TORONTO – Ava Industries (Ava), the Canadian electronic medical record (EMR) company built by physicians for physicians, has been named “Best Electronic Health Record Service” in the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough […]

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EDMONTON – A judge has ruled that it was appropriate to authorize the search of the computers and phones of two podcasters who, he said, waged a “no-holds-barred” campaign to […]

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TORONTO – SeamlessMD, a leading digital care journey platform for health systems, has announced the general availability of Seamless Answers: a conversational AI feature that enables patients to ask questions […]

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TORONTO – With a background in medical physics, biomedical engineering, ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, and image-guided therapeutics, Dr. Michael Kolios (pictured) has spent much of his career exploring how technology […]

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HALIFAX – For decades, participation in medical research in Nova Scotia often depended on timing, geography, or chance. A patient might never hear about a clinical trial because their physician […]

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REGINA – A third-party review into the safety and security of Saskatchewan hospitals, led by a former police chief, is expected to involve more than two dozen people and cost […]

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TORONTO – Sinai Health will adopt Unity Health’s instance of the Epic digital health record system as part of its effort to improve information sharing and enhance the staff and […]

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TORONTO and MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will support Unity Health Toronto in consolidating radiology and breast imaging across its three sites on Sectra […]

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REGINA – Nursing students at the University of Regina now have access to realistic on-the-job scenarios using virtual reality. The new VR lab has six simulation stations, headsets, storage and […]

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Hospitals often rely on metrics like length of stay, bed turnover, and patient throughput to guide operational improvement. While these indicators are essential, they reflect outcomes – not the underlying […]

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MONTREAL – Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are among the most common reasons people seek medical care and a major contributor to long waits to see specialists. To improve how patients with […]

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SAINT JOHN, NB – Patients in New Brunswick requiring a pacemaker to manage abnormal or slow heart rhythms now have access to the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker, marking a […]

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TORONTO – Kids Help Phone (KHP) and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) have announced a five-year research partnership – funded by a $3.2 million award from Wellcome, one of the world’s […]

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TORONTO – Language barriers can be a significant challenge for home care service providers when visiting clients. Often staff rely on options such as informal translators, like family members. Family […]

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TORONTO – A report released this week by Ontario’s auditor general has been making waves with findings of hallucinations and inaccuracies in the reporting done by AI scribes used in […]

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MONTREAL – Quebec’s province-wide effort to digitize health records officially began last Saturday, and the cost is going to be at least a billion dollars more than expected. Initially estimated […]

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HALIFAX – A new electronic medical records system began its rollout to hospitals in the Halifax, Eastern Shore and West Hants last weekend, despite the concerns of some about whether […]

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TORONTO – PointClickCare, a leading health-tech company helping providers deliver exceptional care, announced that it has been named the best electronic health record (EHR) solution by the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough […]

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TORONTO – One of Canada’s largest homegrown technology companies, PointClickCare Technologies Inc., has drawn up a contingency plan to relocate to the United States if the trade war between the […]

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SURREY, BC – At Fraser Health, the Centre for Advanced Analytics, Data Science and Innovation (CAADSI) has developed an AI-enabled decision-support platform that’s designed for reuse across clinical and operational […]

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