AI Sweden × Unity Health Toronto
AI has become a crucial technology within the healthcare industry, demonstrating its impact notably at Unity Health Toronto's hospitals in Canada. As one example, more than 20 percent fewer patients are dying on units that use an AI monitoring model developed at the health network based on research that has been submitted for publication.
Staff pictured during a busy day in the St. Michael’s Hospital Emergency Department.
(Photo credit: Eduardo Lima)
The collaboration between Unity Health Toronto and AI Sweden promises to bring these significant Canadian insights to the Swedish healthcare system.
Unity Health Toronto is a healthcare organization with three hospital sites and services spanning Toronto’s core. Its services range from primary care to acute care, post-acute care, rehabilitation, palliative and long-term care. It works with its system partners to advance excellence in health care through education and research.
Unity Health Toronto and AI Sweden share the common goal of accelerating the adoption of AI to benefit society. Unity Health is the leading applied AI healthcare center in Canada, with more than 50 data analytics and AI solutions deployed into practice. We are excited to collaborate with AI Sweden and exchange knowledge that will further our shared goal to develop successful AI solutions and scale their adoption in the health sector.
Muhammad Mamdani
Vice president of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto
Advancing Healthcare with AI: A Swedish-Canadian Collaboration
A project aimed at learning from successful AI adopters and accelerating AI maturity in Swedish healthcare. Funded by Vinnova and led by AI Sweden.
Unity Health project intake form
Unity Health has established a structured triage process to assess potential projects, helping teams determine whether to move forward with a project idea or halt it. The process supports understanding specific problems, exploring available data, and evaluating potential solutions and feasibility. They have generously shared their project intake form with our ecosystem—you are welcome to download and try it.
News articles
Swedish delegation visits AI leaders in Canadian healthcare
Three Swedish university hospitals are developing their practical AI capabilities in collaboration with Canada
AI in healthcare gets a boost from Canada-Sweden knowledge exchange
AI Sweden partners with Unity Health Toronto for healthcare advancements
Presentations & webinars
Introduction to Unity Health Toronto: An introduction to how Unity Health Toronto has built its AI lab, the skills and teams they have recruited, the resources they have at their disposal, and the goals that drive their innovation efforts.
AI Development and Implementation at Unity Health: A description of the process from idea to implemented AI solution, with a continuous focus on creating actual value in the organization.
Data Management and Integration at Unity Health: About the underlying work with data, the challenges involved, and the skills needed to create the conditions for AI applications in healthcare.
AI Sweden Podcast
Joel Preger, Operativ Chef, Tema Hjärta, Kärl och Neuro på Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset and Espen Sigvartsen, chef för avdelningen för datalager, applikationsutveckling och AI are guests in this episode.
Through two hospital applications developed with Michael Fralick, this episode highlights the move from research to patient impact.
Listen to the episode where we talk about applied AI in healthcare with Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, Vice President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto.
Reflection episode | Unity Health, lessons learned and opportunities in Sweden with Johanna Bergman (in Swedish).
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