May 23, 2018
PENTICTON, BC – Ascom, a leading global healthcare Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provider, announced that its partner, Houle, will complete a large Ascom Telligence nurse call installation at Penticton Regional Hospital, an Interior Health facility in British Columbia.
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May 23, 2018
LONDON, Ont. – Pagers have now been replaced by web-based technology at St. Joseph’s Health Care and the London Health Sciences Centre – an urgent need as the companies providing pager service were getting out of that business.
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October 30, 2017
MARKHAM, ONT. – More than 30 staff members at Saint Elizabeth Health Care who also care for sick or frail members of their own families have finished a pilot project using Tess, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. Read More
October 2, 2017
TORONTO – Some medical residents in Canada are still communicating with care teams by using outdated tools like pagers and even pen and paper for their daily processes – despite the fact most healthcare professionals own smartphones. Read More
July 5, 2017
HAMILTON, ONT. – Healthcare is a fast paced environment and access to up to date, accurate data is key to ensuring patient and staff safety. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton explored the possibility of moving away from paper-based infection-prevention audits to improve the auditing process and the timeliness of reports to the clinical units. Read More
July 5, 2017
RED DEER, Alta. – Canadian owned company SafeTracks GPS Canada Inc. announced it will be offering a GPS wearable device to provide a long-term care alternative for patients living with dementia and seniors who are at high risk of falls and wandering.
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May 1, 2017
WHITBY, ONT. – Patients at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences will become more active participants in their own healthcare through the use of a new app developed with a partner company, Waterloo, Ont.-based Mozzaz Corp. Read More
April 5, 2017
WOLFSVILLE, N.S. – Acadia University researcher Anne Sophie Champod (pictured) is receiving a $148,000 grant for her post-stroke recovery and rehabilitation project. Her research team is exploring an interactive iPad application to treat a common syndrome that makes simple tasks difficult for many stroke patients.
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April 3, 2017
At VON Canada, 6,400 staff and 6,200 volunteers bring a wide range of nursing, personal support, and community services to more than 10,000 people every day in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Read More
February 1, 2017
TORONTO – Figure 1, the app that connects healthcare professionals and medical students from over 190 countries, announced that 1 million healthcare professionals have viewed medical cases on the platform more than 2 billion times.
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