January 19, 2022
VANCOUVER – A ground-breaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab and the department of microbiology and immunology at UBC. Sepsis is one of the biggest killers in the world, responsible for one in five deaths worldwide including those from severe COVID-19 disease, but it is difficult to detect early.
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December 8, 2021
VANCOUVER – Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) have engineered the fastest, AI-enabled technology of its kind to identify novel medications for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In a new study published in Chemical Science, the team explains how they were able to supercharge the computational screening for potential antiviral compounds more than 100-fold, opening the door to the rapid development of medications to treat infected individuals.
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December 1, 2021
TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) research lab thanks to a $1-million donation from TD Bank Group.
The Augmented Precision Medicine Lab will develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help improve the clinical care that patients receive in the fields of cardiology, cancer and other chronic diseases. Sunnybrook’s rich and complex data stores will be harnessed to develop clinical risk prediction models that will enable physicians to provide personalized care to patients and potentially improve outcomes.
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November 17, 2021
QUEBEC CITY – MUUTAA, the healthcare AI company behind a cloud-based platform that powers deep learning to inform smarter supply chain decisions, support better care and ultimately improve health outcomes, has announced market availability of DemandAMP+. As the first and only AI solution for healthcare supply chains that focuses on patient-driven demand, this new AI-as-a-Service offering supports supply chain decision-making by integrating essential data elements that have historically been largely out of reach for supply chain managers.
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November 4, 2021
If health data is the next frontier in personalized medicine, the learning health system could be the vehicle to transport us there. That’s the vision of recent collaborations across Canada bringing together academics, clinicians, businesses and funding partners to unlock critical health data found in physician notes, imaging databases, electronic medical records and other digital health systems. Not only are the groups enabling researchers and clinicians to access high-quality pools of patient information that have historically been difficult to apply to decision making, they’re also working to build a healthcare system that continuously learns about the population it serves. Read More
November 4, 2021
GE Healthcare has developed a next- generation, cloud-based Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) that aims to help healthcare organizations keep current with rapidly evolving technology, relieve the pressure on capital budgets and free up IT resources. The subscription-based diagnostic imaging solution called Edison True PACS1 encompasses diagnostic reading, exam workflow, AI Applications, 3D post processing, enterprise visualization and archiving in a single platform. Read More
November 4, 2021
The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare – ranging from operational efficiencies to patient outcomes – is vast. Still, many organizations struggle to turn that potential into actual value to make it more efficient and collaborative, and most importantly, to improve care. One of the most significant obstacles to unlocking AI’s potential is the quality of the data itself. Read More
September 22, 2021
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.
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September 15, 2021
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.
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September 8, 2021
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.
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