Digital Health Week | Nov. 11-17
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Digital Health Week
Digital Health Week is an annual celebration and recognition of how digital health is transforming the delivery of care across Canada.
Health Care Professionals
$4.25M new funding aims to reduce hallway medicine in Ottawa
Industry
Apple announces three new Apple Watch health studies with big-name partners
Industry
N.L. mental health project holds positive lessons for Canada: report
Patients
Provider and patient satisfaction soar at Goshen Health with secure text messaging
Industry
Regenstrief Institute Outlines Ways to Improve EHR Usability
Health Care Professionals
The unintended consequences of health-care advances
Patients
Family pushing for digital access to health information
Health Care Professionals
Dashboard enables doctors to analyze EMR data
Health Care Professionals
Healthy Ottawa —New ideas to help us avoid the hospital
With interactive digital tools and new forms of care delivery, hospitals are doing their best to help us stay away from them.
Health Care Professionals
Connected Technologies Deliver the Power to Improve Patient Outcomes
Health Care Professionals
Province pledges up to $75M for Orléans health hub
Health Care Professionals
Ultrasound app would allow expert analysis of medical images from anywhere
Health Care Professionals
2019 Infoway Partnership Conference
November 12-13, 2019
Join us at the 2019 Infoway Partnership Conference taking place November 12-13, 2019 in Ottawa.
Health Care Professionals
Vector, UHN and UW to enhance DI with AI
The Vector Institute has announced a partnership with UHN and UWaterloo to enhance radiology diagnoses with AI.
Patients
Blood pressure monitoring could be as simple as a selfie, Canadian researcher says
Industry
Voltolina: Can digital partnerships in health care protect our privacy?
Industry
Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs
The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the U.S.
Health Care Professionals
Canadians ready for health care to modernize, CMA poll suggests
Patients
First-in-Canada digital system will improve care for critically ill children
Industry
Federal government commits $20 million to help scale up health innovations
Industry
AI predicts deadly kidney disease up to 48 hours in advance
Health Care Professionals
CMS launches new API to help doctors get access to patient records
Industry
The Government of Canada increases access to treatment for opioid use disorder in Alberta
Health Care Professionals
How AI can support people’s health at home and ease pressure on acute and long-term care ―if we act now
Patients
Implementation best practices: Patient engagement tech done right
Industry
How Virginia Mason Health System’s CIO is using technology to tackle the gaps in care
Working together, Canadians, health care practitioners and industry can transform health care.