Clinical Solutions

MONTREAL – The Smart Hospital Project has come a long way since its inception in 2021. With the aim of developing wireless vital signs monitors, the project has just completed its second phase, and the results look encouraging. Read More

TORONTO – Swift Medical, a pioneer in digital wound care, has unveiled its new, Skin & Wound 2 platform. Swift’s award-winning digital platform has been used for over 50 million patient assessments in home health, ambulatory, acute, and skilled nursing settings. With over 22 peer-reviewed publications, the company has stayed true to its commitment to clinically validate its groundbreaking innovations and has proven outcomes in accuracy, equitable AI and improved healing rates. Read More

OTTAWA – Calian Group announced that Walmart Canada will licence Nexi, Calian’s custom-built digital health platform. Nexi will provide Walmart Canada pharmacies with an all-in-one pharmacy tool to automate the administration of their patients’ specialty pharmaceutical needs, while also leveraging Calian’s unique capabilities for learning, cloud services and infrastructure security monitoring and protection. Read More

TORONTO – With the support of donor funding, St. Michael’s Hospital has opened a state-of-the-art hybrid biplane operating room for advanced neurovascular procedures. The first-of-its-kind in Canada, Operating Room 19 (also known as ORX) features the combined functionalities of a hybrid operating room with the advanced imaging technologies of a radiological suite. Read More

MONTREAL – Aifred Health, an award-winning digital healthcare company, has announced the receipt of a Canadian Medical Device License for its AI-driven clinical decision support software medical device (CDSS) that provides healthcare professionals with decision support for the treatment of moderate to severe depression. Read More

CALGARY – Patients in Alberta requiring a pacemaker to manage an abnormally slow heartbeat now have access to the world’s first dual-chamber, leadless pacemaker. Traditional pacemakers are small, battery-powered devices surgically implanted underneath the skin in the chest, leaving a scar on the chest and a visible bulge under the skin. They deliver electrical therapy to the heart via thin insulated wires known as cardiac leads. Read More

EDMONTON – A surgeon at the University of Albert Hospital has performed Canada’s first robot-assisted kidney transplant. Dr. Max Levine (pictured) had been preparing a robot-assisted program of this kind for a year; his training included participation in a robotic kidney transplant masterclass in Belgium in November 2023. Moreover, an expert surgeon from the University of Maryland, in the U.S., came to observe and proctor and to ensure a smooth first case. Read More

BRAMPTON & ETOBICOKE, Ont. – William Osler Health System (Osler) is the first Canadian hospital to offer in-house liquid biopsy testing for cancer care. This practice-changing technology offers considerable advantages for patients from initial diagnosis to individual cancer treatment. Read More

OTTAWA – To advance stroke care, The Ottawa Hospital has successfully adopted Vena Medical’s Balloon Distal Access Catheter (BDAC) into its stroke treatment protocol. This follows a comprehensive evaluation through OBIO’s Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN), highlighting a leap forward in mechanical thrombectomy effectiveness. Read More

WINDSOR, Ont. – The Ontario government is investing up to $31 million to support the renovation and expansion of Windsor Regional Hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab, connecting more people in Southwestern Ontario to life-saving cardiac care, closer to home. Through this investment, over 17,000 square feet of space will be renovated into a new and modernized catheterization lab suite. Read More