Impact Cases

Impact Cases

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How do you mend a broken heart? There’s an algorithm for that, and B.C. innovators are on the case

It’s all about squiggles on a page. Even if you have never lain on an examination table while a technician stuck electrodes all over your chest—and then flicked on the switch!—you’re likely familiar with the image of an electrocardiogram (ECG): a page of graph paper covered in wavy lines. They’re unintelligible, or seem that way to the untrained eye.

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Uniting technology and clinical care to reduce the risk of opioid addiction post-surgery

Opioids are an effective tool for managing pain. However, they can be addictive, resulting in widespread abuse in recent years and culminating in public health crises in Canada and elsewhere. A team of health technology companies had an idea for a technology solution that could help reduce the number of people who developed a dependency on opioids after surgery.

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