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March 11, 2026
SEATTLE, Wash. – AWS is diving more deeply into the healthcare sector with the announcement of Amazon Connect Health, which it’s calling an agentic AI solution that handles high-volume administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling, clinical documentation, and medical coding. Currently it’s only available in the U.S.
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February 26, 2026
TORONTO – An interdisciplinary group at UHN that was responsible for creating and launching the patient monitoring innovation called H.A.L.O. (Human Attended Live Observation) has won the hospital’s Mission of Excellence Team Inventor of the Year Award. Read More
February 25, 2026
TORONTO - The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, is awarding $2.6 million to 26 Canadian healthcare and community-based organizations across the country, enabling them to embed leading-edge brain health innovations into their operations with the goal of providing better care for older persons - including those living with dementia.
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February 4, 2026
OWEN SOUND, Ont. - Brightshores Health System is introducing a new digital call bell system designed to make it easier for patients to communicate with their nursing team and help nurses respond to the most urgent needs first.
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January 30, 2026
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The official launch of a new, pan-Canadian organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of innovative, home-grown healthcare solutions was announced at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services’ (NL Health) 2025 Health Innovation Summit, held in St. John’s last November. Read More
January 28, 2026
TORONTO - INOVAIT announced a call for applications for the Winter 2026 Pilot Fund. The Pilot Fund is a non-dilutive funding program that supports cutting-edge research and development projects in image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence technologies.
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January 14, 2026
ST. JOHN'S, NL - Medventions, a leading Canadian medtech innovation and entrepreneurship program, has launched a pilot program in Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services and the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. This pilot program marks the third Medventions site across Canada, further expanding the program’s national reach.
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January 7, 2026
TORONTO - INOVAIT, Canada’s image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence (AI) network, is announcing the publication of its health data licensing tools, the Data Licensing Toolkit (Version 1.0). The Data Licensing Toolkit supports Canadian healthcare institutions in establishing governance processes for responsible and trustworthy sharing of de-identified health data with industry and other partners.
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January 7, 2026
OAKVILLE, Ont. - The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network has announced an expanded partnership with Mohawk Medbuy Corporation (MMC) to create a more direct pathway from healthcare innovation to procurement.
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December 10, 2025
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is leading the way in digital patient care with its Digital Teammate, an AI-powered assistant designed to provide patients with 24/7 educational support. This first-of its-kind digital assistant uses generative AI to provide timely and personalized support to patients through human-like conversations.
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