VANCOUVER – Patients are benefiting from convenient, safe and timely acute-level care from the comfort of their own home as the Hospital at Home (HaH) program launches in several hospitals in Vancouver. HaH is an internationally recognized model that is both safe and effective, and is designed to improve patient comfort, privacy and independence. The teams include doctors, registered nurses, pharmacists, occupational and physiotherapists, and speech-language pathologists, among others. Other specialists may be provided as needed so care is tailored to a patient’s individual needs. “Giving pati ..read more

OTTAWA – Following a successful evaluation held in 2022-2023 on how a digital inventory and 3D printing solution could help solve supply chain issues, CHEO is committing to a five-year agreement with PolyUnity Tech to bring Additive Manufacturing capabilities – otherwise known as 3D printing solutions – to pediatric healthcare in Ontario. “At CHEO, we know that innovation is part of how we constantly improve outcomes of care for children, youth and families. This new agreement with PolyUnity highlights how working collaboratively with the business and investment communities can help us bring p ..read more

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is bringing in new digital tools to help hundreds of thousands of residents who need a family doctor find one faster and easier. Starting April 17, the province will introduce digital tools within the “attachment system” and add 70 so-called attachment co-ordinators to use those tools to make it faster and easier for those in need to find a doctor or nurse practitioner. The government says in the past the process was done manually. While nearly 410,000 people have been connected to a physician since 2018, there are another 310,000 who remain on the He ..read more

TORONTO – Maclean’s magazine has produced its list of the most influential Canadians, including those in healthcare. Its Top 10 in the healthcare sector include Hamed Shahbazi, Well Health; Lesley Gouldie, Thornhill Medical; Peter Attia, Physician and author, and more. For the full Maclean’s list, see below. 1. Hamed Shahbazi (pictured), founder and CEO, Well Health Technologies “Private” used to be a dirty word in Canadian healthcare. Well Health is trying to change that. In 1997, the day after he completed his civil engineering degree at the University of British Columbia, Hamed Shahbazi lau ..read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, announced the findings of its sixth annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures cloud adoption in the industry. The research showed that hybrid multi-cloud adoption is surging among healthcare organizations as the majority are significantly increasing investments in IT modernization. This year’s Healthcare ECI report revealed that the use of hybrid multi-cloud models in healthcare is forecasted to double over the next one to three years. IT decision-makers at healthcare or ..read more

OTTAWA – Executives from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), BORN and Calian will discuss develoments in cloud technology and artificial technology in a webinar on May 15. The speakers will share their cloud journey and reflect on goals, benefits, and cost management strategies. The panel will explore cloud adoption trends in digital healthcare, as it relates to data integration and application interoperability. Discover how healthcare leaders are prioritizing AI use cases based on organizational structures and environments. And finally, gain insights into managing costs, maximizing res ..read more

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Sudbury Catalyst Fund is providing $250,000 to WaiveTheWait, a medical technology startup whose software helps busy medical clinics manage administrative tasks and communication with patients. “We have been working with NORCAT for the past two years and their support has directly contributed to our rapid growth,” Tabassum Pasha (pictured), the company’s co-founder, said in a news release issued by the innovation centre. “Their dedication, not only to our success but also to building a thriving innovation hub to support early-stage tech ventures, was critical in our decision ..read more

VANCOUVER – Cognito has launched its all-in-one virtual mental health treatment in Ontario. With one affordable subscription, residents can immediately access virtual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), medication and personalized help from a dedicated care team. Cognito began offering virtual mental health treatment in BC and is expanding across Canada to help address Canada’s mental health care gap. In Statistics Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey among the five million people in Canada who reported an unmet or only partially met mental health need, the gap was biggest in BC (51 perc ..read more

VANCOUVER – WELL Health Clinic Network Inc., a subsidiary of WELL Health Technologies Corp. – a digital healthcare company – is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. to acquire all of the primary care medical clinics operated by Shoppers under the name “The Health Clinic by Shoppers”. The Health Clinic by Shoppers comprises 10 clinics (four in British Columbia and six in Ontario), with over 35 physicians on staff. Post-close, WELL will rebrand these clinics under the WELL Clinic brand. “We are pleased to welcome the clinical and medical teams from Th ..read more

SARNIA, Ont. – Starting this week, five hospital networks impacted by a ransomware attack last October will begin mailing roughly 326,800 letters to patients whose personal information – including roughly 20,000 social insurance numbers – was stolen. The hospitals are all in southwestern Ontario. Representatives from Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital held a news conference last week to announce the total patient impact and provide an update on recovery efforts. They noted that some individuals may r ..read more