Posts Categorized: News at CHE
Greg’s unexpected and sudden death resulted in the Continuity of Patient Care Study Report published by the Health Quality Council of Alberta. The report outlines Greg’s case and found four breaks in continuity of care. Professor W. Ward Flemons was the Study…
The trouble is, AEDs (automated external defibrillators) are rarely used. There are lots of reasons, but one is that the devices aren’t always located where they can be reached quickly in an emergency. That’s the problem tackled by University of…
Recipients of the DSP are within the first four years of their appointment. They are awarded an annual grant of $75,000 per year for three years. Merve Bodur (MIE) — Conducting theoretical and applied operations research on discrete and stochastic…
“Es relativamente fácil validar programas de detección: si el ordenador predice que una persona tiene cáncer de piel y compruebas que lo tiene, el modelo funciona”, explica Aaron Babier, un investigador de la Universidad de Toronto que ha creado un…
High atop the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a group of 100 engineering graduate students, faculty members, research scientists, and alumni gathered on October 1 to mark a decade of progress toward the goal of smarter health-care delivery.…
Professor Scott Sanner, Faculty Affiliate of CHE, is among eight U of T Engineering researchers named Vector Institute Faculty Affiliates. The Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence brings together leading researchers in deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) generally, from across…
For more than 30 years, Professor Michael Carter (MIE) has led the way in improving health-care delivery in Toronto. In recognition of his decades of service, Carter has been elected Fellow of the country’s highest health-related scholarly body, the Canadian…
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, originated in the military. Today, commercial drones are readily available to businesses and individuals. As drone technology evolves, it may offer solutions for expanding the delivery of health services to Canadians living…
Dr. Timothy Chan, Affiliate Faculty at Techna Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, has developed an artificial intelligence (A.I.) tool to accelerate the planning of radiation therapy for individuals with oropharyngeal cancer. Full article at: UHN News
Beating cancer is a race against time. Developing radiation therapy plans — individualized maps that help doctors determine where to blast tumours — can take days. Now, Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) has developed automation software that aims to cut…
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