February 26, 2026
TORONTO – An interdisciplinary group at UHN that was responsible for creating and launching the patient monitoring innovation called H.A.L.O. (Human Attended Live Observation) has won the hospital’s Mission of Excellence Team Inventor of the Year Award. Read More
February 26, 2026
RICHMOND HILL, ONT. – The Schroeder Ambulatory Centre (SAC), a charitable non-profit facility in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto, has been outfitted with operating rooms, CT and MRI scanners, and a host of other equipment and capabilities. The $300 million facility has begun offering services while awaiting final approvals from Accreditation Canada for diagnostic imaging and hip and knee surgical programs. Read More
February 26, 2026
As the chief medical information officer at Health Shared Services (HSS), formerly part of Alberta Health Services (AHS), I represent over 10,000 physicians/prescribers that use our province-wide clinical information system called Connect Care. Read More
February 26, 2026
CHICAGO – In a demonstration at the RSNA conference last December, Dr. Luciano Prevedello, a radiologist at Ohio State University’s Wexner Center of Medicine, chatted with his AI-enabled computer about a patient’s brain lesion as he created a report. He showed how he could discuss the case with an AI agent, much like he would with a colleague. Read More
February 26, 2026
Trillium Health Partners, a community-based academic health system serving Mississauga, Ont., and surrounding communities, is advancing a system-level approach to clinical AI as embedded infrastructure for faster, safer care. Read More
February 26, 2026
Across Canada, patient flow is commonly framed as an operational challenge: bed capacity, emergency department overcrowding, alternate level of care patients occupying acute beds and system-wide pressure. These measures matter, but they are symptoms, not causes, and they only tell part of the story. Read More
February 26, 2026
The coronavirus pandemic, first detected in 2019, was a worldwide wake-up call to epidemiologists and clinicians. In Canada alone, more than 60,000 people had died from COVID-19-related illnesses by September 2024. Read More
February 26, 2026
This article is condensed from a longer paper written by Will Falk, to be published by the CSA Public Policy Centre and available on their website. Will is a Fellow at four Canadian Think Tanks and Universities and a contributing editor to CHT. Read More
January 30, 2026
For over two decades, the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario, POGO, has been at the forefront of using data to manage the care of survivors. Continuing the trend, POGO now is implementing Passport for Care in Ontario in collaboration with ACCESS and other national partners. It’s transitioning from a paper-based, manually updated system to a web-based tool with real-time linkage to provincial and national registries with personal health information (PHI).
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January 30, 2026
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The official launch of a new, pan-Canadian organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of innovative, home-grown healthcare solutions was announced at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services’ (NL Health) 2025 Health Innovation Summit, held in St. John’s last November. Read More