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Aifred becomes finalist for $3M prize

February 17, 2021


Marina MassinghamMONTREAL – 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. Read More

Michener Institute creates new programs in AI

January 20, 2021


Harvey WeingartenTORONTO – 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. Read More

The Royal develops a ‘trust’ framework for AI

November 18, 2020


Niraj BhargaraOTTAWA – 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. Read More

Shoppers launches AI-driven pilot for diabetes

November 18, 2020


OneTouchBURNABY, 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. Read More

Aifred obtains funding from MEDTEQ+

November 11, 2020


Marina MassinghamMONTREAL – 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. Read More

Machine learning makes progress in care at Ontario hospitals

By Dianne Daniel

October 29, 2020


Consider the following urgent situations:

  • Concerned parents rush their child to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) emergency department in Toronto. After checking in with the triage nurse, they go to the waiting area and a short while later, they receive a message that a urine test and X-ray have been ordered and are told what to do next. By the time they see the physician, she’s already armed with the results and makes an informed decision about their child’s care on the spot. Read More

Cdn pathology tech to be used by giant US facility

October 28, 2020


Hamid TizhooshWATERLOO, Ont. – Technology developed by engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo has been adopted by a major pathology facility in the United States. The Joint Pathology Center (JPC), which has the world’s largest collection of preserved human tissue samples, will use an artificial intelligence search engine to index and search its digital archive as part of a modernization effort. Read More

Researchers call for more transparency in AI

October 21, 2020


Benjamin Haibe-KairnsTORONTO – International scientists are challenging their colleagues to make Artificial Intelligence (AI) research more open and reproducible to accelerate the impact of their findings for cancer patients. In particular, they’re targeting studies that claim AI systems are better at diagnosing disease than physicians, but which fail to offer enough transparency to test and reproduce the results. Read More

New tool to predict ICU admission and discharge

August 5, 2020


Guido MathewsTORONTO – Hospital Intensive Care Units (ICUs) cater to patients with severe illnesses requiring constant monitoring and specialized treatment, including ventilation. Pandemics like COVID-19 significantly increase the risk of ICU overcrowding given the surge in patients, which can negatively impact the quality of care. As a result, an early understanding of a patient’s unique treatment journey, including their ICU requirements, is critical to improved treatment and better management of ICUs. Read More

AI platform tracks changes in COVID-19 virus

June 17, 2020


Bo WangTORONTO – A team of healthcare professionals, led by Dr. Bo Wang (pictured), artificial intelligence (AI) lead at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, have designed an innovative tool which enables researchers to track changes in the genetic structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Read More

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