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Donors provide $5.75M to cross-sector think-tank

MONTREAL – McGill University has launched the Initiative for Transforming Healthcare (ITH) to apply a systems-based approach and advance technology-enabled solutions to drive chang...

New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found that hospitalization…

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report - National | Globalnews.caNew data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found t...

New program launched for vaccine-injured Canadians

The Public Health Agency of Canada has taken over a program for vaccine-injured Canadians

Feds pump $48M into new health R&D centre

VANCOUVER – The federal government has announced $48 million in funding for Providence Healthcare’s Clinical Support & Research Centre (CSRC), a cornerstone of the Jim Pattison...

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report

Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.

NIHI – McMaster CE Courses Begin in One Week

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals...

Health info management in BC: a journey to computer-assisted coding

British Columbia’s Health Information Management (HIM) program is a lower mainland consolidated (LMC) service, supporting Providence Health Care, Provincial Health Services Authori...

A new proposal wants Canada to fund care systems the same way it funds pipelines

CanWCC is pushing to get the care economy added to Canada's Major Projects Office portfolio

Imagine Health Achieves Teaching Facility Status Through University of Calgary Faculty Partnership

Nova Scotia creates new pathways for medical research

HALIFAX – For decades, participation in medical research in Nova Scotia often depended on timing, geography, or chance. A patient might never hear about a clinical trial because th...

Brilliant Data Visions and Billion-Dollar Deja Vu at Digital Health Canada’s ON26

Digital Health Canada's ON26 conference delivered an inspiring look at the federated data models and real-time interoperability projects driving our industry forward. However, a ma...

CARE Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Partner to Support Internationally Educated Nurses’ Integration

When CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) opened its doors 25 years ago, health care employers were at the founders’ table. St. Michael’s Hospital and Yee Hong Ce...

CARE Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Partner to Support Internationally Educated Nurses’ Integration

When CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) opened its doors 25 years ago, health care employers were at the founders’ table. St. Michael’s Hospital and Yee Hong Ce...

EDITORIAL: Strong medicine for what ails health care

Canadian provinces give hospitals an annual budget to care for patients, a model that doesn’t provide any incentive to treat more patients faster

Join Clinicians and Researchers at MaRS Discovery District for Avicanna’s 6th Annual Medical Symposium on Cannabinoid-ba...

Nearly 10% of Canadians report using cannabis for medical purposes, yet only 18% do so with a medical authorization and the support of a healthcare provider. This gap underscores a...

Canadians want mental health funding to continue, new polling shows

With $5 billion in federal funding for mental health and addictions services set to expire, a new Pollara survey commissioned by CMHA shows a strong majority (81%) of Canadians sup...

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

April Cancer Awareness Month a good time for concrete action The Cancer Clinician Advocacy Forum (CCAF) has three concrete suggestions during Cancer Awareness Month in April for ac...

Brossard to host a campus dedicated to women’s health

BROSSARD, QC – The City of Brossard and the Cité Universitaire de la Santé Des Femmes (CUSDF) have announced the launch, at Quartier Dix30, of a transformative and innovative proje...

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 bene...

Doctors report false health information, lack of health data sharing put patient care at risk

Canada’s doctors are concerned that false health information and disconnected health systems are putting patient care at risk. In the latest edition of Physician Pulse, a joint sur...

Doctors report false health information, lack of health data sharing put patient care at risk

Canada’s doctors are concerned that false health information and disconnected health systems are putting patient care at risk. In the latest edition of Physician Pulse, a joint sur...

Manitoba backs AI in healthcare projects

WINNIPEG – Research Manitoba, along with the Manitoba government, is pleased to announce the official investment of more than $1.3 million to advance made-in-Manitoba artificial in...

Building a sustainable healthcare supply chain: Using data & advanced analytics to address system gaps

Canada’s health care costs were projected to reach $399 billion in 2025.¹ Prompted by external factors such as inflation and an aging population, health systems need to exercise ev...

Canadian tourism gets a boost with new federal funding for ICAF

Canada’s Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), the Honourable Rechie Valdez was in Toronto late last week to announced that the...