EDMONTON – Some of the most common reasons for a visit to an emergency department are injuries to your shoulders, arms, elbows and wrists. Determining the extent of these types of injuries may take months from booking an MRI until the scan. An X-RAY requires both time and an expert to interpret the results, causing a delay in treatment. What if there was a better way to determine these upper-body injuries?
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The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare data is undeniably transformative. It’s revolutionizing how we collect, process, and leverage data, particularly when understanding patient experiences alongside real-world outcomes.
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TORONTO – The Government of Ontario has committed $60 million dollars over a three-year period to support the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) in its mission to accelerate solutions that improve brain health. OBI’s renewal also includes an additional $5 million to launch the Centre for Analytics, an initiative supporting the development of neuroanalytical skills and AI models while maximizing the value of the data collected across OBI’s research network.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Clinic and Canon Inc. have announced intentions to form a strategic research partnership to develop innovative imaging and healthcare IT technologies aimed at improving diagnosis, care and outcomes for patients. The two organizations expect to establish a comprehensive imaging research center.
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VANCOUVER – People in B.C. will soon benefit from increased access to cutting-edge, life-saving medical therapies with a new clinical trials unit (CTU) that will allow life sciences companies and researchers to test their discoveries within the province. The province is investing $4.2 million to create a six-bed unit for Phase 1 clinical trials at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, which is operated by Providence Health Care, to be operational in late 2024. It will be the only non-cancer Phase 1 CTU in Western Canada.
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SURREY, BC – A newly installed TRIUX neo, from Finland-based neuroscience technology company MEGIN, is providing Simon Fraser University researchers with access to the latest magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology, furthering their ability to carry out adult and pediatric scans with advanced capabilities.
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TORONTO – Breast Cancer Canada (BCC) has announced PROgress Tracker, a first-of-its-kind knowledge base registry that will collect experiences from breast cancer patients and survivors with intentions to inform research, policy and future care of Canadian breast cancer patients.
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HAMILTON, Ont. – Three McMaster University startup companies – A.I. VALI Inc., HARvEST, and Esphera SynBio – have each received $256,000 in the third round of McMaster Seed Fund investments. Medical device startup A.I. VALI Inc. – cofounded by McMaster professor of medicine and gastroenterologist, David Armstrong (pictured) – has developed AIDREA, an AI platform that uses interactive machine learning to document and analyze endoscopy videos in real-time.
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FREDERICTON – The UNB Research Institute in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RIDSAI) was launched at an event on August 22 that brought together members of the academic, industry and government communities to set the stage for the future of AI and data science in New Brunswick. Speakers included the Hon. Frank McKenna (pictured), former premier of New Brunswick and benefactor of UNB’s McKenna Institute; Erin Barrett, CEO of Eigen Innovations; and renowned AI expert and visionary, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee.
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MONTREAL – Researchers from CHU Sainte-Justine and the Montreal Children’s Hospital recently asked ChatGPT 20 medical questions. The chatbot provided answers of limited quality, including factual errors and fabricated references. The researchers highlighted the results of their study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health.
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