Canada-wide digital health platform receives $49 million from federal government
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The creators of the new platform envision researchers and doctors using the DHDP to fast-track the development and discovery of new treatments and cures for diseases. “By combining the experience of its clinical collaborators, industry, AI institute partners and the Terry Fox Research Institute, Imagia will fulfill its mission to make accessible personalized health care a clinical reality.” The companies will establish a Canada-wide AI platform that will connect just shy of 100 partners across Canada, including healthcare institutions, SMEs, universities, research foundations, and four of the major AI research labs in Canada. The federal government said DHDP, which is slated to be a $159 million project, will also help to create and maintain highly-skilled jobs and provide training opportunities across Canada. The platform is expected to be patient-centric and the government as committed that the highest standards for data privacy, security and safety will be upheld. “The new Digital Health and Discovery Platform will help us to transform cancer research and care in Canada by enabling the new Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres network to analyze enormous amounts of genomic and clinical data to find new and better ways to treat cancer patients no matter where they live in Canada,” said Victor Ling, president and scientific director at the Terry Fox Research Institute.