Technology

Toronto hospital network appoints chief AI scientist in bid to improve healthcare
UHN is not alone in its exploration of AI uses in healthcare.
Why explainability is essential for AI to be successful in primary care
Primary care clinicians grapple with ambiguity, taking in an unfiltered account of a patient’s life and priorities, so it’s no surprise that AI in decision-making will hinge significantly on its explainability.

Want to counsel patients in any language? You can—and soon you probably will

A small but enthusiastic group of pharmacists are innovating with artificial intelligence. And they're coming up with ways to make you speak virtually any language and learn from avatars that mirror your real-world patient community.
Your medical notes delegated to generative AI

Microsoft’s Nuance division introduces DAX Express, a service leveraging artificial intelligence to automatically generate medical notes from consultations.
Need to register or get authorized to inject? If you're in Alberta you better hurry—or wait until Sept. 11

From Aug. 25 to Sept. 10, the Alberta College of Pharmacy will accept applications only for additional prescribing authorization as it gets ready to switch to a new electronic system.
Neighbourly Pharmacy to use Pharmapod medication-incident-management solution

The cloud-based medication incident-management solution offers real-time analytics and aggregated, anonymized incident data that can be shared.
‘A tool to aid with mundane tasks’: Pharmacist uses AI to develop machine learning tool

The tool streamlines the inquiry search process using natural language processing.
A therapeutic revolution: What will the treatments of the future look like?

Genetics and artificial intelligence will be at the heart of a therapeutic revolution in the years to come, making it possible to treat previously incurable pathologies.
Amazon adds video telemedicine visits U.S.-wide to its virtual clinic

The clinic, which doesn’t accept insurance, launched last fall with a focus on text message-based consultations. Those remain available in 34 states.
Looking to improve your practice? Say hi to MyPI

Made-in-Alberta technology is designed to make it easier for doctors to identify performance gaps in their practice, document improvements and get CME credits.

Toronto hospital network appoints chief AI scientist in bid to improve healthcare

Why explainability is essential for AI to be successful in primary care

Want to counsel patients in any language? You can—and soon you probably will

Your medical notes delegated to generative AI

Need to register or get authorized to inject? If you're in Alberta you better hurry—or wait until Sept. 11

Neighbourly Pharmacy to use Pharmapod medication-incident-management solution

‘A tool to aid with mundane tasks’: Pharmacist uses AI to develop machine learning tool

A therapeutic revolution: What will the treatments of the future look like?

Amazon adds video telemedicine visits U.S.-wide to its virtual clinic

Looking to improve your practice? Say hi to MyPI