Transformative Technologies
Transformative technologies, artificial intelligence, virtual care, and adapted living environments leverage technological innovations to reimagine healthcare delivery and improve seniors’ quality of life. These approaches form part of the health sector’s digital transformation, enabling solutions that are more accessible, tailored, and effective.
Platform Objectives
Transformative technologies are innovations that meaningfully improve how care is delivered and how people interact with the health system. At Schouela CEDurable, our focus is on technologies that help older adults live healthier, safer, and more independent lives.
Using our end-to-end Health Technology Assessment pathway, we offer a clear, structured route for real-world testing and implementation. We rely on internationally validated frameworks and reporting standards to guide vendors through every step—from usability, accessibility, and feasibility assessment to clinical impact and economic evaluation.
Our goal is simple: accelerate safe, evidence-based adoption of technologies that truly make a difference in the lives of older adults.
A major challenge for many health-tech innovators is accessing real clinical environments, diverse patient populations, and clinicians who can meaningfully test and refine their solutions. Our platform bridges that gap. We connect companies and innovators with the large geriatrics patient pool at the Jewish General Hospital, as well as the clinical, academic, and evaluation resources available across McGill University and the CIUSSS network.
Frailstop
The FRAILSTOP ecosystem is a technology developed in Madrid, Spain, and validated throughout the European Union. This solution takes a modular approach, enabling all stakeholders in the healthcare network to monitor and address factors contributing to frailty in older adults, while offering the flexibility to adapt to the specific needs of each region.
Schouela CEDurable is collaborating with geriatrician Dr. Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas and his team in Spain to implement this technology in Quebec.
Projects
Platform Coordinator
For any questions regarding this platform, please contact Mahdi Imani, PhD.
Mahdi Imani, PhD
Mahdi Imani is a Biomedical Engineer and AI specialist whose work spans medical imaging, machine learning, device development, and data-driven health innovation. He holds a PhD in Medicine from the University of Melbourne, where he developed advanced analytical and AI-based approaches to better understand musculoskeletal and aging-related health. His expertise combines engineering, clinical research, and computational sciences to support the development of technologies that meaningfully improve patient care.
Mahdi currently serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University and coordinates technology and AI initiatives at CEDurable. His work brings together clinicians, researchers, engineers, policy partners, and industry collaborators—across Canada and internationally—to evaluate, adapt, and integrate emerging technologies into real-world health systems. He is particularly focused on building practical pathways that help innovators move from early prototypes and datasets to safe, effective, and scalable solutions in everyday clinical practice.
Collaboration
We welcome technology vendors and innovators with solutions at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 or higher to collaborate with us. If you are developing a technology that can support older adults and improve care delivery, we would be happy to explore partnership opportunities.
To begin the process, please complete our intake form: