ARMONK, N.Y. – IBM has unveiled its next-generation Power Systems Servers, incorporating its newly designed POWER9 processor. Built specifically for compute-intensive AI workloads, the new POWER9 systems are capable of improving the training times of deep learning frameworks by nearly 4x2 allowing enterprises to build more accurate AI applications, faster.
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TORONTO – These days, most surgeons bring their iPhones into the operating room. More than just background noise, music sets the mood and focuses their concentration, becoming a crucial part of a surgeon’s surgical routine.
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TORONTO – The winners of the 2017 Ingenious Awards, organized by the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), includes two healthcare organizations. OntarioMD was honoured for its provincial eConsult initiative, and Cancer Care Ontario was recognized for its eCTAS electronic Canadian triage and acuity scale.
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TORONTO – Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is pleased to announce six successful applicants for the second round of REACH (Resources for Evaluating, Adopting and Capitalizing on Innovative Healthcare Technology), a program to help healthcare providers more rapidly adopt innovative healthcare technology solutions.
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TORONTO – The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre will use a $100 million gift to create new technologies to treat heart disease– helping it to reinvent the future of cardiac care and simultaneously turn it into one of the top heart hospitals in the world.
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OTTAWA – Joule, the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA’s) accelerator company, has announced a new partnership with Cloud DX, Inc, the award-winning Kitchener, Ont.-based digital healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) innovator. The goal is to bring advanced technologies, such as virtual reality, into the hospital sector.
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TORONTO – Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized the practice of medicine in recent years, as it dramatically reduces the size of incisions needed during operations and decreases the need for blood transfusions. It also reduces infection rates and recovery times.
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OTTAWA – In late spring, the Canadian College of Health Leaders announced 27 winners of the 2017 National Awards Program. They are healthcare leaders and innovative healthcare organizations from across Canada.
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OTTAWA – Joule, the Canadian Medical Association’s newest company, has announced the five recipients of its 2017 Innovation grants. This year’s grant recipients were selected by a panel of 12 Joule Innovation Council members, focusing on degree of disruption, healthcare benefits, scalability and relevance. The funds totaling $150,000 are allocated in three categories: Early-Stage Initiatives, Later-Stage Initiatives and Social Initiative.
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TORONTO and BOSTON – Bionik Laboratories Corp., a robotics company focused on providing rehabilitation and assistive technology solutions to individuals with neurological and mobility challenges from hospital to home, announced it has integrated Amazon’s Echo technology and Alexa Voice Service into its ARKE lower body exoskeleton.
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