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Unleashing the power of data to enhance health outcomes for Canadians with diabetes
In honour of Diabetes Awareness Month, Connect1d was recently featured in The Globe and Mail! The article discusses the Connect1d platform as well as the partnership with Diabetes Action Canada. For the full article, click here to read more. -- Connect1d creates an...
read moreExperiencing Positive Health, as a Family, While Living With a Rare Complex Disease: Bringing Participatory Medicine Through Collaborative Decision Making Into the Real World
eHealth Innovation founder, Dr Alex Jadad, recently published a case study of a young woman with intractable epilepsy whose family and medical specialists used a collaborative decision-making approach to guide active collaboration between the patient and physician....
read moreHow COVID-19 has pushed health care into the virtual world, helping patients get treated at home
Medly was recently featured in CBC News. The article, written by Angelina King, speaks about the transition towards virtual care within hospitals in light of COVID-19. For the full article, click here to read more.
read moreMobile monitoring could transform heart treatments: cardiologist
Medly was recently featured in The ChronicleHerald. The article, written by John McPhee, discusses Medly as a tool to enable remote patient monitoring for patients with heart failure. For the full article, click here to read more.
read moreThis App Gets Right to the Heart of Things
Medly was recently featured in Research2Reality. The article, written by Amy Noise, speaks about Medly's transition from research project to program. For the full article, click here to read more.
read moreHeart failure app keeps patients safe amidst COVID-19
Medly is helping clinicians keep patients safe and out of the hospital amidst COVID-19. To learn more, click here to read this feature from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.
read moreToronto-based heart health app Medly helps patients monitor symptom changes at home.
Medly was recently featured in the Toronto Star. To read Theresa Boyle's article, featuring quotes from Dr. Heather Ross and Mary O'Sullivan, click here.
read moreVirtual health care in the era of COVID-19
A recent article in The Lancet looks at how telemedicine is being embraced like never before in the era of COVID-19. Dr. Alex Jadad, founder of Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, was interviewed by Paul Webster for an April 2020 article in The Lancet on the use of...
read moreCAN Health Network established to facilitate the adoption of Canadian health care solutions.
CAN Health Network established to facilitate the adoption of Canadian health care solutions.On July 29th, The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, announced that the government of Canada will support a $20-million project proposal to...
read moreHeart Failure Care Without Borders
Heart Failure Care Without Borders:How one new technology is paving the way for a new model of care.Heart failure is the most rapidly rising cardiovascular disease in Canada, currently affecting more than 1 million people nationally, and with more than 50,000 new...
read moreKevin J. Leonard Award 2019
Kevin J. Leonard Award 2019On May 1, 2019, Kayleigh Gordon was presented with the sixth annual "Kevin J. Leonard Award" by Kevin's widow, Sandra Dalziel (picture above with Kayleigh and eHealth Innovation Lead, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo) in collaboration with University of...
read more“What now?” The prostate cancer survivor’s common refrain: Innovation Grant helps tackle the question with proposed new care delivery model
"What now?" The prostate cancer survivor's common refrain: Innovation Grant helps tackle the question with proposed new care delivery model Last month, UHN was a successful recipient of the 2018 Canadian Cancer Society Innovation Grant, together with the support of...
read more“Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Digital Health” – HealthTO October Edition
HealthTO brings together the Toronto healthcare community to discuss topics related to the future of innovation in health and wellness. In the October edition, team lead, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo spoke to the dark side of digital health - Take a look! For...
read moreUHN establishes Wolfond Chair in Digital Health
TORONTO – The University Health Network is proud to announce the establishment of the Wolfond Chair in Digital Health, along with the inaugural Chair holder, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo. The Chair, one of the first of its kind in Canada, is an important step forward in...
read moreKevin J. Leonard Award 2018
Sandra Dalziel and eHealth Innovation Executive Director Dr. Joseph Cafazzo join Patrick Ware, 2018 recipient of the “Kevin J. Leonard Award” in the Leonard Library on May 17, 2018. The “Kevin J. Leonard Award” is presented annually by the University of Toronto’s...
read moreInternational Women’s Day 2018: The women behind the reason for what we do.
March 8 is International Women’s day. This year’s theme is #pressforprogress, motivating and uniting friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive At eHealth Innovation, progression is a driving force behind the work we do. As a...
read moreInnovations in Data and Technology Improving Care for Cardiac Patients
February is Heart Month, and the spotlight is on the importance of cardiovascular health. At eHealth Innovation, our focus is on heart failure, a condition that touches more than 600,000 Canadians. Our platform, Medly, is a companion in heart care, and bridges the...
read moreApps of the future will be prescribed to patients by their care givers
Canadian Healthcare Technology - November/December Issue Joseph Cafazzo: Lead, eHealth Innovation Jessica Fifield: Communications Coordinator, eHealth Innovation TORONTO – More apps than ever are not only being recommended by healthcare providers, they are actually...
read moreThe Intern Experience 2017
Over the summer, we sat down with some of our most recent interns, Maya, Lauren and Hiba, to get their take on what it is like to be part of the eHealth Innovation team. Over the past 15 years, we have opened our doors and welcomed interns from different programs and...
read moreeHI at HL7® FHIR® Developer Days 2017!
We are excited to announce that the eHI team will be at HL7® FHIR® Developer Days 2017! Whether you are a developer, architect or product manager, Dev Days is a great chance to come together and test and develop your implementation, side by side with others who have a...
read moreNed App: A fresh take on clinical trial protocol.
The Ned team have been busy over the past few months, designing a fresh protocol for the app’s first clinical trial. Lead by PhD candidate, Quynh Pham and supported by eHI Lead, Dr. Joseph Cafazzo and Urologic Oncologist, Dr. Andrew Feifer, the trial seeks to gain a...
read moreeHealth Innovation founder, Dr Alex Jadad, talks life in new palliative care article.
eHealth Innovation founder, Dr Alex Jadad, talks life and his world-wide mission to achieve a pandemic of health, happiness and love. Read the Palliative Care Australia Article here!
read moreKevin J. Leonard Award 2017
Sandra Dalziel and Centre Lead Dr. Joseph Cafazzo join Quynh Pham, 2017 recipient of the “Kevin J. Leonard Award” in the Centre’s Leonard Library on May 10, 2017. The “Kevin J. Leonard Award” is presented annually by the University of Toronto’s Institute of Health...
read moreInternational Women’s Day – Women in Tech!
I recount my conversation with Jessica Lim about what makes the Centre a great place for women in tech, since today we celebrate International Women’s Day. I was intrigued to hear about my fellow colleague’s perspective on women in technology and especially since she...
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