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July 21, 2021
SUDBURY, Ont. – A new robotic tool is allowing surgeons at Health Sciences North to better tailor knee replacements to their patients’ needs, while also reducing the amount of discomfort they experience afterwards. The ROSA Knee device, manufactured by Zimmer Biomet, has been in place at the hospital for a few weeks now, and is one of just three to be employed in all of Canada.
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July 21, 2021
CALGARY – Kent Imaging has announced Health Canada’s approval for SnapshotNIR V3.0 – now available for shipping in both official languages. This upgrade provides significant feature enhancements to the imaging technology that advances tissue assessment in acute and chronic wounds.
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July 14, 2021
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced Scatr Inc. as the winner of Health Canada and Impact Canada's Drug Checking Technology Challenge. Scatr is receiving the $1 million grand prize for its innovative drug checking technology that quickly and accurately identifies the contents of potentially toxic illegal drugs and helps prevent overdoses.
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June 29, 2021
VICTORIA, BC – British Columbia has rolled out its Hospital at Home pilot in three different communities – two at Island Health and one with Northern Health. The project is already demonstrating that acute-care patients can often be managed as effectively in their own homes as in hospitals. Read More
June 23, 2021
OTTAWA – Siemens Healthineers has announced the planned expansion of its Ottawa manufacturing facility that manufactures the epoc Blood Analysis System. The expanded facility provides an additional 24,000 square feet to support new manufacturing lines to meet increased demand for the Point of Care healthcare business across Canada and in over 70 markets worldwide, which Siemens Healthineers operates.
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June 9, 2021
VANCOUVER – Avricore Health Inc. is pleased to announce patients will soon have access to its point-of-care blood screening and health-data management platform, HealthTab, at select Shoppers Drug Mart locations. Through this pilot program, patients will have greater access to earlier diabetes detection and preventative screening services for at-risk individuals.
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June 2, 2021
TORONTO – Individuals living with severe Alzheimer’s disease showed remarkable improvements in behaviour and cognition within days of receiving an innovative new treatment that delivered low doses of radiation, a recent Baycrest-Sunnybrook pilot study found.
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May 19, 2021
TORONTO – MolecuLight Inc., a leader in point-of-care fluorescence imaging for detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, is helping to improve wound care in Canada with the only point-of-care imaging device that allows clinicians to quickly identify elevated bacterial burden in wounds.
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May 12, 2021
TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing over $432,000 in Baycrest to help people struggling with cognitive impairment as a result of COVID-19. The province is making the investment through the Ontario Together Fund.
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May 12, 2021
MONTREAL – Bell Let’s Talk announced $750,000 in new grants from the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund to six more organizations working to improve access to mental healthcare for members of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities in Canada.
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