September 28, 2022
CALGARY – The HealthTech Home project, a new initiative from The Brenda Strafford Foundation (BSF), Health Cities and Best Buy Canada, aims to address pressure on health systems by integrating and validating consumer technology and innovative health solutions in a residential setting.
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September 28, 2022
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Medtronic is pleased to announce that Sheri Dodd (pictured) has been appointed president of Medtronic Canada, leading the Canadian commercial operations for the world’s largest medical device company.
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September 28, 2022
EDMONTON and CALGARY – Patient care can be a complicated undertaking and getting patients to the right hospital – or community care centre – can be a challenge. Thanks to Integrated Operations Centres (IOCs) in Edmonton and Calgary, that’s happening more efficiently than ever before. “The idea of the Integrated Operations Centre is to provide kind of a mission control,” says Dr. Kirstie McLelland, acting zone medical director, Edmonton Zone. “Our goal is to get the patient to the right care as fast as we possibly can.”
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September 28, 2022
HALIFAX – Neurosurgeons at Nova Scotia Health’s Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII), the hub of neurosurgical procedures in the province, now have access to a new digital neurosurgical planning and navigation software that will transform how they plan and deliver care. The Brainlab Elements software offers more precise, higher quality images and data in one convenient location. It also helps to visualize crucial structures in the depth of the brain that aren’t visible through an MRI.
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September 28, 2022
TORONTO – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has announced the launch of a new assistive device – the first of its kind in Canada – that is designed to help non-speaking children and adults with severe physical disabilities communicate with the world around them, all by the power of their own humming.
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September 28, 2022
TORONTO – Dominic Giroux (pictured), president and CEO of Health Sciences North and the Health Sciences North Research Institute, has been named chair of the Ontario Hospital Association’s (OHA) Board of Directors. Serving on the OHA Board since 2019, Dominic was elected following the OHA’s Annual and Special Meeting of Members.
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September 28, 2022
HALIFAX – The QEII Foundation has announced a $20-million gift, its largest, single donation received to date. The MacDonald family donated $20 million to the QEII Foundation to help transform cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, N. S., the specialized referral centre for the Atlantic provinces.
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September 28, 2022
TORONTO – Despite rapid digital advancements in the healthcare sector, using outdated and vulnerable technologies such as faxes and unencrypted email threatens to erode the public’s confidence that their personal health information is secure. In a joint resolution, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners called for a concerted effort across the healthcare sector to modernize and strengthen the privacy and security of digital health communications.
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September 28, 2022
SURREY, BC – NeuroCatch Inc., a subsidiary of HealthTech Connex, is excited to announce that the newest version of its NeuroCatch Platform brain function assessment system has received a Health Canada medical device license. The previous generation NeuroCatch already received Health Canada approval in 2019 and is currently being used in a number of clinical research studies throughout North America.
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September 28, 2022
TORONTO – Dr. Alex Mihailidis (pictured), an internationally renowned researcher who serves as AGE-WELL’s scientific director and CEO, has been selected as one of the Healthy Ageing 50 – 50 leaders working to transform the world to be a better place to grow older. The Healthy Ageing 50 is an initiative under the banner of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing that seeks to honour 50 leaders who are working to foster healthy aging.
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