Artificial intelligence

VANCOUVER – Satisfai Health, a leading medical solutions provider specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) applications, particularly in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, based in Vancouver, BC, has acquired an exclusive global license from the University of Augsburg and the OTH Regensburg, Technical University of Applied Sciences, in Germany. Read More

TORONTO – Andrea Tricco (pictured) has received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JEFL) for her research into AI systems that enable health systems to react to change in real-time. Read More

SHERBROOKE, QC – The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) has announced a research program to battle rare diseases with the creation of the Research Chair in Digital Health, which is funded by the Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation (MEI). Understanding and treating rare diseases is a particular challenge for medical teams due to the small number of people affected by multiple different syndromes. The solution to this challenge lies in learning health systems, an approach that combines medicine, computing and artificial intelligence that could revolutionize medicine and patient care. Read More

EDMONTON – The University of Alberta has launched a new health-data management and analysis platform to increase capacity in research areas such as big data, precision health and machine learning. The Data Analytics Research Core (DARC) was developed in the U of A Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) to provide high-performance computing and data storage in a secure environment. Read More

MONTREAL – To help improve equality in access to healthcare, TD Bank Group is proud to donate $1 million to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation for an innovative project focused on helping healthcare access for remote communities. This project, spearheaded by Dr. Reza Forghani and Dr. Caroline Reinhold, will use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze emergency medical images that require urgent review, helping to accelerate care and potentially save lives. Read More

VANCOUVER – Treatment.com International Inc. is a healthcare technology company that has developed an AI software software system that thinks like a doctor. Using the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning, paired with a global team of physicians, the company has created an engine that can assess symptoms and provide a probable diagnosis with the same reasoning approach as a trained doctor. It will be launching a mobile app, called Cara, this summer in Canada. Read More

OTTAWA – Lumenix is pleased to announce that the Federal Government of Canada has purchased its Artificially Intelligent Monitoring System (AIMS) for hand hygiene to deploy at The Ottawa Hospital, one of the largest teaching and research hospitals in Canada. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More