Innovation

SURREY, BC – Heuro Canada, a provider of neurological health solutions, is launching a non-invasive treatment program at its newly opened Neurotherapy Montreal, Canada’s first clinic to feature the highly anticipated PoNS neurotechnology from U.S.-based Helius Medical Technologies. Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Based on its recent analysis of the North American clinical documentation improvement (CDI) market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized 3M Health Information Systems with the 2018 North American Technology Leadership Award for its 3M™ 360 Encompass System. It was one of the first computer-assisted coding (CAC) products in the market and the first to combine coding, CDI, and quality metrics into a single unified platform. Read More

OTTAWA – Physicians at the Shirley E. Greenberg Women’s Health Centre, at The Ottawa Hospital, created the 3D model of a uterus, as part of a surgical plan to remove 50 fibroid tumours. They believe it’s the first time 3D modeling has been used to help plan a gynecological surgery. Read More

SUDBURY, Ont. – Health Sciences North is passing on plaster and introducing patients to the most cutting edge approach available to creating prosthetic and orthotic devices, a first for Sudbury and Northeastern Ontario. As a result, “What used to take two hours, now takes twenty minutes. Wait times for new patients have been cut in half,” says Kristin Schafer, a certified prosthetist at HSN. Read More

VANCOUVER – An anonymous donor has given $18.35 million to the B.C. Cancer Foundation. Moreover, the individual has given the foundation a total of $29 million over their lifetime, including the latest amount. That makes it a record in individual lifetime giving to the foundation. Read More

OTTAWA – Joule, a Canadian Medical Association (CMA) subsidiary, has announced the recipients for its annual Innovation grants. This year marks the highest value Innovation grants to date: recipients will share $200,000 in flexible funding to develop or expand a project that affects how physicians work and the care their patients receive. Read More

TORONTO – In partnership with the University of Toronto, MaRS is expanding its footprint to a new innovation centre currently under construction on the lakeshore. The 400,000-square-foot Waterfront Innovation Centre is planned to open in 2021 with space for around 3,000 tech workers. Read More

TORONTO – TD Bank announced that it will become a Corporate Founding Member of the Health Stream at the University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) with a $2.5 million contribution over five years. The CDL’s Health Stream focuses on biotechnology, bioinformatics, diagnostics and digital care for Canadians. Read More

TORONTO – Fujitsu Canada, Inc. has announced the ScanSnap iX1500, a new flagship colour duplex model that joins the Fujitsu ScanSnap Series of document scanners. The core appeal of the ScanSnap Series is in its ability to effortlessly convert most office documents into PDFs, searchable PDFs, Word and Excel documents, and more. Read More