Dr. Thomas Lindsay, a vascular surgeon at the University Health Network’s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, demonstrates how a long graft can be inserted into the aorta of a patient, with branches for the kidneys. The innovative, team-based procedure is performed using minimally invasive methods, all through a small incision rather than open surgery. It reduces trauma to the patient and speeds up recovery times.Read More
NEWMARKET, ONT. – Southlake Regional Health Centre has partnered with Toronto-based startup MedChart Inc. to allow patients and authorized third parties to easily request and quickly obtain medical records online, day or night.
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Smart homes for seniors? The two make an unlikely match – but one project funded by the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest Health Sciences, is evaluating how living in a smart home could improve quality of life for older adults with early-stage dementia.
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When diagnostic imaging (DI) equipment at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital needs servicing, who do they call?
These days it’s as easy as a simple four-digit extension: 6363 or MEND.
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Your patient is recovering from an opioid addiction and leaves the treatment centre. He or she is not expected to return for a number of weeks, so how do you monitor their progress?
TryCycle Data Systems (www.trycycledata.com) establishes a simple channel for opioid-addicted patients and their practitioners between appointments. “It’s a digital tether between the practitioner and the patient after they leave the office,” said John MacBeth, CEO.
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Family caregivers, meet Elizzbot. She’s your sounding board, your resource, someone to vent to, and a source of constructive solutions when you’re burned out.
She is, in her way, a daughter and a granddaughter, tracing her family tree to the first chatbots. But the project of Elizz, the online brand of home-care provider Saint Elizabeth Health Care, is very much her own bot.
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TORONTO – North York General Hospital, known as a technological innovator, has become the first hospital in Ontario (and the second across Canada, after the McGill University Health Centre) to implement a prone breast biopsy table that makes use of 3D mammography for needle guidance.
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Eastern Health, the largest health authority in Newfoundland Labrador (NL), has been a pioneer in the use of telehealth and most recently implemented a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solution that provides telehealth in a patient’s home.
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TORONTO – The Biomedical Zone– a unique partnership between Ryerson University and St. Michael’s Hospital – is Canada’s first physician-led, hospital-based health technology incubator, helping early-stage companies validate their solutions in a hospital setting.
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TORONTO – Enter the Magenta Health family clinic on Queen Street, in downtown Toronto’s east end, and the first thing you notice is that there’s no dedicated receptionist.
Instead, there’s touch screen kiosks for patients to check in or to summon assistance. It’s easy to check in because the system knows who to expect.
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