sharing app. Read More

Cornwall hospital races ahead on wireless technology

By Jerry Zeidenberg

April 14, 2014


Cornwall Community Hospital, in Cornwall, Ont., has become one of the first hospitals in Canada to implement a brand-new wireless technology that runs as fast as 2.6 gigabits-per-second – as rapidly as a high-speed wired system. Read More

LTC ‘Dragon’s Den’ draws innovators, both high-tech and high-touch

April 14, 2014


It was hard to choose between the highs and the lows at the Ontario Long-Term Care Association’s 5th Annual Research Day – high-tech and low-tech innovation, that is. Read More

Jewish General finds that surgical checklists have improved outcomes

By Dana Frank

April 14, 2014


In its ongoing quest to improve patient care and provide top-of-the-line surgical services, the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) was the first hospital in Quebec and only the third in Canada to join the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), in 2009. Soon after, the JGH was again first in Quebec to implement the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist. Read More

Venture investors fueling surge in healthcare technology innovation

By Jerry Zeidenberg

April 14, 2014


ORLANDO, FLA. – Healthcare used to be called the slowest industry to adopt new technologies, espe- cially those of the electronic variety. Now, however, the sector is something of a Speedy Gonzalez, and is racing ahead of others – thanks to venture capitalists and invest- ment bankers, the folks who are financing many of the innovations. Read More

Stat! Better communication needed among physicians

By Jerry Zeidenberg

March 6, 2014


CALGARY – To improve the coordination of patient-care among general practitioners, radiologists, surgeons and other specialists, the Health Quality Council of Alberta is calling for greater investment in electronic communications networks. Read More

GoldCare MobilityPlus and BlackBerrys help PSWs deliver care

March 6, 2014


At some point last fall Felister Mburu understood that her typical workday as a PSW with VHA Home Healthcare, in Toronto, would change dramatically. Mburu works in the East York region, which was part of a pilot project that saw the company deploy GoldCare MobilityPlus on 20 BlackBerry 10 devices. Read More

Network enables friends and families to connect and contribute to care

By Dianne Craig

March 6, 2014


“Let me know if there is anything I can do.” Delivering the news of a devastating diagnosis to friends and family usually elicits that heartfelt response, along with the assumption there is little they really can do. Caring for a family member facing a serious illness or a lifelong disability can be daunting and isolating. Vancouver-based Tyze, which has a cloud-based personal healthcare networking platform that enables families to build personal communities of care, is on a mission to change that. Read More

Combining health, tech and creativity at Hacking Health Toronto

By Andy Shaw

March 6, 2014


The three-day Hacking Health Toronto event held at the city’s MaRS Centre late last fall sounded more to the uninitiated like a continuing medical education course for pulmonary specialists than a high-energy collaborative for aspiring medtech innovators – all out to heal the healthcare system’s many ills – matched up with seasoned, willing-to-help mentors. Read More

Analytics and workflow improvement the big stories at RSNA

By Jerry Zeidenberg

February 1, 2014


CHICAGO – Some of the most interesting and significant product announcements at the recent RSNA conference, held in December, weren’t about the traditional imaging modalities, like CT and MRI. Instead, they involved eye-popping improvements in process management and analytics. Read More

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