Technology

Get it at the mall: Toronto hospital brings virtual healthcare to local shopping centre to combat ‘digital divide’
SickKids’ Virtual Urgent Care program directs patients to the appropriate care after a short online questionnaire. However, the hospital found that not being widely used in lower income communities where families are less likely to have adequate internet access.
Spiked drinks? This new stir stick can detect them
Researchers at UBC have developed a drink-spiking drug detection that seems like a regular stir stick.

A painless patch? A potential new option for diabetes monitoring

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are close to commercializing these next-generation monitoring tool.
Could an Ozempic-like medication soon be just another plant grown in your garden?

Students at the University of Ottawa launch biomanufacturing platform to produce diabetes drugs.
P.E.I.’s one-EMR strategy: a bold solution to Canada’s interoperability challenge

P.E.I. has streamlined patient data sharing, improved healthcare analytics and simplified provider.
2025: What do new trends in artificial intelligence mean for healthcare?

While healthcare AI has been steadily evolving, many advancements in the broader AI landscape are poised to reshape how this technology is utilized in healthcare.
Alberta aims to have Electronic Referral Solution operational next year

E-referral system set to integrate primary care EMRs with Netcare and Connect Care by 2026, enhancing referral transparency.
Health PEI reports privacy breach after rogue employee accesses 105 patient records

Between July 1 to Oct. 15, 2024, Health PEI found that the employee had accessed 105 patient records.
Federal health data interoperability legislation in limbo, but Canada Health Infoway remains optimistic

Bill C-72, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, would have provided a regulatory framework for data exchange and prohibit health information technology vendors from data blocking.
New Brunswick health platform hard to access for francophones: languages commissioner

The commissioner, Shirley MacLean, says in her annual report released last month that the complaints highlight how evolving technology can be problematic if language rights are not taken into consideration.

Get it at the mall: Toronto hospital brings virtual healthcare to local shopping centre to combat ‘digital divide’

Spiked drinks? This new stir stick can detect them

A painless patch? A potential new option for diabetes monitoring

Could an Ozempic-like medication soon be just another plant grown in your garden?

P.E.I.’s one-EMR strategy: a bold solution to Canada’s interoperability challenge

2025: What do new trends in artificial intelligence mean for healthcare?

Alberta aims to have Electronic Referral Solution operational next year

Health PEI reports privacy breach after rogue employee accesses 105 patient records

Federal health data interoperability legislation in limbo, but Canada Health Infoway remains optimistic

New Brunswick health platform hard to access for francophones: languages commissioner