KINGSTON, ONT. – In a Canadian first, a hybrid cardiac ablation procedure has been successfully completed at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). The procedure is a revolutionary treatment for patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation – the most common type of irregular heart rhythm.
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VANCOUVER – A Canadian woman in need of life-saving brain surgery may need to go to the United States to obtain the operation, which requires the use of technology created in Canada. While the advanced NeuroBlate laser surgery was devised in Winnipeg and tested extensively in Vancouver, no Canadian hospital has decided to fund the technology for adult use past the pilot stage.
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VANCOUVER – After 10 years, Jack the Robot is preparing to retire. A member of the da Vinci Surgical family, Jack has assisted his masters in more than one thousand surgical procedures at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). While he has served the community well, Jack is becoming obsolete and the time has come for a more advanced robot to take his place.
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TORONTO – League has announced the introduction of Health Concierge, a virtual care solution that provides members with a simple and convenient way to manage their health, all uniquely integrated with League’s group benefits solution.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Grand River Hospital has successfully implemented Wellsoft Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) in the hospital’s Lazaridis Family Foundation Emergency Department (ED).
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MARKHAM, ONT. – Kinark Child and Family Services, one of Ontario’s largest providers of mental health services for children and youth, is in the midst of migrating all of its computerized clinical and administrative systems to the cloud. The transformation is expected to result not only in lower costs, but will also boost the ability of clinicians, clients and families to share information.
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By combining smart technologies with an Early Warning Scoring (EWS) system in its surgical department, a large hospital in New York City has reduced ‘failure to rescue’ deaths by a whopping 35 percent. Failure to rescue patients are those who have experienced a treatable complication and died in hospital.
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SURREY, B.C. – Medtronic Canada has announced the grand opening of its first Canadian Medtronic Resource Centre in support of patients living with diabetes, in Surrey, BC, and the surrounding area. The centre will be located in the Health and Technology District, near Surrey Memorial Hospital.
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EDMONTON – An EMS Stroke Ambulance program established by Alberta Health Services in partnership with the University Hospital Foundation in Edmonton has received the Paramedics Chiefs of Canada (PCC) Innovative Treatment/Technology award. Demers Ambulance, a North American leader in ambulance manufacturing, developed the SA in partnership with AHS that serves as the foundation of the AHS program.
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