OTTAWA – The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, a leading national initiative focused on accelerating Canadian innovation in healthcare, announced the launch of its Long-Term Care Innovation and Scaling Network. This new network, led by Ottawa-based Bruyère, is designed to enhance the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents and operators, by introducing innovative, Canadian-made technology solutions to address LTC’s most pressing challenges.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Partners Community Health, Trillium Health Partners and the Government of Ontario are revolutionizing long-term care (LTC) in the City of Mississauga with the opening of Wellbrook Place, two new state-of-the-art LTC homes, part of a larger Seniors’ Campus of Care, focused on providing specialized services to residents in the homes and the community.
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WINNIPEG – A new Manitoba research hub hopes to leverage computers, virtual technology and artificial intelligence to study and develop supports for patients in recovery, people with disabilities and older adults with conditions such as Alzheimer’s who want to live independently in their homes.
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VHA Home HealthCare (VHA) has a vision for how technology can improve their clients’ and care providers’ experiences, and Canadian software vendor GoldCare is helping to bring it to life. Here, the two senior leaders share their secrets for a productive, mutually beneficial customer-vendor partnership.
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TORONTO – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is tackling inequities in healthcare head-on – bringing the lab to the patient. Dr. Neil Fleshner, clinician scientist in the University Health Network’s Division of Urology and Love Chair in Prostate Cancer Prevention, has launched a mobile prostate cancer testing clinic in collaboration with The Walnut Foundation, a men’s health interest and prostate cancer support group working with the Black community.
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Reaching 40 million in population calls for a celebration in Canada! With nearly one out of five Canadians being at least 65 years of age as of July 2022, the need to have choices for quality aging has become even more important.
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TORONTO – VitalHub is excited to announce a partnership with The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids (GH-CCMH), a leading child and youth mental health centre in Toronto, to implement their TREAT Client Information & Care Coordination software. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in advancing client care and streamlining operations at GH-CCMH.
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CALGARY – SAP SE announced that The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF) has selected the GROW with SAP solution to take full advantage of cloud ERP and help meet its current and future ambitions. The GROW with SAP solution will help BSF deliver the right levels of care and services to optimize well-being and enrich lives every day.
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LONDON, Ont. – London’s largest health network has launched a new initiative that will give a patient’s health information to staff at their long-term care (LTC) homes within a half-hour of their discharge from hospital. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) said it’s one of the first hospitals in the province to implement the Ontario eHub Health Information Exchange. Its initial phase will focus on patients transitioning from acute hospital care to LTC.
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TORONTO – The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, announced funding of over $1.9 million to support the development and validation of 40 innovations aimed at improving the quality of life for older adults, people living with dementia, and caregivers.
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