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June 4, 2014
OTTAWA – Pediatric surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Matthew Bromwich (pictured) accepted the “TELUS Award for mHealth Innovation” at the 29th Annual CATAAlliance Innovation Awards Gala. He accepted the award on behalf of a team effort to develop and successfully implement a new approach to test hearing impairment worldwide, called ShoeBOX Audiometry. Read More
June 4, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has launched an initiative aimed at directing the resources and innovation of the global technology industry toward empowering individuals to better manage their own health and wellness. The Samsung Digital Health Initiative is based on open hardware and software platforms that will accelerate the development of advanced sensors, algorithms, and data collection and analysis. Read More
June 4, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple announced that it will jump into the health information business with the upcoming launch of a new health app and a cloud-based health information platform. The new app, called simply “Health,” will collect a number of body metrics including blood pressure, heart rate, and stats on diet and exercise.
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May 21, 2014
NEWMARKET, Ont. – Dr. Atul Verma, cardiologist at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ont., recently became the first doctor in Canada to implant the world’s smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available – the Medtronic Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor System – in an adult patient.
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May 7, 2014
HALIFAX – The Rounds, a leader in physician-to-physician collaboration, announced it has completed a $1 million seed capital fundraising effort. The fundraising effort closed with a $250,000 investment from Innovacorp. The financing will help The Rounds accelerate growth across Canada and drive product development. Read More
April 30, 2014
Toronto-based GestSure, which only a few years ago launched a world-leading innovation that enables surgeons to use computers in the OR without touching a keyboard or mouse, has now released a major improvement. Instead of needing two hands to make the gestures that operate computers by remote control, surgeons will be able to perform these tasks using just one hand. Read More
April 16, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – Start-up Ineda Systems said it received $17 million in funding from investors, including major semiconductor industry players Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics, as it designs low-power chips for smart watches and other wearable computing gadgets. Read More
April 16, 2014
BRAMPTON, Ont. and ETOBICOKE, Ont. – Atinderpal (Atinder) Singh Multani (pictured) can tell others to “Kiss My App” after winning William Osler Health System’s national student app contest. Multani received $10,000 for his mobile app focused on improving the patient experience at the hospital. Read More
April 16, 2014
TORONTO – Microsoft Canada launched the Microsoft Ventures Innovators Circle, an event that brought some of Canada’s most promising start-ups together with a panel of experts in their field to discuss their experiences and to provide solutions to help them take their businesses to the next level. Read More
April 14, 2014
It was hard to choose between the highs and the lows at the Ontario Long-Term Care Association’s 5th Annual Research Day – high-tech and low-tech innovation, that is. Read More