Viewing articles in the ‘Innovation’ topic.
February 19, 2014
MONTREAL – Hacking Health will hold an event on February 21-23 at CHU Sainte-Justine, in which doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and health system administrators, will collaborate with computer scientists, technologists, programmers and designers in the creation of digital solutions to improve the health of mothers and their children in Quebec and the rest of the world. Read More
February 5, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, and the Intelligent Hospital, a subsidiary of the RFID in Healthcare Consortium, have announced that InterSystems HealthShare will be the official health informatics platform for the Intelligent Hospital Pavilion at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 23-26, 2014. Read More
February 5, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – CAE Healthcare, of Montreal, unveiled the CAE Fidelis Maternal Fetal Simulator at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), the world’s largest annual conference dedicated to healthcare simulation. Read More
February 5, 2014
TORONTO – Shift Health Paradigms, a healthcare startup transforming medical data collection from hospital waiting rooms, announced it is the first Canadian company to join StartUp Health (www.startuphealth.com), a global startup platform. The Canadian digital health company, which has created an innovative solution called TickiT, was selected out of more than 1,400 applicants to become part of the exclusive three-year StartUp Health Academy. Read More
January 23, 2014
GRAND RAPIDS, MI and RICHMOND, BC – Skytron, a leader in healthcare solutions, is pleased to partner with Richmond Hospital in Richmond, BC, to open integrated, 3D minimally invasive operating rooms. Referred to as AVIOR 3D surgical suites, the new ORs combine 3D, HD endoscopic technology from ConMed Corporation with Skytron’s integration technology, LED surgical lights and booms. Read More
January 23, 2014
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority admits it has failed to make any measurable progress over the past 12 months in meeting a series of performance targets for city hospital emergency rooms. Read More
January 9, 2014
CALGARY – In a 92-page report, the Health Quality Council of Alberta is urging that steps be taken to improve communication among the province’s doctors, after analyzing the case of a testicular cancer patient who died in 2012. Read More
January 9, 2014
SURREY, BC – Surrey has signed a partnership with Israel Brain Technologies as a way of strengthening the city’s Innovation Boulevard – a medical technology hub located between Simon Fraser University and Surrey Memorial Hospital. Read More
January 9, 2014
CALGARY – Late last year, a start-up company called SnapDx won both the “Audience Choice Award” and overall first place at the W21C Innovation Academy at the University of Calgary. Read More
January 9, 2014
CHARLOTTETOWN – A new telestroke service being piloted by Health PEI will provide enhanced and more convenient access to specialized stroke consultation services to patients in rural areas of Prince Edward Island, says Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie (pictured). Read More