TORONTO – This year’s e-Health Conference will focus on “The Future of Digital Health and the People who Benefit.” During the Conference, attendees will celebrate, grow and be inspired by learnings from the past and present, and look to the future state of digital health in Canada. From coast to coast to coast, e-Health will showcase the many facets of our nation’s digital health journey.
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As physicians, we want to offer the best possible care plan for every patient, every time. We want tools that help us incorporate the many factors that affect each individual. This is where precision medicine comes in.
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TORONTO – Grants4AppsToronto, a new incubator program from Bayer, is now accepting applications for digital health solutions that will help facilitate the work of Canadian healthcare professionals and improve the lives of Canadians.
Grants4AppsToronto connects digital health startups with industry experts through mentoring and coaching, financial support up to $10,000 per startup and networking opportunities. The three Grants4Apps finalists will also get office space from June 5 to October 4, 2017 at Bayer’s Canadian headquarters in Mississauga.
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TORONTO – The Vector Institute – an organization dedicated to R&D in artificial intelligence – was launched at the end of March with pledges of $50 million in funding from the provincial government, up to $40 million from Ottawa, and $80 million over 10 years from a group of 31 corporate donors.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Carestream Health announced a partnership with Israel-based Zebra Medical Vision, a company that is surging ahead in the area of Deep Learning and the automated analysis of diagnostic images.
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RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health has awarded a contract to Compugen for Managed Information, Communication and Automation Technology (ICAT) Services at the future Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital. The new site is expected to be up and running in 2020.
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ORLANDO, FLA. – IBM’s Watson Health is releasing its first commercial product, Watson Imaging Clinical Review, which uses artificial intelligence and analytics to reconcile cardiology reports with electronic patient records. In this initial offering, Watson Imaging Clinical Review will ensure that diagnoses of aortic stenosis, when made by cardiologists, are also transferred to the patient’s electronic health record and problem list.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Stratasys Ltd., a leading maker of 3D printers, has teamed up with five veterans hospitals to create the first three-dimensional printing hospital network in the country, the company said.
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SURREY, BC and BE’ER SHEBA, Israel – The Health and Technology District in Surrey, BC is pleased to announce an international partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation in Israel, to formalize a number of collaborations on health-related technologies.
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TORONTO – The creation of specialized chief nursing information officers (CNIO) is a critical element to advance clinical adoption in hospitals and healthcare organizations, according to new recommendations from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Canada Health Infoway.
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