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October 16, 2019
BURNABY, B.C. – In an unusual move for a municipality, City council in Burnaby has approved a $1-million grant to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation to partially cover the cost of a second CT scanner. The new machine will enable 10,000 more scans per year, according to a city report.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO – RetiSpec Inc. announced it has received an award from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) to fund the accelerated development of retinal imaging technology for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. The award of up to $500,000 (U.S.) includes a direct investment in the company. It is an investment through the ADDF’s Diagnostics Accelerator initiative.
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October 16, 2019
SUDBURY – Health Sciences North officially opened its PET scanner suite. The machine has been operating at Sudbury’s hospital since June, but October 9 was the official celebration of something the community has worked for since 2009.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) celebrated the arrival of its research MRI, which will be housed in a soon-to-be built world-class MRI suite. This MRI suite will be the first in Canada to be immersive, customizable, child-friendly and fully accessible, and is poised to accelerate research into child and youth brain function.
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October 16, 2019
TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Bialogics Analytics Inc. and emtelligent™ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate Bialogics DImax AI Ready Business Intelligence Platform with emtelligent’s emtelliPro™ Natural Language Processing engine. Using emtelliPro to extract structured clinical data from imaging reports, Bialogics will be able to provide radiology departments with richer, deeper, analytics-based insights that maximize both operational efficiencies and clinical effectiveness.
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October 8, 2019
TORONTO – Hackers have crippled the computer systems of three Ontario hospitals in recent weeks, prompting concern about the type of malicious software used and whether more facilities may be at risk.
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October 8, 2019
MONTREAL – The massive computer crash at the McGill University Health Centre earlier this month was caused by two malfunctions in quick succession, rendering the back-up system powerless and resulting in the cancellation of a dozen surgeries as well as medical procedures involving nearly 40 other patients.
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October 8, 2019
FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick Medical Society will shut down a company it launched to serve as the exclusive provider of a costly electronic medical records system for doctors’ offices in the province.
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October 8, 2019
MONTREAL – Chronometriq, the Montreal-based provider of appointment-management and patient engagement tools, announced that the company has secured more than $20 million CAD in Series B funding. New York growth investor Full In Partners led the round with additional participation from existing investors. This financing will help further Chronometriq’s leadership position in Canada and its expansion in the United States.
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October 8, 2019
OTTAWA – Needing to be at work while ill, inefficient workplace practices, and poor work-life balance are some of the predictors of burnout amongst Canadian physicians, according to new research by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).
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