NEWMARKET, Ont. – CreateIT Now, a full-fledged business incubator, has opened its doors on the grounds of Southlake Regional Health Centre. CreateIT Now was launched in partnership with the Town of Newmarket, ventureLAB, Seneca College, York University and York Region. The organization aims to foster innovation in the healthcare sector while serving as a catalyst for a health technology business cluster in Newmarket.
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Playing with teddy bears isn’t exactly what springs to mind when you think of healthcare innovation, but as Andrew Eckford rolls a teddy bear around on a desk, you start to see how a small matchbox-sized pod strapped to the plush toy could make a big difference for patients and healthcare costs.
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Information is power. Over the course of history, information has helped underdogs break free from their dependencies on those who controlled the masses. At times, it has even contributed to the toppling of regimes and the elimination of famine.
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Hospital or ecosystem? With all of the modern networking and integration going into new hospital builds across Canada, the comparison has never been more appropriate. At the Niagara Health System (NHS) St. Catharines site, a state-of-the-art acute care facility that opened in March 2013, systems are so interconnected and wireless coverage is so pervasive, it’s hard to imagine delivering healthcare without it.
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RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Mackenzie Health has announced ICAT Healthcare – a strategy that will see the hospital propel its information, communications, and automation technology (ICAT) systems to a leadership position within the healthcare industry over the next four years.
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TORONTO – Ontario is spending $19.4 million to bring a Johnson & Johnson biotech incubator to the MaRS discovery district. Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid (pictured) said the money, which comes from the government’s existing 10-year, $2.5-billion Jobs and Prosperity Fund, will be more than matched by the U.S. pharmaceutical giant.
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RICHMOND HILL, ONT. – Mackenzie Health has announced the second phase of its Innovation Unit, a living laboratory with 34-beds that is about to implement and test smart messaging and clinical alerting, in conjunction with partners BlackBerry, Cisco and Thoughtwire.
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WINDSOR, Ont. – The Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor is pleased to announce the launch of the Odette World Health Innovation Network (WIN). Led by health thought leader Dr. Anne Snowdon (pictured), WIN will be among the first Canadian health innovation centres with formal ties to the U.S., building collaborative partnerships between the two countries to advance health system innovation.
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TORONTO – The day will come when robots will perform prostatectomies, liver and kidney surgeries and more, with better results than living and breathing surgeons, says Dr. Christopher Schlacta, director of CSTAR at London Health Sciences and a leading authority on surgical robotics.
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TORONTO – Congratulations to the 2015 Canadian Health Informatics Awards (CHIA) winners! The awards were presented at the 10th annual CHIA Gala during the e-Health 2015 Conference in Toronto June 2. The CHIA awards are offered through a partnership between ITAC Health and COACH.
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