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Collaboration aims to boost cancer research and develop innovation economy in Ontario

The University of Toronto’s Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) has joined forces with FACIT, a commercialization venture firm,...

GenAI revolutionizing the medical device industry, reports GlobalData

Data and analytics company GlobalData has issued a report on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in various aspects of healthcare. From leveraging data...

Data of about 26,000 patients may have been copied from Toronto hospital group

Personal information of some 26,000 patients at one of the country’s biggest hospital groups may have been copied by an attacker in June. Toronto’s University...

MaRS launches new Growth Acceleration Program

MaRS, a non-profit that supports high-growth startups and scale-ups tackling issues in the health, cleantech, and fintech sectors, has announced the launch of the...

Coffee Briefing Feb. 28 – Hybrid work no longer just a perk: Cisco; DecisioningIT supports integration with Equifax; Telesat opens applications for women in...

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

Management, lack of money blamed for poor cybersecurity at Canadian hospitals

The biggest impediment to improving the cybersecurity of Canadian hospitals is “lack of focus” of management and lack of money, says the head of...

Toronto hospital network says IT problems not caused by cyber attack

One of the country’s biggest hospital networks says the IT alert issued Monday wasn’t the result of a cyber attack. In a series of tweets...

Toronto children’s hospital confirms it was hit by ransomware

The impact of the ransomware attack that hit Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children may last for weeks. In an online statement today the hospital said...

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children dealing with cybersecurity incident

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children is still dealing with a cybersecurity incident so serious it declared a ‘Code Grey’ — meaning an IT system...

Data management, sustainability, and high performance computing at the forefront of AWS re:Invent 2022

Adam Selipsky, chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked off day two of AWS re:Invent 2022 with a keynote speech that...

Hashtag Trending: Germany loses iPhones; AI predicts alzheimer’s; Marriott admits passport numbers hacked

Apple pulls iPhone models in Germany, artificial intelligence can predict alzheimer’s and Marriott gives more detail on data hack.   First up from LinkedIn: Apple is...

Hashtag Trending – Increased tech use could lead to ADHD in teens, IBM sues Groupon, human-machine mind control may be a reality

Teens who use a lot of tech may be at an increased risk of developing ADHD, IBM is suing Groupon for patent infringement, and...

Hashtag Trending – Samsung’s next phones will double as radios, Dropbox files IPO

Samsung is turning its next phones into radios. Dropbox has quietly filed for an IPO. And today’s CES highlights include a bricklaying machine and a device that helps alleviate women’s period pain. From Google Trends: Samsung has announced that it will collaborate with broadcasting app NextRadio to unlock the FM chips in future smartphone releases…

Tablet system for healthcare professionals now available

The healthcare industry relies on a lot of technology to function, so it makes sense that it would eventually inspire the creation of a...

IT security like pulling teeth

In today’s modern dental industry, most practices are trying to maintain optimal efficiency while getting used to working in a technology-dependent environment. As a...

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