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How AI could help or hinder Canada’s health care system

HN Summary • AI could help address Canada’s healthcare staffing crisis by improving efficiency, triage, and access to information for both patients and providers.  • It offers benefits like reducing administrative burden, empowering patients, and enhancing decision-making—but works best alongside clinicians, not as a replacement.  • Risks...

Patient care runs on mobile devices. Is your fleet holding you back?

Dead batteries. Lost devices. Outdated software. Rising security threats.  These are all mobility threats that have a direct and negative impact on patient care. If any of those headaches sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Across the world, healthcare organizations, frontline staff and IT teams are...

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Making Clinical Research a Care Option: How Digital Infrastructure is Expanding Access to Clinical Trials in Canada

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Beyond Health Data: Connecting Care Across Canada

Canada’s healthcare system is at an inflection point. Leaders nationwide are working to strengthen...

Designing the future of care: Advancing an AI-enabled hospital system

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How AI is transforming patient care in Canada—before the first visit

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Fixing healthcare access means extending the reach of physicians

HN Summary • Canada’s healthcare access challenges are driven not only by physician shortages, but...

Improving Patient Experience Starts with How Teams Communicate

Healthcare teams are being asked to do more with less. Staffing shortages, rising patient...

How Health Care Leaders Can Build a Robust AI Risk Management Framework

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Virtual care expansion did not expand specialist access in rural areas

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How AI could help or hinder Canada’s health care system

HN Summary • AI could help address Canada’s healthcare staffing crisis by improving efficiency, triage,...

Patient care runs on mobile devices. Is your fleet holding you back?

Dead batteries. Lost devices. Outdated software. Rising security threats.  These are all mobility threats that...

On National Caregivers Day, ALS Canada expands national mental health supports for caregivers with funding from Petro‑Canada CareMakers Foundation

Virtual program connects caregivers to mental health support anywhere in Canada. In recognition of National...

Cancer clinicians call for three actions Canada’s health systems should take to improve cancer care

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