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AI platform to reduce hospital-acquired infections and improve care

New technology developed by Canadian tech firm Lumenix will support clinical teams, help protect patients and strengthen care quality through real time, anonymous ambient monitoring and AI, starting with hand hygiene.  The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) will implement the Artificially Intelligent Monitoring System (AIMS) platform...

UHN surgeons perform Canada’s first Neuralink Implant surgeries

A team at Toronto Western Hospital has made medical history, performing Canada’s first Neuralink brain implant surgeries — and the first outside the United States. The two groundbreaking procedures, completed on August 27 and September 3, are part of a Canadian clinical trial exploring how...

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New program for people facing addictions and homelessness

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), in partnership with the HART of Simcoe County,...

Where Art Meets Care: Immersive Soundscape Brings Comfort to Patients

Experience calm and comfort at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s Hudson Regional Cancer Centre with Between Leaf & Light—a 43-minute immersive soundscape of birdsong by artist Scott Rogers and CMBT. This unique installation transforms waiting areas into soothing spaces for cancer patients.

How new research is protecting hearts amid shifting climate

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century, and...

Gender bias holds back female surgeons, study finds

From ill-fitting instruments to assumptions about competence, surgical culture sidelines women, first Canadian study...

Breaking Ground on Canada’s Largest Hospital

Trillium Health Partners and the Ontario Government recently marked a historic milestone by breaking...

England’s diabetes prevention program as blueprint for Canada

Canada can learn from England’s successful diabetes prevention program to build its own programs...

From research to real life: RVH launches innovative tool to empower patient conversations

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is proud to launch the ASKmeGOC Goals of...

Canada is facing a grief crisis — A new national strategy

Canadian Grief Alliance calls for urgent action to fix Canada’s broken grief support system...

A decade of seizures ends for patient after new donor-funded epilepsy procedure

With a 50-60 per cent success rate in curing epilepsy, this advanced procedure is...

Change in cancer care requires urgent action to strengthen oncology workforce, care delivery

Rapid advances in cancer treatment have benefitted many people, but urgent change is needed...

Joseph Brant Hospital and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton launch integrated-health information system partnership

Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) have launched a new...

Reducing wait times for hip and knee replacement surgeries

How can we reduce wait times for much needed hip and knee replacement surgery...

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