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.
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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.
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TORONTO – Colorectal Cancer Canada (CCC), the voice of colorectal cancer patients in Canada and Belong, the world’s largest social network for cancer patients and caregivers, have announced a new partnership toward improving the quality of life for colorectal cancer patients and their families by increasing access to high-quality content, digital services and community support.
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OAKVILLE, Ont. – Health Canada has licensed the ARTIS pheno, a robotic C-arm angiography system from Siemens Healthineers that was created for use in minimally invasive interventional procedures.
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MONTREAL – Logibec Inc. has been selected by the university technology transfer organization, Univalor, for the commercialization, distribution, implementation and improvement of the emergency redirection solution developed by Dr. Alexandre Messier (pictured) of Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l’île-de-Montréal.
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TORONTO – When Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care asked St. Joseph’s Health System (SJHS), Hamilton to lead the Provincial Digital Quality Based Procedures (QBP) Order Sets Program, SJHS publicly procured Think Research to create and implement digital order sets for the program.
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The sooner you learn of a potential risk, the more likely you are to mitigate it. That’s the premise behind recent strides to bring early warning systems to hospital surgical wards, where the goal is to reduce complications, emergency room visits, hospital readmissions and mortality rates after surgery by more closely monitoring patients – even after discharge.
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With the dramatic increase of mobile devices such as phones and tablets used by patients, families and healthcare providers, hospitals are increasingly challenged to keep germs out of care environments,” says Heather Candon, Manager of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) at Mackenzie Health in York Region, Ontario. “Recent research has shown these devices, can carry all sorts of germs. At Mackenzie Health we are always looking for ways to stop infectious viruses from entering the hospital and avoiding transmission between patients.”
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GATINEAU, QC – Macadamian, creator of My Diabetes Coach, was awarded Runner Up and $15,000 in the eleventh annual 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes, held late last year. Presented by Novo Nordisk, the international challenges innovators to present original solutions to pressing global healthcare challenges.
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THUNDER BAY and KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health’s access to care management and central intake technology has been selected and is being implemented as the enabling technology to support Ontario’s Intake & Coordinated Access Model for hip & knee referrals (MSK) in the north west of the province.
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