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Trend Micro research says less than 40% of Canadian healthcare organizations understand cloud security

Pragya Sehgal

Published: February 18th, 2021

Cyberattack on LifeLabs puts private information of millions of Canadians at risk 

Laboratory testing company LifeLabs says a cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to its computer systems has put the private information of roughly 15 million LifeLabs patients at risk. LifeLabs released an open letter

Published on: December 17th, 2019 Pragya Sehgal

Ontario medical laboratory adopts Verified.Me network

SecureKey Technologies announced Dec. 12 that medical laboratory services company Dynacare has become a part of its blockchain-based digital identity network, Verified.Me.  SecureKey, a leading identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access

Published on: December 16th, 2019 Pragya Sehgal

CES 2019: Two devices to watch for

Usually, I describe up to 5 different unusual items in my CES blogs, but there were two items that impressed me while walking around CES that deserve more attention and detail.  The first

Published on: January 11th, 2019 Catherine Aczel Boivie

Canadian employees are demanding access to virtual healthcare

Canadian employees want easier access to mobile apps that allow them to connect directly and instantly with nurses, physicians and other health professionals to help bridge the gap with traditional healthcare, according to

Published on: December 5th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

Bringing the ‘Ritual’ experience to pharmacy prescriptions

Pharmacies across Canada now have a new digital way to fill prescriptions that has the potential to cut down on wait times for patients and streamline the prescription process, thanks to a new

Published on: October 12th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

TD Bank’s ‘Layer 6’ to bring machine learning personalization to diabetes care

Layer 6 AI is teaming up with the University of Toronto (UofT) to bring its personalization focused deep learning technology to the world of healthcare, with a focus on diabetes. The TD Bank

Published on: October 11th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

CompuCom unveils ‘Self Healing’ AI service for healthcare

CompuCom System Inc. is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI), automation software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to the world of healthcare to help providers automate tech support and decrease 'downtime' caused by technology failures. The digital workplace

Published on: October 9th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

How Canadian businesses are using AI – Elevate day two

Elevate Tech Fest day two was a whirlwind event, with more than a dozen different ‘tracks’ spread out across Toronto that focused on everything from fintech to health, smart cities and more. ITBusiness.ca

Published on: September 27th, 2018 Meagan Simpson

Maple’s virtual doctor office is taking care of business (and patients) online

A Toronto startup touting itself as Uber for healthcare says its new 24/7 virtual doctor’s office is the first of its kind in Canada. Ontario residents can register for Maple online, type in

Published on: February 14th, 2017 Christine Wong

Why there should be more focus on healthcare IT

Healthcare is one of the most important industries in the economy. Over the past couple of years, there have been a lot of advances in healthcare technology. In order to reduce costs over

Published on: March 9th, 2016 Robert Cordray