Blue-Zone Technologies Ltd., a Canadian company, has the proprietary and patented technology to capture and recover halogenated anesthetic drugs through their Deltasorb® and Centralsorb® Anesthetic Collection Services and then purify the drugs for resale. Deltasorb® and Centralsorb® create monthly revenue from participating hospitals and are currently used in over 200 hospital operating rooms. The purified anesthetic drug is sold to manufacturers, resellers and eventually hospitals from our fully operational plant which processes and produces bulk pure anesthetic drug substance.
CenTrak improves healthcare operational workflow and the quality of patient care via the industry’s most robust and scalable Enterprise Location Services offering. With a unique combination of technology and the largest selection of tags for all types of patient care environments, CenTrak enables healthcare facilities to maximize the ROI from their Real-Time Location System (RTLS) platform. It’s more than just a hospital tracking system – it provides actionable location and condition data across the entire healthcare enterprise.
Hillrom, Inc., is a company that makes hospital beds, furniture, other health care equipment, and medical technology systems. Hillrom is constantly innovating to ensure doctors, nurses and caregivers have the products they need to: protect their patients, speed up recoveries and manage conditions.
Medirex Systems Inc. (Medirex) is a Canadian owned and operated business that has connected patients to health informatics systems (HIS) for more than 50 years. We ensure patient safety through effective patient identification, and make it easy to manage your patient links – while always staying secure and affordable
Philips Canada was founded in 1934. It is well known in medical systems for diagnosis and therapy, lighting technologies, shavers, and consumer electronics.The Canadian headquarters are located in Markham, Ontario.
Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. Sodexo is one of the world’s largest multinational corporations, with 420,000 employees that represent 130 nationalities and are present on 34,000 sites in 80 countries.
Community Partners
The Joint Centres for Transformative Healthcare Innovation is a partnership between large community hospitals with a goal of sharing innovations focused on improving quality and value in health care. Member hospitals comprise Mackenzie Health, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Michael Garron Hospital, North York General Hospital, Southlake Regional Health Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, and Humber River Hospital.
ventureLAB exists to support innovative entrepreneurs building scalable tech businesses. With tailored programming focused on Capital, Talent, Technology, ventureLAB is advancing York Region’s innovation economy on a local, national and global scale. Acting as Creative Directors for the IBM Innovation Space – Markham Convergence Centre inside the IBM Canada Headquarters, ventureLAB manages 30,000 square feet, housing over 30 tech companies and 200 tenants.
The Intelligent Health Association (IHA) is a global, technology based and technology focused organization comprised of many new technology communities and societies all operating under one organizational structure with a common goal: to help drive the “Evolution to the Health Revolution™ ” through the adoption and implementation of new technologies in the health Eco-system. IHA is a “By Invitation Only”, organization, whose primary members are comprised of health related technology firms and other health organizations who have met IHA’s high standards for membership.
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) drives the development of Ontario’s economy by helping create new jobs, products, services, technologies and businesses. In partnership with industry, OCE co-invests to commercialize innovation originating in the province’s publicly funded colleges, universities and research hospitals. Another expanding focus for OCE is the development of the next generation of innovators through our entrepreneurship fellowships and programs for students and youth across Ontario.
The Centre for Aging & Brain Health innovation (CABHI) is a solution accelerator focused on driving innovation in the aging and brain health sector. CABHI facilitates collaborations among innovators, healthcare providers, private sector partners, government and consumers. Through its funding programs, CABHI helps global innovators gain access to key user groups in order to test, develop, validate and accelerate their solutions in the field of aging and brain health. CABHI is spearheaded by Baycrest Health Sciences, a global leader in aging and brain health and home to one of the world’s top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, with more than 98-years of experience in improving the well-being of the aging population.
Project Partners
Innovation Unit
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BlackBerry Limited (BlackBerry) is a Canadian multinational company specializing in enterprise software and the Internet of things. Originally known as Research In Motion (RIM), it is best known to the general public as the former developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones, and tablets, it transitioned to an enterprise software and services company under CEO John S. Chen.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management.
Hillrom, Inc., is a company that makes hospital beds, furniture, other health care equipment, and medical technology systems. Hillrom is constantly innovating to ensure doctors, nurses and caregivers have the products they need to: protect their patients, speed up recoveries and manage conditions.
Ivey Business School (Ivey) is the business school of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Ivey has the best full-time MBA program in the world outside of the United States. Ivey offers full-time undergraduate (HBA), MBA, MSc, and PhD programs and also maintains two teaching facilities in Toronto and Hong Kong for its EMBA and Executive Education programs. As one of the oldest business schools in Canada, Ivey is also accredited with establishing the nation’s first MBA and PhD program in Business.
The University of Toronto has evolved into Canada’s leading institution of learning since its inception in 1827, discovery and knowledge creation. The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.
Privacy Auditing Innovation Project
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KI Design – Smart Privacy Auditing – An Ontario Healthcare Case Study
KI Design is an innovation leader. Our mission is to protect and improve the efficiency of corporate controls by implementing end-to-end privacy, cyber security, and portfolio management solutions. KI Design specializes in Big Data, project management, privacy and information policy, healthcare information management, business architecture, web engineering and media usability.
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) is appointed by and reports to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is independent of the government of the day. The function of the office is to uphold and promote open government and the protection of personal privacy in Ontario. The IPC also has responsibility for the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA, 1991) and the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA, 2004).
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) drives the development of Ontario’s economy by helping create new jobs, products, services, technologies and businesses. In partnership with industry, OCE co-invests to commercialize innovation originating in the province’s publicly funded colleges, universities and research hospitals. Another expanding focus for OCE is the development of the next generation of innovators through our entrepreneurship fellowships and programs for students and youth across Ontario.
Markham Stouffville Hospital is an acute care (309 beds) and community hospital serving south-east York Region. The hospital is located on Ninth Line north of Highway 7 in east-end Markham, Ontario, Canada, immediately south of the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. It is also referred to as a base hospital, as a resource centre for paramedics region-wide.
Michael Garron Hospital (MGH), formerly Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH), is a community teaching hospital located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MGH provides care for nearly 20,000 inpatients, has more than 60,000 emergency visits, 215,000 outpatient visits and delivers nearly 3,500 babies. The hospital has over 2,600 employees and 400 physicians and midwives on staff. It provides an extensive range of ambulatory (outpatient), inpatient and community-based programs and services.
The University of Toronto has evolved into Canada’s leading institution of learning since its inception in 1827, discovery and knowledge creation. The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.
Smart Hand Hygiene Project
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) drives the development of Ontario’s economy by helping create new jobs, products, services, technologies and businesses. In partnership with industry, OCE co-invests to commercialize innovation originating in the province’s publicly funded colleges, universities and research hospitals. Another expanding focus for OCE is the development of the next generation of innovators through our entrepreneurship fellowships and programs for students and youth across Ontario.
MaRS Innovation Procurement by Co-Design is a unique program that offers healthcare-service providers something rare: the opportunity to participate in the development of innovative solutions before procuring them. In turn, technology and service innovators with scalable business models can gain unprecedented access to end users and validate use cases to remain competitive. Using a collaborative design approach, the program targets complex systemic problems while complying with the Broader Public Sector (BPS) procurement guidelines.
Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Alliance) is a French food services and facilities management company headquartered in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. Sodexo is one of the world’s largest multinational corporations, with 420,000 employees that represent 130 nationalities and are present on 34,000 sites in 80 countries.
CleanSlate UV
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CleanSlate was founded in 2014. Since this time, they have created a fully commercialized disinfection product that is now deployed across four countries and two continents. The product, CleanSlate UV enables the safe use of mobile devices and equipment in healthcare, food processing and hospitality environments. Our easy-to-use solution can sanitize a range of devices in just 30 seconds, without using any harmful chemicals.
Smart Bed Project
Ably Medical (Ably) is a Norwegian-based company focused in revolutionizing the very core of patient recovery. In close cooperation with health professionals, Ably is redefining what a hospital bed can be, from the ground up.
MaRS Discovery District (MaRS or MaRSDD) is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Toronto in 2000. Its stated goal is to commercialize publicly funded medical research and other technologies with the help of local private enterprises and as such is a public-private partnership. As part of its mission MaRS says, “MaRS helps create successful global businesses from Canada’s science, technology and social innovation.” As of 2014, startup companies emerging from MaRS had created more than 4,000 jobs, and in the period of 2011 to 2014 had raised over $750 million in capital investments.
The Centre for Aging & Brain Health innovation (CABHI) is a solution accelerator focused on driving innovation in the aging and brain health sector. CABHI facilitates collaborations among innovators, healthcare providers, private sector partners, government and consumers. Through its funding programs, CABHI helps global innovators gain access to key user groups in order to test, develop, validate and accelerate their solutions in the field of aging and brain health. CABHI is spearheaded by Baycrest Health Sciences, a global leader in aging and brain health and home to one of the world’s top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, with more than 98-years of experience in improving the well-being of the aging population.
Southlake Regional Health Centre (Southlake) is a full-service hospital with a regional, clinically advanced focus located in Newmarket, Ontario. Southlake offers almost 400 patient beds and accommodates more than 90,000 visits to the Emergency Department, 22,000 in-patient admissions, and 600,000 out-patient visits each year. As a regionally designated site, Southlake is responsible for developing and providing advanced levels of care to the more than one million people.
West Park Healthcare Centre (West Park) is a specialized rehabilitation centre located in Toronto, Canada. It offers a wide range of services to patients including complex continuing care, long-term care and community health services helping individuals manage difficult health challenges like lung disease, diabetes, stroke, amputation and musculoskeletal issues arising from a life-changing event or illness. West Park combines the feel of a person-centred village with the effectiveness of an evidence-based hospital.
Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is medical group located in Ontario constituting of five hospital sites and five specialized facilities in Hamilton and West Niagara. It operates McMaster Children’s Hospital (located within McMaster University Medical Centre, which also includes women’s health and adult outpatient care), Hamilton General Hospital, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, St. Peter’s Hospital and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. With 15,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers, HHS serves the health needs of approximately 2.3 million residents of Hamilton, Central South and Central West Ontario, from pre-birth to end-of-life. HHS is both a community hospital as well as a regional centre for an array of acute care services, including: cardiac, stroke, cancer, trauma, burns, neurosciences and pediatrics.
Academic Partners
The University of Toronto has evolved into Canada’s leading institution of learning since its inception in 1827, discovery and knowledge creation. The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant research university, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.
The University of Waterloo is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario. The university offers academic programs administered by six faculties and ten faculty-based schools. The university also operates four satellite campuses and four affiliated university colleges. Waterloo is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada. The University of Waterloo is most famous for its cooperative education (co-op) programs, which allow the students to integrate their education with applicable work experiences.
