February 25, 2026
TORONTO - As EDs across Ontario face record demand, North York General has become the first hospital in the province to introduce SmartER Zones — an AI-driven approach that’s designed to help address prolonged emergency department waits and support earlier access to care during peak demand periods.
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February 25, 2026
TORONTO - Unity Health Toronto has achieved two prestigious international designations that recognize the organization as a global leader in using advanced digital tools, data and analytics to improve quality, safety and patient outcomes.
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February 25, 2026
SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced that metal detectors have been installed at three more Saskatchewan medical facilities. In a news release, SHA said metal detectors will be deployed at the main doors of the Battleford Union Hospital, Prince Albert Hospital, and the Regina Urgent Care Centre.
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February 25, 2026
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is implementing new safety and security measures at the Brandon Regional Health Centre that include more on-site officers and the launch of a mobile app.
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February 25, 2026
IRVINE, Calif. - Danaher, a $150 billion U.S. company that makes tools used in developing and testing medicines, has agreed to buy Masimo for $9.9 billion, expanding in patient-monitoring devices in a surprise move outside its main focus.
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February 25, 2026
VANCOUVER - A team led by UBC’s Dr. Matthew Wiens (pictured) is the first in Canada to receive funding through the Horizon Europe program, after being awarded €5 million for a project that aims to reduce childhood deaths from severe infection (sepsis) after hospital discharge in Uganda and Kenya.
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February 25, 2026
SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) and the SLMHC Foundation saw the successful delivery of the two prefabricated modular buildings designed specifically for its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite on February 18, marking more steps forward to Sioux Lookout’s MRI machine becoming a reality.
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February 25, 2026
TORONTO - University Health Network’s Toronto General Hospital has ranked second in the world in Newsweek magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026, marking the highest position ever achieved by a Canadian hospital. This also marks the eighth consecutive year that University Health Network has been ranked as the world’s #1 universally accessible hospital.
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February 25, 2026
OTTAWA - The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) has announced the launch of the CPS Content Partner Program, a new initiative that opens access to CPS’s trusted clinical drug and therapeutic information through direct integration with other health technology solutions.
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February 25, 2026
TORONTO - VITALL Intelligence Inc. has announced the commercial availability of Medly®, a clinically validated digital therapeutic for heart failure developed at University Health Network (UHN). As UHN’s exclusive, global licensee VITALL will deliver the Medly service from its digital health platform enabling cardiac centres to equip heart failure patients with the service.
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