December 23, 2024
SURREY – Meet Fraser. Born with the assistance of artificial intelligence and bearing the health authority’s name, Fraser is a digital navigator that recently celebrated its first birthday by helping more than 67,000 people over the past year find the closest, most appropriate care.
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November 6, 2024
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Trillium Health Partners is announcing a multi-year strategic partnership with Signal 1, a Canadian health Artificial Intelligence (AI) company. The partnership will enable the hospital to further develop its capabilities around AI and accelerate the safe adoption of AI tools to deliver improved outcomes.
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November 1, 2024
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal identified opportunities to perform hundreds of additional surgeries each year. Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre decreased the mortality rate from delayed radiology treatment by up to 13 percent. And the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) achieved a 5 percent increase in efficiency in its infusion clinic – amounting to 11 hours of extra treatment capacity per day – by accurately predicting patient treatment times. Read More
October 16, 2024
OSHAWA, Ont. – In a groundbreaking new initiative, Lakeridge Health has teamed with Ontario Tech University to drive healthcare innovation and address Durham Region’s evolving health needs using artificial intelligence (AI). The ‘Partnership for Advanced Technology in Health Care’ seeks to enhance patient care and improve health outcomes for the community through the sharing of cutting-edge research with practical applications.
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September 30, 2024
Imagine a world where high-quality data is seamlessly provided for your clinical decisions, administrative tasks disappear, and your attention is fully on your patients. That world could rapidly take shape, driven by the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Read More
September 18, 2024
SURREY, BC – Fraser Health has partnered with Deloitte Canada to develop and launch scheduling tools that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning solutions to accurately forecast the waves in demand we see in the health system.
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September 18, 2024
TORONTO – A new study from Unity Health Toronto researchers evaluates the use of CHARTWatch, the artificial intelligence (AI) early warning system developed at St. Michael’s Hospital that monitors hospitalized patients in real-time and identifies those at high risk of unexpected death or transfer to an intensive care unit (ICU) and sends alerts so that doctors and nurses can intervene early.
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September 11, 2024
VANCOUVER – DIGITAL, Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, this week announced an investment of over $53 million in 11 different AI-enabled projects across the country’s leading industries. These investments are set to leverage an additional $106 million in partner contributions.
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September 11, 2024
KITCHENER, Ont. – Building on the success of the Continuous Connected Patient Care (CCPC) project, a consortium of leading Canadian medtech companies, led by FluidAI Medical in collaboration with Medtronic Canada ULC, Excelar Technologies, Providence Health Care Ventures, and the University of Waterloo, has announced the launch of the Postoperative Patient Management Platform (PPMP) project under Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, known as DIGITAL.
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September 4, 2024
LONDON, Ont. – Deep Breathe, a leading Canadian medical AI company, has emerged as the winner of the prestigious 2024 xTechInternational competition, hosted by the US Army. This remarkable achievement underlines Deep Breathe’s pioneering role in developing AI-powered diagnostic solutions that meet the stringent requirements of military and healthcare environments.
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