Viewing articles in the ‘Innovation’ topic.
June 3, 2015
TORONTO – A Smartwatch app designed to help people recover from depression and connect them with their care circle received the Innovative Solution Award from the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) at the wrap-up for the Hacking Health Design Challenge.
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May 20, 2015
KITCHENER, Ont. – Cloud DX, a manufacturer of cutting-edge medical applications, and a finalist for the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, announced that it has raised $1.382 million from Vancouver BC-based B&M Miller Equity Holdings Inc. in a convertible debt round. This brings the start-up company’s total funding to $2.6 million, raised from angel investors in the U.S. and Canada. Read More
May 20, 2015
TORONTO – Telus Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Sprout, a leading Canadian organization helping companies engage employees to improve their health and wellness. Sprout helps companies and their workforces by providing technology-based tools that motivate employees to get fit and additional tools for leaders to manage and measure the positive impact to their business. Read More
May 20, 2015
TORONTO – With 400+ attendees, 33 sponsors, 34 exhibitors and a stellar panel of expert speakers and judges, MaRS HealthKick 2015 has become Canada’s largest health venture showcase. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, MaRS HealthKick 2015 brought together hundreds of members of the North American investment community, as well as key health industry leaders and ecosystem players. Read More
May 6, 2015
SUDBURY – A total of 23 hospitals are now part of the Virtual Critical Care Unit in northeastern Ontario. Launched in May of 2014 and based at Health Sciences North (HSN) in Greater Sudbury, with funding from the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN), VCC is the first virtual critical care model of its kind in Canada. Read More
May 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It is not just a game anymore as UCLA neurosurgeons slip on Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets used in gaming to be transported inside their patients’ brains. The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery is collaborating with Surgical Theater LLC to integrate the Oculus Rift with Surgical Theater’s 3D surgery navigation device called SNAP. Read More
May 6, 2015
WINDSOR, Ont. – A Windsor Regional Hospital nurse took the top judges’ prize at an international competition that designs and develops mobile “apps” for the health care sector. Kaitlyn Sheehan (pictured), a WRH RN in the cardiac catheterization lab at Ouellette campus, was the “Overall Judges Favourite” recipient at Hacking Health Windsor Detroit for the app she conceptualized called “Stent Tracker.” Read More
April 22, 2015
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton Health Sciences’ IT department has launched a ‘for profit’ consulting team that is assisting other hospitals and healthcare organizations with their information technology challenges.
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April 22, 2015
TORONTO – Under the new Advancing Health program, a partnership between the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and Ontario’s Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, five healthcare-related information communication technology projects have received up to $350,000 each, in addition to cash and in-kind support from industry partners and some of Ontario’s top hospitals.
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April 22, 2015
MONTREAL – Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada (Starlight) has demonstrated that its turnkey pediatric tablet program has a positive impact on disabled children. The program, launched as a pilot study at the Quebec Society for Disabled Children (QSDC) in April 2014, has shown to be effective or highly effective in promoting learning (91% of survey respondents), social interaction among disabled peers (73%) and between disabled and non-disabled children (73%).
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