New surgical system approved for Canada
July 18, 2018
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Medtronic of Canada Ltd. announced that the StealthStation S8 and the StealthStation ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) surgical navigation systems are now licensed for sale in Canada. Surgeons use surgical navigation systems to help with precisely locating anatomical structures and instruments in either open or minimally invasive procedures on rigid parts of the body like the skull and vertebra, as well as sinus cavities.
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OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital has placed an order for RayStation, RaySearch’s radiation therapy treatment planning system, becoming the 500th customer. Since the first sale in 2009, RaySearch has worked hard to ensure that RayStation remains a top treatment planning system, covering the broadest range of treatment delivery machines and providing the most comprehensive functionality.
OTTAWA – eConsult, an electronic solution that allows GPs to put questions to specialists and to receive a fast response, is rolling out across Canada. Moreover, other countries are interested in it as well.
The system was developed by a team in the Ottawa area, led by two physicians – family doctor Dr. Clare Liddy (pictured on right) and Dr. Erin Keely (pictured on left), an endocrinologist. Originally, Dr. Liddy mentioned that one of her patients had waited over nine months for an appointment with a specialist, a wait that both doctors agreed was far too long.
OTTAWA – Oncologist Dr. Neil Reaume (pictured) walked into the exam room, greeted patient John Richichi, and tapped his ID badge against a small black box near the computer screen. Up popped the lung CT scan results that he was just reviewing on the core clinic computer before coming into the clinic room to see the patient.
“Your scan shows this spot, which might be pneumonia,” said Dr. Reaume, a medical oncologist.
VANCOUVER – At the annual eHealth Conference, Nuance Communications, Inc. launched its universal cloud-based speech recognition platform, Dragon Medical One, to the Canadian market.
TORONTO – Scarborough and Rouge Hospital announced that its three emergency departments are now using the Dash MD app to provide patients and their families with information about the EDs, as well as follow-up information and instructions to improve post-discharge care.
SARNIA, Ont. – Hogan Pharmacies throughout southern Ontario are taking a leadership role in addressing two major health issues – the opioid epidemic and unintentional pediatric medicine poisonings.
HALIFAX – The IWK Health Centre unveiled a new neonatal intensive care unit that puts families first in the care of critically ill babies.
IWK officials visited hospitals in Europe and Toronto to get ideas for the redeveloped NICU. Designers even built a full-sized mockup in a garage at the IWK so it could be readjusted and improved.
TORONTO and WATERLOO, Ont. – Monitoring for heart failure both in hospital and at home is about to get easier, more effective and less expensive, thanks to a first-of-its-kind finger prick technology developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo, with support from Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics Inc.