by medicaltechont | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Companies are increasingly using the huge amount of medical data they collect for research. It’s a business worth billions of dollars, and sometimes those discoveries can be the foundation of new profit-making products and companies. But who is profiting from your medical data? Its an interesting situation. More worrying to see is what has happened in the past, with critical patient data. Some interesting articles below:
Corporations Want Your Health Records. Who’s Keeping Them Safe?
Amazon Sued for Hosting Florida Provider’s Stolen Healthcare Data
Facebook and Health Net hacks drive home the need for a national privacy law
The Billionaire Who Controls Your Medical Records
Babylon Health app error allowed U.K. users to watch videos of other patients’ private doctor visits
by medicaltechont | Apr 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The City of Toronto is working with all our healthcare partners, pharmacies and Toronto Public Health to administer all available COVID-19 vaccines. Read more about these efforts by clicking here.
Mobile teams are stepping up efforts across the city, in order to reach communities in hot spot areas. The City of Toronto will open three more COVID-19 immunization clinics tomorrow.
“The addition of these new clinics will ensure nine City-operated immunization clinics are operating across Toronto – the backbone of the Team Toronto approach to the vaccination rollout. Once all nine of the City-operated vaccination clinics are open tomorrow, City-run clinics will have a weekly vaccination capacity based on anticipated supply of more than 10,000 doses per day. These capacity can be increased if additional supply were to become available from the Government of Canada.”
For more information on the roll out, and the postal codes involved in the hot spots go to the City of Toronto website.
by medicaltechont | Apr 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ontario is sounding the alarm as the province records the highest number of infections today. Fueled by the B117 variant, Ontario recorded 4,456 new infections on Sunday. Patients in the ICU passed 600, causing many to be sent to various locations across the province.
“Ontario is reporting 4,456 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 56,400 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,353 new cases in Toronto, 860 in Peel, 444 in York Region, 377 in Ottawa and 329 in Durham.” Christine Elliott – MPP for Newmarket-Aurora.
by medicaltechont | Mar 19, 2020 | Emergency, Pandemic
In December China reported several cases of acute respiratory syndrome in Hubei province. Scientists soon identified a novel coronavirus as the cause. The outbreak spread rapidly, and now cases are in many countries around the world. Learn more about COVID-19 from Canada Public Health.
- COVID-19 Updates
- Travel Information
- Prevention
- Symptoms and More
Click here for more information
by medicaltechont | Feb 3, 2020 | AI, AR, Google, Samsung, Technology
So what is Augmented Reality Technology anyway? In it’s simplest form it is fusion of an interactive experience. It connects the real-world with a computer-generated one. You can use mobile devices, Smart Glasses, AR contact lenses, VR displays or special hardware. Google jumped into the world early, with the hope of pushing consumer technology forward. Google Glass arrived with fanfare and the possibilities were endless.
With the might of Google how could it fail? Unfortunately it did, but not totally. Google Glass was pricey, and possibly just too ahead of it’s time. Also many had concerns over privacy and how data was being used. However Google did help to push the technology forward. Augmented Reality hasn’t died. It merely has morphed and moved forward, in various forms. Amazon and Samsung have plans, along with a host of other companies. The glassware form of AR is only one aspect of the technology. Continue to follow as we delve into other areas of AR and it’s possible impact in the healthcare field.
