TORONTO – Amazon Canada announced the launch of Alexa Smart Properties, with new solutions that will enable senior living providers to integrate Alexa into their properties and empower residents to stay connected, informed and entertained – just by asking Alexa. Designed specifically for the needs of senior living communities, Alexa Smart Properties simplifies deploying and managing Alexa-enabled devices at scale. It is designed to help properties offer customized Alexa experiences for residents and increase care-team productivity.
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MONTREAL – AlayaCare, a leading home care technology provider, announced that the province of Newfoundland & Labrador has procured AlayaCare as its preferred solutions provider to digitize and integrate its home care services. This province-wide deployment will introduce unified data collection, improved monitoring, measurement, and analytics, resulting in better experiences for clients and care providers.
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EDMONTON – The city’s newest ‘health hub’ is now open, bringing multiple healthcare services under one roof. Located in the city’s northeast, the Edmonton Community Health Hub North is made possible through a partnership between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Edmonton North Primary Care Network (PCN).
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TORONTO – VHA Home HealthCare (VHA)’s Customer Service Centre is in the midst of a major digital transformation. Working with partner organizations GoldCare and Bell Canada, VHA has embarked on a systems integration that will deliver faster response times for clients and their loved ones, and a more efficient workflow for VHA team members.
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WINDSOR, Ont. – A mobile clinic operating through the Windsor Essex Ontario Health Team (OHT) will provide various supports including mental health and addiction care, along with dental care. Essex County Warden Gary McNamara says a mobile health clinic will help health professionals to better respond to residents in crisis in high-priority neighbourhoods. “I believe it’s a model for many other regions in the province to mirror themselves to,” he told CTV News.
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TORONTO – Whirlpool brand announced a collaboration with Magnusmode, a social enterprise leveraging technology to help autistic and neurodiverse people gain independence in their daily lives. To help make everyday chores around the home more accessible, Whirlpool brand and Magnusmode are launching 10 new Home Care digital guides (‘Card Decks’) in Magnusmode’s app, MagnusCards.
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CALGARY – The HealthTech Home project, a new initiative from The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF), Health Cities and Best Buy Canada, aims to address pressure on health systems by integrating and validating consumer technology and innovative health solutions in a residential setting.
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WINNIPEG – A new, home-like space at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg may lead to more Canadians living independently at home for longer. Aptly named, the Smart Suite was built by the University of Manitoba College of Rehabilitation Sciences and officially opened for use earlier this month.
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – An innovative Canadian technology, intended to reduce the risk of falls, is now available locally through a commercialization project being conducted at Health PEI with support from the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network. The program uses technology developed by PEI based Stepscan Technologies to identify challenges in a person’s walking or balance function.
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TORONTO – AGE-WELL and the Canadian College of Health Leaders have teamed up to produce a special themed issue of the journal Healthcare Management Forum focused on aging, technology and health in a post-COVID world. The September issue, available now, features 10 articles that share important evidence of lessons learned from COVID-19 and how they can be operationalized to benefit older adults.
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