OTTAWA – The Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) is leading a plea for funding from the provincial government to help implement AI healthcare tools. A new submission to the province during […]

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EDMONTON – Alberta has launched a dashboard that will share surgery volumes and wait times, cervical cancer screening rates, and other acute care metrics. The province says this will give […]

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TORONTO – With support from OBIO, Hamilton Health Sciences’ McMaster Children’s Hospital has a new tool, the Trexo Plus, designed by Mississauga-based Trexo Robotics, to support patients needing pediatric rehabilitation. […]

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WINNIPEG – Manitobans can now carry their health coverage in their smartphones, as the provincial government officially launched its new digital health card option last week. Premier Wab Kinew (pictured), […]

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TORONTO – University Health Network (UHN) is building a world-class standard of care theranostics program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre to serve the significant forecasted growth in theranostics cases over […]

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YELLOWKNIFE – NWT healthcare workers will be able to use artificially intelligent note-taking software for the next year in a pilot program. Funding for 80 Mika AI Scribe licences is […]

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TORONTO – An innovative collaboration between St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital has streamlined care and shortened lengths of stay for emergency department patients in Toronto’s west end. […]

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EDMONTON – Alberta emergency room doctors have counted what they say are six potentially preventable deaths and dozens of close calls for patients who they say waited too long for […]

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WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning winter 2026. They are: “Data Governance […]

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OTTAWA – The Health Standards Organization (HSO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Frédéric Abergel (pictured), Ph.D., as the new chief executive officer for HSO and Accreditation Canada. Frédéric […]

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – OpenAI is making a bigger push into healthcare with the announcement of OpenAI for Healthcare, a set of products designed to help healthcare organizations deliver more […]

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VANCOUVER – TELUS Corp. says it has hired TD Securities Inc. and Jefferies Securities Inc. as financial advisers to aid in the review of TELUS Health as it seeks a […]

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SASKATOON – Pleasant Hill School in Saskatoon is expected to be resurrected as a wellness centre with an MRI machine this fall, according to the CEO of the First Nations […]

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MONTREAL – Santé Québec’s push toward establishing digital medical records for all Quebecers – to date over budget by $135 million from initial projections – has already been scaled down, […]

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ST. JOHN’S, NL – Medventions, a leading Canadian medtech innovation and entrepreneurship program, has launched a pilot program in Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health […]

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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – LGI Healthcare Solutions, a Canadian leader in healthcare IT, is pleased to announce that St. Joseph’s at Fleming, a long-term care organization, has selected LGI Workforce Pro, […]

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WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning winter 2026. They are: “Return on […]

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MONTREAL – In December, CHUM launched Quebec’s new province-wide medical imaging solution (PACS-VIM-VNA), marking a key milestone in its digital transformation. As one of the first pilot sites, CHUM is […]

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MARKHAM, Ont. – Family physician Dr. Paul Forman (pictured) has developed an AI-powered platform that transforms the way primary-care physicians document and reason through patient care – improving medical office […]

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TORONTO – Cardiac surgeons at St. Michael’s Hospital have successfully treated a rare congenital heart anomaly using minimally invasive cardiac robotics, marking the first time the procedure has been done […]

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