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April 29, 2019
TORONTO – Demand for information from users inside hospitals – and from partners and patients logging into portals outside the facilities – is “becoming insatiable”, as one healthcare executive at Microsoft’s recent “Future Now” conference put it. Read More
April 29, 2019
As part of a plan to upgrade and modernize its IT infrastructure, Markham Stouffville Hospital, located north-east of Toronto, has become the first medical centre in Canada to make use of the INFRastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). Read More
April 29, 2019
HAMILTON, ONT. – The Virtual House Call Project was started in 2017 to address a significant gap in access to care for patients who are considered marginalized. For clarity, a marginalized patient is one who cannot receive primary healthcare in a manner that is appropriate for their disease burden or needs in general, and consequently accesses ER and hospital services in lieu of primary care access. Read More
April 15, 2019
While visiting her daughter in Midland, an Ontario resident experienced a fainting spell. Her daughter brought her to Georgian Bay General Hospital where she was prescribed the m-CARDS PocketECG, a wearable cardiac monitor that provides real-time monitoring of heart rhythms and symptoms for up to 28 days. Read More
March 29, 2019
In 2017, TELUS built on an existing relationship with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) by providing crucial network and security management services to the Hospital. Read More
March 29, 2019
LONDON, ONT. – The London area, long-known for leadership in diagnostic imaging, is now kicking it up a notch through a partnership with Canon Medical Systems. Read More
March 29, 2019
A health-technology accelerator at the biggest hospital in Israel is now striking up co-development agreements with Canadian hospitals to mutually devise and test innovations. Read More
March 29, 2019
A Los Angeles-area start-up called Deep 6 AI is shaking up the clinical trials marketplace by applying a new brand of AI to the mix. Company founder and CEO Wout Brusselaers explained in a meeting at HIMSS, in Orlando, that traditionally, drug companies have found it very hard to recruit patients for the clinical trials needed to test their new medications. Read More
March 29, 2019
TORONTO – CAMH, one of Canada’s leading providers of mental health care, has deployed information technologies so effectively that it was awarded a Stage 7 designation by HIMSS in 2017. Stage 7 is the highest tier on the HIMSS ladder, which measures the use of IT in patient care. Read More
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