Take a hike. Really. A new evidence-based nature prescription program catches on in Canada.

Dr. Melissa Lem is connecting patients to better health through nature.

Fixing the disconnect between locums and the clinics that need them: A locum physician’s perspective

Sustainability 101: Building an app to help hospitals reduce their ecological footprint

How Dr. Simon Berthelot is using life cycle assessments to eliminate waste in health care

A safe space: Indigenous doctor creates online platform to empower racialized patients in health system

Dr. Alika Lafontaine hopes anonymous reporting system will minimize harm in patient care

Bots vs. burnout: Waterloo physician developing automated software to reduce administrative workload

Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia is teaching “Bernie” the bot to manage and follow up on lab test results

Hacking medicine: How two young innovators are rethinking ways of manipulating the body

Medical student Brandon Spink and Dr. Abhi Cherukupalli are creating devices that could revolutionize how concussions are prevented and wrist fractures are treated in future

Mapping disease: medical students create tool to track COVID-19 through antibody testing

How SeroTracker is synthesizing serology studies from 71 countries to help public health officials respond to the pandemic

Pandemic pivot: Winnipeg psychiatrist launches virtual mental health ward in face of COVID-19 restrictions

Dr. Jennifer Hensel sees pandemic as an opportunity to test new model of care for mental health services

Behind the innovation challenge: Montreal team sprints to manufacture low-cost ventilators for the world

With the supply of ventilators dwindling during the pandemic, Joule COVID-19 Innovation grant recipient sparks a global challenge to increase the stockpile.

Swift smartphone app to monitor wounds expands to help more than 450,000 patients per month

This Joule Innovation grant recipient continues to transform the treatment of chronic wounds, with new technology adopted by more than 3,900 health care institutions across the continuum of care.

A bold step: Integrated model of dementia care expanding in 2021

With her model already established in 117 communities, this Joule Innovation grant winner is expanding MINT memory clinics beyond Ontario.

A breakthrough: long-lasting antimicrobial coating could help prevent infectious disease transmission

Working with Vancouver start-up Ionomr Innovations Inc., Dr. Heidi Britton is re-imagining how a product derived from the same material as space suits could help combat the spread of COVID-19.

Necessity breeds innovation: East coast family comes together to redesign the N95

Dr. Susan Ripley and Takaya Technology Inc. have re-engineered the N95 mask for improved effectiveness and comfort.

There must be a better way: sanitization robot invented to speed up COVID-19 cleaning protocols

With new COVID-19 cleaning protocols adding to surgical wait times, Dr. Joseph Ma and Bionic-i™ create a sanitization device to increase efficiency in operating rooms and beyond

Buying in bulk: PPE Access pilot takes on community demand

How a community PPE drive led to a co-op purchase program.

Using AI to ease troubled minds: a remarkable search to improve treatment for depression

Dr. David Benrimoh and his start-up, Aifred Health, are applying AI technology to break the “guess and check” cycle of depression treatment. Post-Joule Innovation grant, here’s what is helping them to

Innovation at work: anticipating infectious disease outbreaks

BlueDot, Dr. Kamran Khan’s AI health company, sent the first warnings of COVID-19.

Convergence: how three technologies inspired one solution to help surgeons

Edgcumbe’s true aspiration for the Pico Lantern is for it to evolve from novel, innovative idea to tried and true product that's making a difference for patients.

Translational medicine — the head and heart of the matter

Translational medicine helped this resident fast track the creation of a brain cooling device. His goal? To reduce the chance of brain damage post-cardiac arrest from 38% to 3%.