Clinical Solutions

TORONTO – Working from Mount Sinai Hospital’s new Rapid Response Satellite Pathology Unit (RRSPU), pathologists will be able to deliver a preliminary diagnosis to surgeons within 20 minutes – while the surgeon is in the midst of a delicate operation. Read More

VANCOUVER – While the rapid rise of virtual visits have made medical encounters safer and easier for both patients and medical professionals, they still have limitations. Chief among them is the difficulty of gauging a patient’s vital signs. For this reason, the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine is assessing the viability of a contactless sensor that could be integrated into virtual care platforms. Read More

KINGSTON, ON – Novari Health is pleased to announce Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is implementing the company’s surgical wait list management and eBooking technology. The Novari ATC technology is being provided as software-as-a-service (SaaS) to the hospital and all surgical offices. The system will provide surgeons and their office staff with access to a standardized electronic wait list management system and the ability to electronically coordinate the scheduling of surgeries and procedures with the hospital. Read More

THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is now keeping patients safe, connected, and out of the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic with SeamlessMD, a digital patient engagement platform for patients undergoing surgery. Read More

MONTREAL – Healthcare management and patient engagement software provider Pomelo Health has released its new vaccination management system across North America. Aimed at streamlining COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the software has been adopted by private clinics, hospitals, and government entities in both Canada and the United States. Read More

TORONTO – Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. is pleased to announce that the company’s proprietary VMS+3.0 whole-heart analysis system has been installed at the Peter Munk Cardiac Center (PMCC) in Toronto. PMCC is the largest cardiac centre in Canada and resides in the University Hospital Network’s (UHN) Toronto General Hospital. Read More

NEWMARKET, Ont. – Patients with heart-rhythm issues called arrhythmias experience palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue. These patients are usually treated with a procedure called an ablation. However, for some frail, elderly patients who have other conditions, ablation is not a safe option. Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Amgen Canada Inc. has partnered with patients and healthcare professionals to launch the global pilot of My HeartPath in Canada. My HeartPath is a heart health app which supports and empowers patients during their heart attack recovery. Read More

BRAMPTON, Ont. – Earlier this month, during Mental Illness Awareness Week, the William Osler Health System officially opened its Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Clinic. rTMS is a safe, non-invasive treatment that uses a magnetic field to stimulate nerve cells in the brain that are involved in controlling emotions. Read More

MONTREAL – A new app that tracks patients’ changing moods is about to be rolled out to help family doctors in CIUSSS West-Central Montreal provide better treatment for anxiety and depression. Tung Tran (pictured), director of the CIUSSS’s Mental Health and Addiction Program, says the app is aimed mainly at family physicians, who have often been called upon to treat climbing rates of anxiety and depression since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More