May 31, 2023
VICTORIA, BC – British Columbians will get four new cancer care centres that can offer radiation treatment as the province gets ready for an increase in cases of age-related cancers. Health Minister Adrian Dix (pictured) said that new cancer care centres will be opening in Kamloops, Nanaimo, Surrey and Burnaby.
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May 31, 2023
MONTREAL – To cut the time taken to move patients experiencing a heart attack from home to hospital and into the angiography suite, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has partnered with Stenoa on a platform that integrates and coordinates care among different parts of the system.
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May 31, 2023
HAMILTON, Ont. – Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is restoring its provincial burn program and establishing a new burn research centre. “HHS is committed to building a burn program of excellence,” says Dr. Marc Jeschke (pictured), a globally recognized burn surgeon and researcher, and medical director of HHS provincial burn unit. “This is the beginning of a new era for care in Hamilton and an opportunity to conduct state-of-the-art research and science to improve the lives of patients.”
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May 31, 2023
TORONTO – Bayshore HealthCare has launched an innovative remote patient monitoring (RPM) program designed to improve patient outcomes, enhance healthcare delivery, and streamline communication among healthcare providers. Built in collaboration with Microsoft and using the power of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, Vantage is a cloud-based solution that allows healthcare providers to monitor patients’ health remotely, provide timely interventions, and reduce avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency department visits.
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May 31, 2023
KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital is celebrating the biggest donation in its history – $15 million – from the founders of Kitchener’s iconic HiWay Market. The legacy gift from Dorothy and Ralph Kraft, who opened the area’s first grocery superstore in 1952 on King Street East, kicked off the official launch of Grand River Hospital Foundation’s $258-million Care Never Stops campaign.
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May 31, 2023
TORONTO – MEDITECH has announced an agreement with Canada Health Infoway to connect with PrescribeIT, a national e-prescribing service. This will enable prescribers in Canada to electronically transmit a prescription directly from the Expanse EHR to the patient’s pharmacy of choice.
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May 31, 2023
COOKSHIRE, Que. – The federal government is making a repayable contribution of $250,000 for Omni–Med.com Inc. (Omnimed). This CED funding will allow Omnimed – a pioneer in the field of electronic medical records (EMRs) in Quebec – to expand and ensure the growth of the business both within Canada and internationally.
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May 31, 2023
LONDON – England’s health-worker shortage is so severe that the National Health Service can’t staff “virtual wards” that were meant to relieve the burden on its struggling hospitals. Plans to roll out thousands more virtual wards – where patients get the care they need at home rather than at a hospital – are being severely hampered by the dearth of clinical staff, according to the NHS Confederation, which represents UK medical workers and hospitals.
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May 31, 2023
SASKATOON – The government of Africa’s most populated country has enlisted the help of a Saskatoon tech firm to deliver remote healthcare to millions of people. Saskatoon’s Ethnomet has partnered with the Nigerian government to develop a telehealth app that facilitates connections between patients and physicians regardless of distance.
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May 31, 2023
TORONTO – When the Ontario government announced an expansion of online mental health supports to help Ontarians navigate the challenges of the pandemic in 2020 – including free access to self-guided, internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programs – an alarm bell sounded in the mind of bioethics researcher Rachel Katz (pictured).
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