To the 3D printing that’s taking the medical world by storm, we can now add another innovative, three-dimensional technology – interactive virtual reality. Wearing special goggles and manipulating instruments, clinicians can examine diagnostic images that appear to float in space in front of them.
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TORONTO – The Adopting Research to Improve Care (ARTIC) Program, co-led by Health Quality Ontario and the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario and funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, have announced the newest ARTIC project, Choosing Wisely: An Idea Worth Spreading.
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TORONTO – With over 25,000 Syrian refugees recently arrived in Canada, a significant need for primary care healthcare services is expected in the coming weeks and months. However, providing appropriate care to non-English-speaking refugees can involve significant challenges, particularly with limited translation support available.
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BRAMPTON, Ont. – Medtronic Canada announced that it has received Health Canada license for MyCareLink Smart Monitor, the world’s first app-based remote monitoring system for patients with implantable pacemakers, now commercially available in Canada.
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TORONTO – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has launched an interactive website, called Portico (www.porticonetwork.ca), which provides a platform for primary care physicians and allied healthcare professionals to better diagnose and treat patients and clients with psychiatric issues and substance abuse problems.
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Not that long ago, there was a physical divide between the operating room (OR) and the radiology suite. The more surgeons rely on sophisticated imaging data to perform minimally invasive and complex surgeries, the more those walls are coming down, giving rise to the hybrid OR.
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TORONTO – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has launched Portico, an online interactive platform that connects primary care providers to the latest clinical tools, resources and information about treating mental illness and addiction. At the same time, CAMH also released the Psychiatry in Primary Care app.
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NEWMARKET, Ont. – The Regional Cardiac Care Program at Southlake Regional Health Centre is expanding its capacity to treat the electrical workings of the heart with the opening of three cardiac catheterization suites equipped with the latest technology.
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CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – Cambridge Memorial Hospital and CognisantMD, of Toronto, announced the availability of a real-time eReferral system for ordering diagnostic imaging tests in the Waterloo region. Using the Ocean Platform, family physicians can now order MRIs, CTs, ultrasounds, X-rays, mammography, BMD and Nuclear Medicine tests directly from their electronic medical record (EMR) without the need for redundant patient entry or an additional sign-in process.
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TORONTO – The Toronto General Hospital’s Transitional Pain Service has selected ManagingLife’s Manage My Pain app to help prevent the development of chronic, postsurgical pain for at-risk patients post-surgery. Toronto General is part of the University Health Network; each year, it performs more than 25,000 surgical operations.
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