TORONTO – MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL have launched the envisAGE 1st Call for Innovations to support the commercialization of technologies to help Canadian seniors maintain a better quality of life, longer, while propelling companies in the AgeTech sector. The announcement was made at the first envisAGE Annual Forum as part of AgeTech Innovation Week in Toronto.
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is pleased to announce its partnership with MAPflow and the connection of two powerful resources to better support pharmacists providing Minor Ailment Assessment and Prescribing services. The link between CPS Full Access and the MAPflow clinical decision-making tool will further streamline pharmacy teams’ workflow and documentation and support pharmacists as they implement new services as part of their growing scope of practice.
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TORONTO – INOVAIT, the pan-Canadian network for image-guided therapy (IGT), is now accepting applications to its Pilot Fund. The Pilot Fund is a reimbursement-based funding program to support collaborative research and development (R&D) projects in IGT that involve artificial intelligence technologies. Funding for this funding program was provided in part through the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).
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Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly emerging as transformative technologies in healthcare, with the potential to revolutionize patient care and outcomes. The most important and often overlooked factor enabling the power of ML and AI tools is the access to aggregated data from disparate sources that has been tested, validated, and maintained for true data integrity.
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TORONTO – The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network announced the 2023 CAN Health Network Award Recipients recognizing the users, companies, partners, and individuals in the network who are transforming healthcare in Canada and leading the new healthcare economy. Awards were presented to the following recipients:
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TORONTO – Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is pleased to announce that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has entered into an agreement with Halton Healthcare to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution to establish a new two-way transportation link from Milton District Hospital to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.
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EDMONTON – A group of former students at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology have been named finalists for a provincial award after inventing a smart teddy bear that can notify parents of issues in their child’s sleeping habits. For their capstone project, the students took a soft, fuzzy, fluffy teddy bear and made it into a useful tool for parents by adding some technological extras to it. They called it the Night Knight.
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BURNABY, BC – Dexcom, Inc., a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) for people with diabetes, and RxFood Corporation, the leader in AI-driven personalized nutrition assessments, announced today a first-of-its-kind partnership in Canada to introduce an improved digital health solution for those living with diabetes.
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WINDSOR, Ont. – IDC Canada and CIO magazine have named TransForm Shared Service Organization as a CIO Awards Canada 2023 award winner for their work on a proof of concept for developing a two-way health record from acute care facilities to primary care providers for unhoused people in our communities.
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CALGARY – BioAro, a Calgary-based biotechnology company, is working to help individuals around the world gain access to microbiome testing and services so they can be properly treated for IBS. The company is now announcing the launch of their online and in-person gut clinic, aiding patients on a global scale.
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