April 14, 2021
TORONTO – Sinai Health Foundation has received a $1-million gift through the TD Ready Commitment, TD Bank Group’s global corporate citizenship platform, to create The TD Artificial Intelligence Health Research Lab at Sinai Health.
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April 7, 2021
MONCTON, N.B. – As a result of the AI and machine learning expertise of a University of New Brunswick biomedical engineering Master’s student, biotech firm Picomole Inc. has developed a first-of-its-kind screening tool that makes lung cancer detection possible by breathing into a tube. The innovation is expected to be commercialized as early as 2023.
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March 29, 2021
To achieve productivity, efficiency, and quality improvements, Guardian Radiology plans to modernize its workflow with a suite of AI-powered technologies from Nuance. Together, the new technologies will automate and augment the radiology reporting workflow with speech recognition and natural language processing capabilities. Read More
March 29, 2021
The main advantage of a lumpectomy for patients with early-stage breast cancer is that it conserves the maximum amount of healthy breast tissue possible. The surgery involves removing only the tumor and a margin, a thin band of healthy tissue that surrounds the cancer. When successfully performed and followed by adjunctive therapy such as radiation treatment or chemotherapy, the treatment can be just as effective as a mastectomy. Read More
March 24, 2021
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Roche Canada Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE) is excited to collaborate with Answer ALS and EverythingALS to launch an initiative called the End ALS Challenge, with the support of ALS Society of Canada, Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) and NetraMark Corp.
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February 17, 2021
MONTREAL – Aifred Health announced that the XPRIZE jury has selected Aifred Health as one of the three finalists for the IBM Watson AI XPrize. The company is competing for the grand prize of US$3 million, to be awarded in June, 2021. Montreal-based Aifred Health was one of more than 700 applicants for this XPRIZE focused on employing AI to solve the world’s grand challenges.
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January 20, 2021
TORONTO – The Michener Institute of Education at UHN is creating new programs in artificial intelligence (AI) to meet the health system’s need for digitally literate healthcare professionals. The new Digital Health and Data Analytics Program will consist of a new full-time program in the School of Applied Health Sciences.
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November 18, 2020
OTTAWA – The Royal, one of Canada’s foremost mental healthcare, teaching and research hospitals, is working in partnership with NuEnergy.ai to design a framework that uses trust as a key principle in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations. As The Royal advances its research and technologies, a governance framework can ensure privacy, awareness of bias, ethics and transparency are upheld to support the mental health needs of clients, families and communities.
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November 18, 2020
BURNABY, BC – LifeScan, a world leader in blood glucose monitoring and maker of the OneTouch brand, has announced a partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., one of Canada’s leading providers of pharmacy products and services, to pilot the retailer’s first digital diabetes management program.
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November 11, 2020
MONTREAL – Aifred Health announced that it has received a $242,500 grant from MEDTEQ+, an agency that promotes economic development and innovation in medical technologies. Aifred delivers doctor-focused solutions for the treatment of mental health, including electronic access to best practices guidelines.
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