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November 13, 2019
VANCOUVER – Clarius Mobile Health launched its second-generation series of wireless ultrasound scanners, putting the power and image quality of larger, more expensive systems in an affordable device that fits in a pocket, the company said.
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November 13, 2019
RICHMOND, BC – A first-in-Canada gamma camera in operation at Richmond Hospital has now seen its 500th patient. The new imaging machine recently unveiled by Vancouver Coastal Health in July scans 20 percent faster than the previous one and is reducing wait times for valuable diagnostic procedures by 10 to 15 percent.
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November 13, 2019
EDMONTON – According to Alberta Health, the Edmonton-area wait time for a CT scan is the same as the provincial average, but patients tell Global News they’re having to wait until next spring, or even summer.
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November 13, 2019
TORONTO – In October, the Joint Department of Medical Imaging’s (JDMI) Interventional Radiology Team made UHN the first centre in Canada to establish central venous access (CVA) using an Inside-Out Catheter System.
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November 6, 2019
MONTREAL – Nearly two years after the provincial government announced the Carnet santé Québec, a personal health portal that has cost nearly $9 million, critics are still pointing to problems and the disappointing capabilities of the product.
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November 6, 2019
TORONTO – Ontario announced the province will invest up to $60 million to support the construction of the Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, a new, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to brain and mental health at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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November 6, 2019
Montreal – Logibec Inc. has announced the acquisition of Knowledge4You Corporation, a Markham, Ontario-based company. This transaction will bring e-learning and medical education offerings to Logibec’s broad suite of clinical, financial and administrative healthcare market solutions.
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November 6, 2019
ALBERTON, P.E.I. – The 2019 recipient of Health P.E.I.’s Leadership Excellence in Quality and Safety Award will use the financial portion of the prize for further training in virtual healthcare. Western Hospital in Alberton received the award and a $4,000 donation for professional development in the area of quality and safety, for its work in pioneering “tele-rounding”, a healthcare model where patients who do not have a doctor are seen by physicians virtually through a secure internet connection.
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November 6, 2019
CHICAGO – HIMSS President and CEO, Hal Wolf (pictured), has been appointed as a member of the Digital Health Technology Advisory Group (DHTAG, under the World Health Organization (WHO).
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November 6, 2019
VANCOUVER – The oneVCH Projects Approach gives staff and physicians at all levels of Vancouver Coastal Health the ability to take the lead on a project from concept to completion, seeing the impact of their work firsthand. In a recent VCH blog, Heather Boersma (pictured), regional director, virtual health, commented on her experience in reducing the use of fax machines in a clinical setting using the Projects Approach.
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