South Korean AI startup Lunit has received regulatory clearances from Health Canada for its AI solutions for radiology.
According to a press statement, both its chest x-ray solution INSIGHT CXR and mammography software INSIGHT MMG are now approved for commercial release in Canada.
INSIGHT CXR can detect 10 of the most common chest abnormalities with 97%-99% accuracy while INSIGHT MMG analyses...
This week Saskatchewan, Canada-based startup Luxsonic landed Class 2 Medical Device clearance from Health Canada for its virtual reality suite, SieVRt, to be used in diagnostic radiology.
Clinicians can use the software on a VR headset in order to see radiology images in 3D. Specifically, this new designation will let clinicians work remotely and diagnose patients off-site.
The tool can also be...
While the U.S. is often hailed as the capital of innovation, digital health hubs are sprouting up all over the world. To the north, Canadian health tech companies are beginning to emerge.
In 2020, Toronto saw 19 digital health deals, coming to a total of $282 million, according to a Startup Health report. This made the city the fifth largest non-U.S. digital health funding hub in the world.
But...
Canada is the latest in a long line of countries looking toward contact tracing apps. Two of its tech giants, BlackBerry and Shopify, are joining forces to work with provincial and federal governments on the tools, according to a Reuters report.
The new tech, which employs Bluetooth technology, is expected to launch in July in Ottawa. Dubbed COVID Alert, its users can tell the system if they...
Canadian telemedicine company Maple has landed a cool $14.5 million CAD ($10.9 million USD) in a new funding round. German VC firm Acton Capital led the round, with participation from SE Health.
This news comes less than two years after the company closed a $4 million Series A funding round, which at the time the company said would be used for growth and expansion.
WHAT THEY DO
Maple is a...
The Ontario Telemedicine Network, a nonprofit telemedicine company that provides telemedicine services to the provincial government of Ontario, has laid off 44 of its 265 employees in the wake of apparent cuts to government spending with the organization, the CBC reports.
The layoffs are notable, the CBC said, both because Premier Doug Ford previously promised that funding cuts would not lead to...
Canadian digital employee health benefits company League has just landed a whopping $47.5 million ($62 million Canadian dollars) in a Series B funding round led by Telus Ventures with participation from Wittington Ventures, Omers, Infinite Potential Group, RBC Ventures, Real Ventures, and BDC Ventures.
League pitches itself as a platform that makes benefits easier to navigate and is “consumer...
This year the Canadian government will start using artificial intelligence to help track social media posts that could indicate someone is at risk of suicide, according to a contract.
The Canadian government recently signed a contract with Ottawa-based AI firm Advanced Symbolics to monitor social media posts for suicidal behavior.
In the first phase of the partnership, Advanced Symbolics will...
They may want it, but, for one reason or another, they aren’t using it. While nearly 90 percent of Canadians said in a recent survey that they want digital health technologies – believing it leads to better healthcare – only a small percentage are actually taking advantage of tools, according to a recent survey of over a thousand Canadians.
The survey of 1,009 adults, which was conducted by...
PatientSafe Solutions, maker of mobile hospital workflow system PatientTouch, has secured a $3 million strategic investment and resale agreement from Telus Health, the healthcare arm of Canadian mobile operator Telus.
“This investment and exclusive reseller agreement is the latest validation of PatientSafe’s approach to supporting the future of healthcare on a global scale,” Joseph Condurso,...
