May 7, 2025
MONTREAL – The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has inaugurated the Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics Centre (SuPER) at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).
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May 7, 2025
TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway has announced eight recipients of the 2025 Vendor Innovation Program (VIP), recognizing integrated, forward-looking solutions that will help advance connected care, improve patient access to their health information, and enhance care coordination across the Canadian health system.
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May 7, 2025
TORONTO – North York General Hospital has improved the performance and usability of its Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) by migrating it to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). With OCI, NYGH is able to offer a better experience for its patients and providers and enable a more agile approach to adopting new technologies like generative AI, the hospital said.
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May 7, 2025
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre says it is the first hospital in Ontario to adopt a text message-based patient survey distribution. The hospital has seen a 2 percent increase in people responding to surveys since switching to SMS (Short Message Service, the technology behind text messages).
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May 7, 2025
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – An online fundraising campaign has been started on behalf of former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos (pictured). As of Sunday evening, the GoFundMe had cleared more than $66,000 of its $100,000 goal in support of Mentzelopoulos’s legal costs.
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May 7, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – GE HealthCare Canada Inc. announced the availability of Pixxoscan (gadobutrol), its macrocyclic, non-ionic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) during the Canadian Association of Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting in Montreal.
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May 7, 2025
OTTAWA – The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network is excited to announce its partnership with CHEO, a leading pediatric healthcare and research centre in Ottawa. This new collaboration will spark even more transformative innovation projects at CHEO to improve healthcare delivery and access to care across the region.
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May 7, 2025
TORONTO – Baycrest Hospital & Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged is pleased to announce the appointment of Deb Galet (pictured) as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Ms. Galet has been serving as interim president and CEO since April 2024.
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May 7, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, UK — AstraZeneca, in partnership with health-tech company Qure.ai, has announced the successful completion of 5 million artificial intelligence (AI) enabled chest X-rays (CXRs) across more than 20 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The milestone, part of AstraZeneca's commitment to the World Economic Forum's EDISON Alliance 1 Billion Lives Challenge, demonstrates the potential of AI to improve lung cancer detection, especially within resource-limited healthcare settings.
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May 7, 2025
TORONTO – Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) in collaboration with MaRS Discovery District is extending and expanding support for the Mobility Unlimited Hub, a program designed to help startups scale groundbreaking active mobility solutions.
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