July 3, 2024
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) has introduced its new Digital Teammate, an innovative, AI-powered digital assistant that is designed to provide human-like interactions with staff, patients and visitors. During an initial test phase, the Digital Teammate will be able to answer questions about TOH’s new campus in French or English.
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June 12, 2024
CALGARY – Two private companies and 10 research teams from across Alberta – including several from the University of Calgary – received a combined $9.5 million last month from an Alberta Innovates grant aimed at boosting artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector.
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April 30, 2024
ORLANDO, FLA. – We know that the usefulness of AI-driven solutions is tied to both the quality and quantity of the data used. It’s not just a matter of garbage in, garbage out. You’ve got to have a massive amount of high-quality data to train the algorithms – that’s how to get results that will work with a broad range of patients. For this reason, the Mayo Clinic is building one of the largest repositories of clinical data in the world. Read More
April 17, 2024
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is the first Canadian hospital to trial DAX Copilot – a Microsoft solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create draft clinical notes for physicians during patient appointments. By saving physicians time and effort in preparing patient charts, the hospital hopes to increase access to care for patients and reduce physician burnout.
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March 28, 2024
OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) is moving forward with plans for the development of a national, clinician-led AI Validation Network (HAIVN) to increase confidence in artificial intelligence applications deployed in the Canadian healthcare space. Read More
March 27, 2024
OTTAWA – The University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute, one of the country’s most distinguished heart health facilities, is celebrating a new addition that will use cardiovascular data and artificial intelligence to save lives. The state-of-the-art centre is the vision and legacy of outgoing president Dr. Thierry Mesana and will use tools such as machine learning to tailor care and treatment on an individual basis.
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March 20, 2024
PITTSBURGH – Abridge, the leader in generative AI for clinical documentation, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to utilize NVIDIA’s compute resources, foundation models, and expertise in efficiently deploying AI systems at scale to bolster Abridge’s mission to improve clinician and patient lives through technologies powered by generative AI. The company also announced an investment from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm.
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March 13, 2024
BEIJING – China is testing an AI assistant for neurosurgeons at seven hospitals in Beijing and other cities in coming months, one of many initiatives the government is backing to try and harness the technology, according to a report from Bloomberg news services.
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March 13, 2024
TORONTO – Digital wound care management leader Swift Medical is announcing a strategic co-investment from DIGITAL, Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, as a landmark move to push the boundaries of healthcare innovation. This collaboration is set to revolutionize the way wound care is delivered, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to forge significant advancements in patient outcomes and equity in treatment.
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March 6, 2024
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Hippocratic AI announced the inauguration of beta testing of the world’s first generative AI powered healthcare provider built on the company’s safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare, with an initial emphasis on voice-based, patient-facing, non-diagnostic applications.
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