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AI making progress in collaborative projects across Canada

By Dianne Daniel

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

GE Healthcare offers radiology departments access to innovative AI tools

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

Structured health data and patient consent can unlock the value of AI

By Derrick Chow

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

Satisfai uses AI to detect early esophageal cancer

September 22, 2021


Dr Michael ByrneVANCOUVER – 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

Using AI to speed up health policymaking

September 15, 2021


Andra TriccoTORONTO – 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

France-Quebec collaboration in rare diseases

September 8, 2021


Anita BurgunChristina KhnaisserSHERBROOKE, 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

U of A launches AI platform for healthcare

August 4, 2021


Lawrence RicherEDMONTON – 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

AI project will speed up care for northern Quebeckers

June 23, 2021


Sylvie DemersMONTREAL – 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

App is said to “think like a doctor”

June 9, 2021


John FraserVANCOUVER – 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

AI will monitor handwashing at Ottawa Hospital

May 26, 2021


Alan Forster 2021OTTAWA – 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

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