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SickKids gets ready to deploy their new AI apps developed in-house

By Norm Tollinsky

March 31, 2025

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is poised to confirm its leadership in AI research with the introduction of several machine learning models for patient care. “We’re at the point now where we’re going to start turning on a bunch of solutions over the next year,” said Robert Greer, technical director of the SickKids AI initiative. “People are going to know about SickKids and AI in a pretty big way.” Read More

Lumenix provides a quantum leap in AI-powered monitoring to support patient safety at The Ottawa Hospital

March 31, 2025

A collaboration between The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and Canadian technology firm Lumenix is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges, such as hand hygiene compliance and the detection and prevention of falls – and the collaboration is proving to be a game-changer in infection control and patient safety. Read More

More hospitals and medical centres are creating AI governance models

By Dianne Daniel

March 31, 2025

The Ottawa-based Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) saw the potential of AI but also understood the need for great responsibility. Meanwhile, CHEO Research Institute experts were developing AI solutions that demonstrated positive clinical impact but lacked a structured pathway towards implementation. Read More

Quebec solution helps reduce pressure on emergency departments

By Norm Tollinsky

February 28, 2025

Quebec’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has found a way to relieve the overcrowding of Emergency Departments (ED) and increase access to primary care. Using Petal Health’s Orchestration Platform, the ministry now has a province-wide, real-time view of primary care appointment availabilities that triage nurses in EDs can fill for non-urgent cases. Read More

Restoring mealtime independence: Robotic feeders empower people

By Michael Uhlarik

February 28, 2025

For persons without the use of their hands and arms or limited motor control, the simple joy of eating requires assistance from others. A delicious plate of food at your table might as well be a mile away if no one is there to manually feed it to you. Lacking agency over something so fundamental has meaningful impact on a person’s dignity and quality of life. Read More