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September 3, 2014
TORONTO – At the new George Brown College campus, which specializes in health sciences, a new generation of nurses and personal support workers are being educated with the help of myriad high-tech tools. They include computerized manikins that can have heart attacks, bleed and even have babies. Read More
September 3, 2014
HALIFAX – Many Canadian doctors have installed electronic health records to improve the way they care for patients. Some physicians have even created connections to local labs and hospitals to speed up the flow of information. However, something that was largely overlooked was improving the simple task of communicating between the doctors themselves – most of them still rely on phone and fax, a slow and laborious method at best. Read More
July 7, 2014
TORONTO – Claiming the highest concentration of brain researchers in any jurisdiction worldwide, Ontario is now aiming to turn its neurological knowledge into products that can be commercialized. If successful, the project could produce an amazing array of therapies for patients and an economic bonanza for the province. Read More
July 7, 2014
Many companies have produced mobile solutions that monitor the health of patients with chronic diseases – innovative solutions for tracking diabetes, COPD and heart failure have scored notable successes in the past few years. Read More
July 7, 2014
One of the challenges for physical rehabilitation is efficiently collecting real-time information about patient movements and body position, within and outside the clinic, to determine the most appropriate diagnosis and treatment. While research into computing and mobility technologies can involve esoteric and specialized hardware, we’ve recently developed software using a ubiquitous technology: smartphones. Read More
July 7, 2014
A few years ago, I participated in a major portal development. That portal addressed patient care, but was beset by significant problems. Read More
July 7, 2014
Participants from seventeen countries logged into the International Psychogeriatric Association’s (IPA) first international webinar in April to hear experts from Baycrest Health Sciences discuss best practices for managing aggression and agitation in older adults with dementia. Read More
April 30, 2014
Guided by the belief that families are essential partners in their children’s care, the Children’s Treatment Network (CTN) of Simcoe York, located in southern Ontario, and KidsAbility in Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington, are launching exciting family portals with the assistance of Waterloo-based GoldCare. Read More
April 30, 2014
With provincial ministries of health moving towards patient-centric, procedure-based funding, Quinte Health Care, with sites in Belleville, Trenton, Picton, and North Hastings, Ont., wanted to achieve finer control of an increasingly complex budgeting process. Read More
April 30, 2014
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) recently estimated that roughly 8.5% of patients are readmitted to hospital within 30 days. Furthermore, an estimated 9% to 59% of those readmissions could be avoided by better identifying those most likely to return to hospital within short periods and improving the care they receive before and after discharge. Read More