Viewing articles in the ‘Mobile Solutions’ topic.
April 14, 2014
In 2012, Dr. Joshua Landy, a busy intensive care specialist at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto, was catching up with two friends over dinner. Today, the three are cofounders of Figure 1 Inc., a start-up that recently raised $2 million in seed funding to grow its healthcare photo sharing app. Read More
April 14, 2014
Cornwall Community Hospital, in Cornwall, Ont., has become one of the first hospitals in Canada to implement a brand-new wireless technology that runs as fast as 2.6 gigabits-per-second – as rapidly as a high-speed wired system. Read More
March 19, 2014
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – PatientSafe Solutions, a leader in smart point-of-care mobile solutions for healthcare, has announced a new strategic investment of $3 million from Telus Ventures. PatientSafe’s clinical workflow solution, the PatientTouch system, is a mobile platform allowing caregivers to easily communicate and collaborate with each other from the point-of-care, thereby enhancing efficiency, quality and patient outcomes. Read More
March 5, 2014
TORONTO – With sales of mobile devices now outstripping sales of desktop computers, some observers say we’re now in the post-PC era. Healthcare providers are part of the trend, with physicians, nurses and others opting for smartphones, tablets and scores of apps. In a new White Paper called ‘Mobile Computing in Clinical Settings,’ Canada Health Infoway recently analyzed the economic effect of such devices on healthcare delivery and pointed out several challenges. Read More
February 5, 2014
TORONTO – Cancer Care Ontario has long developed expertise in protocols for treating oncology patients. More recently, it has been transferring that expertise into easy-to-access mobile apps, enabling physicians to quickly access the information they need. Read More