November 1, 2022
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing an increasingly important role in virtually every sector of the economy, including healthcare. AI algorithms and machine learning models are now used to optimize resource scheduling, flag abnormal chest X-rays and predict the deterioration of patients in intensive care units. Read More
November 1, 2022
Once relegated to fragmented, one-off solutions, artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is now coming of age as an enterprise-wide strategy. All it took was a global pandemic to highlight the strategic role machine learning and algorithms can play in helping to reduce costs, optimize staffing and scheduling, improve bed management and provide enhanced care. Read More
November 1, 2022
Recently, I spoke at the 22nd Annual Healthcare Summit in Vancouver, where we explored the importance of promoting a culture of transparency and explainability in healthcare AI. According to research from the Brookings Institute, medicine trails every industry but construction in demand for AI-literate employees, and if providers don’t know what factors contributed to an AI’s decision, providers will be more reluctant to utilize the AI to aid in decision making. We need to promote a culture of transparency and explainability in healthcare AI otherwise the promise of new, innovative technologies like these will not be realized. Read More
August 24, 2022
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – An artificial intelligence (AI) project is expanding healthcare for remote communities in Saskatchewan. Synthesis Health has supplied Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation with portable X-ray machines. It’s the first in Canada, according to the company’s chief medical officer, Deepak Kaura (pictured).
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August 10, 2022
TORONTO – Earlier this summer, Sanofi announced the opening of an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Toronto, joining Sanofi’s global network of existing digital hubs in Paris, Boston, New York and Barcelona. The Centre will be focused on using leading technologies to develop world-class data and artificial intelligence (AI) products that accelerate research and development to improve access to life-saving medicine for patients, and to create value for the health sector.
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July 20, 2022
OTTAWA – In a new proof-of-concept study led by Dr. Mark Walker at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, researchers are pioneering the use of a unique Artificial Intelligence-based deep learning model as an assistive tool for the rapid and accurate reading of ultrasound images. The goal of the team’s study was to demonstrate the potential for deep-learning architecture to support early and reliable identification of cystic hygroma from first trimester ultrasound scans.
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July 13, 2022
HAMILTON, Ont. – Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The most common type is coronary artery disease (CAD), which occurs when the vessels that supply blood to the heart get narrowed, clogged or completely blocked by plaque – deposits of cholesterol, fats and other substances.
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July 13, 2022
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital is the first hospital in the world to evaluate an innovative medical device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when critically ill patients are ready to breathe on their own, called the Extubation Advisor. The device was developed by Dr. Andrew Seely (pictured), a critical care physician, thoracic surgeon and scientist at The Ottawa Hospital and founder and CEO of Therapeutic Monitoring Systems (TMS).
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June 30, 2022
Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton are known as Canada’s powerhouse centres for the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning – the federal government even designated them as such in its AI strategy. But a Calgary company is putting its city on the map, too, with advanced AI projects for cardiology. Read More
June 15, 2022
MONTREAL – Logibec, a leader in the development and implementation of healthcare IT solutions, announced an agreement with the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM) for the joint development of the DAL.IA solution (supply and logistics management with artificial intelligence), a predictive analysis tool that complements Logibec’s Financial and Material Management System (FMMS) solution in use throughout the healthcare provincial network.
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