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.
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AI in Healthcare Gets a Boost from Canada-Sweden Knowledge Exchange
Three presentations
Presentations from three of the seminars with Unity Health Toronto seminars are now available to watch:
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
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):
Muhammad Mamdani, vice president of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto sees shared objectives as a solid foundation:
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, pictured in front of Unity Health’s St. Michael’s Hospital site. (Photo credit: Eduardo Lima)
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