Clinical Solutions

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

BRAMPTON, Ont. – Researchers from Humber River Hospital, William Osler Health System, and the Bruyère Research Institute are tackling the difficulty that palliative care patients have in keeping caregivers up-to-date on their symptoms through an app called RELIEF. The app enables the remote self-reporting of symptoms, and it has now gained support for further development, thanks to $1.4 million in funding from Health Canada. Read More

CALGARY – For new mothers living with the debilitating fallout of postpartum depression, an online version of the VID-KIDS parent support program developed by University of Calgary researchers is more than just a new app – it’s a portal to professional help direct from their living room in a time of desperate need. Read More

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