August 8, 2018
TORONTO – Real Time Medical is pleased to announce a new AI training, research and validation service to aid AI application development for healthcare. The service is part of a collaboration between MIIRCAM (Medical Imagining Informatics Research Centre at McMaster), Hamilton Health Sciences and Real Time Medical.
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August 8, 2018
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Medtronic of Canada Ltd. announced it has received a licence from Health Canada for its Intellis platform, which includes the world’s smallest implantable spinal cord stimulator (SCS) for the management of certain types of chronic intractable pain.
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that can negatively impact all aspects of a person’s life – relationships, work productivity and activities of daily living – yet it remains under-recognized and undertreated.
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July 18, 2018
TORONTO – Just a few years ago, Canada’s biggest science and technology incubator had to be bailed out by the Ontario government. Now it has so many companies clamouring for space that it’s looking for a second office, Bloomberg news reports.
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July 4, 2018
TORONTO – The hospital procurement process is considered by many to be a major obstacle to innovation adoption in Ontario. Now, a new tool is available to help hospitals and entrenpreneurs pull innovation into Ontario’s healthcare system faster, improving patient care and health system efficiency.
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July 4, 2018
VANCOUVER – Canadian researchers are planning a national program to test an innovative treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer, providing an option that to date has not been available in Canada.
The National Program on Targeted Radionuclide Therapy for Prostate Cancer will focus on radionuclide therapy (RNT), which harnesses radioactive drugs to target and kill cancer cells.
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July 3, 2018
TORONTO – You know that technology is moving quickly when a robot takes the conference stage as the keynote speaker. Sophia, a humanoid robot with realistic facial features and the ability to respond to language and gestures, was the luncheon speaker at the recent OCE Discovery Conference in Toronto. Her delivery may have been a little machine-like, but she spoke with a nice sense of humour. That alone seemed to bring her to life. Sophia, who is visiting Canada from her home in Hong Kong, told the crowd that she “finds Canadians to be very polite, eh?” Read More
July 3, 2018
TORONTO – Dr. John Reeves opened the HealthBot 2018 conference with a question: How many in the audience had been at HealthBot 2017? No one raised a hand. “That’s because it didn’t exist,” Reeves chuckled. But interest in chatbots – software that simulates human conversation through the use of AI technologies like natural language processing, big data management and pattern recognition – is growing rapidly. Read More
June 20, 2018
TORONTO – Etobicoke, Ontario-based textile computing company Myant has unveiled a first-of-its-kind, soon-to-be-released line of clothing designed to diagnose, treat and prevent health issues. Referring to the new offering as futuristic clothing – with the technology seamlessly integrated into the fabric, as opposed to traditional wearables – the company explained that the breakthrough products promise to change the face of both the garment industry and healthcare.
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June 7, 2018
VANCOUVER – The annual Canadian Health Informatics Awards (CHIA) were announced at a gala event last month, as part of the eHealth 2018 Conference and Trade Show. The awards honour digital-health leaders and visionaries who are re-engineering and improving healthcare delivery in Canada today.
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June 7, 2018
MONTREAL – The winners of the inaugural McGill Clinical Innovation Competition (CLIC) and Hakim Family Prize for Clinical Innovation in Health Care were announced at an event last month.
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