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July 28, 2021
MONTREAL – The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal held its first Hackathon Blitz for healthcare in June, organized in partnership with the City of Montreal and Hacking Health Montreal. For 12 hours, seven teams developed projects from idea to design, accompanied by experienced coaches and mentors from our partners at Ubisoft, Ivado, Hacking Health and engaged citizens.
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July 28, 2021
TORONTO – AGE-WELL has announced AgeTech Innovation Week, a unique new event for anyone with an interest in technology and aging, to be held October 4-8, 2021. This free virtual event will feature curated public panels, workshops, networking opportunities and catalytic conversations that connect people and create change.
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July 21, 2021
TORONTO – Trillium Health Partners and Mackenzie Health were award winners in the healthcare category at the annual Digital Transformation Awards, held by IT World Canada as part of its Digital Transformation Week. Trillium won in the Small Public Sector category for synthesizing thousands of pieces of COVID-19 data to create the website How’s My Flattening.
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July 21, 2021
TORONTO – Microsoft Canada has recognized Dapasoft, a Calian company, with the 2021 Healthcare Impact Award. Dapasoft was selected for Corolar Virtual Care (CVC), an integrated virtual care and patient engagement solution adopted by five healthcare networks serving more than five million people in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
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July 14, 2021
WATERLOO, Ont. – The Accelerator Centre (AC) and Grand River Hospital (GRH) are pleased to announce the launch of a new, collaborative program aimed at improving patient care, and helping Canadian innovators test and enhance their technologies in partnership with the healthcare sector.
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July 7, 2021
MONTREAL – Aifred Health, a Montreal-based startup that uses machine learning to treat depression, has earned second spot and $1 million from the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition. At the start of the international event five years ago, Aifred Health was one of more than 150 registered teams – all using artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle challenges facing humanity.
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July 7, 2021
CALGARY – A Calgary company founded by an ICU physician is being recognized with an international Red Dot Design Award for creating a medical device that allows a single ventilator to be safely used by up to four patients at once.
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June 29, 2021
Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH) is showing that community hospitals can be as innovative as their larger peers when it comes to deploying electronic solutions. Its ‘smart hospital’ strategy, launched five years ago, demonstrates that investments in digital technologies lead to faster, more effective care and higher levels of patient satisfaction. Read More
June 23, 2021
MONTREAL – By using video over very fast networks, and assisted by Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, surgeons at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal are sharing the operating room with experts in Toronto and potentially any city around the world. It is allowing them to bring in sources of expertise to assist with new operations and technologies, or to add expertise if and when the hospital is short-handed.
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June 16, 2021
TORONTO – The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), supported by Baycrest, announced an investment of almost $1 million in funding to assist the development and testing of 24 new innovations aimed at improving the quality of life for older adults, people living with dementia, and their caregivers.
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