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Firstline distributes new guidance on antibiotic use

December 14, 2022


Michael LongVANCOUVER – Firstline, the Canadian clinical decision support company, announced that new, gold-standard clinical guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) is being distributed on its platform. For the first time, the WHO has created evidence-based clinical guidance for prescribing antibiotics – the AWaRe Antibiotic Book. Read More

NS expands online service for anxiety, depression

December 7, 2022


Brian ComerHALIFAX – Nova Scotia has expanded an agreement with Tranquility, a program that helps people experiencing depression and anxiety better understand their emotions, thoughts and behaviours and build skills and coping strategies. People using the program are supported by a coach who checks in on their progress and offers ongoing help and motivation. Read More

Leadless pacemaker gains Health Canada approval

November 30, 2022


Aveir pacemakerCALGARY – Nearly a decade of brainstorming, research and trials has paid off for a Calgary cardiologist and University of Calgary professor, who has received Health Canada approval for use of a new pacemaker. Dr. Derek Exner, associate dean of commercialization and innovation at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, and his team have been working closely with global healthcare company Abbott since 2014. Together, the group has been instrumental in bringing the Aveir VR leadless pacemaker to patients with heart conditions in Calgary. Read More

NB aims to reduce surgical waits with ‘HIIT’ lists

November 30, 2022


Margaret MelansonSAINT JOHN, NB – Members of Horizon Health Network’s Surgery Program are taking an innovative approach to performing surgeries on patients who have been waiting the longest for orthopaedic surgeries. Surgical teams in Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton and Saint John will complete a “blitz” of up to 96 surgeries – primarily orthopaedic (hip and knee replacements) – on Saturdays in November, December, January and February. Typically, operating rooms (ORs) do not run planned surgeries on weekends. Read More

Hybrid OR opens at Halifax Infirmary

November 9, 2022


Dr Christine HermanHALIFAX – A hybrid operating room at the Halifax Infirmary is now up and running. Described as a first in Atlantic Canada, the room has advanced diagnostic imaging equipment, so if complications arise, cardiac or vascular surgery patients can get diagnostic tests right there. Read More

Decision support tool for ER proves effective

November 9, 2022


Heather Ross 2021TORONTO – A tool that emergency department clinicians can use to guide hospital admission or discharge decisions for heart failure patients reduces 30-day all-cause death or cardiovascular hospitalization by 12 percent, according to a new trial from the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at University Health Network (UHN), ICES, and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. Read More

PatientTrak now available in Nova Scotia

By Lauren MacDougall

November 1, 2022


HALIFAX – It is now faster and easier for physicians and other authorized care team members to access the latest patient census and health data at emergency departments across Nova Scotia. Read More

New cancer imaging and treatment starts soon in N.S.

October 26, 2022


Nova ScotiaHALIFAX – Nova Scotia will be the first place in Canada to use the equipment called Ethos, made by California-based Varian Medical Systems. It’s already been installed at the QEII Hospital in Halifax where clinical trials are expected to begin within weeks. Read More

Nova Scotia surgeon gains new skills via ‘tele-proctoring’

By Norm Tollinsky

September 29, 2022


Dr. Richard Spence, a general surgeon at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, wasn’t worried earlier this summer when faced with performing a surgical technique he had never attempted. Equipped with Rods & Cones smart glasses, he had a specialist in Amsterdam, 4,921 kilometres away, looking over his shoulder and providing guidance – virtually. Read More

Halifax surgeons first in Canada to use Brainlab Elements

September 28, 2022


Dr Lutz WeiseHALIFAX – Neurosurgeons at Nova Scotia Health’s Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII), the hub of neurosurgical procedures in the province, now have access to a new digital neurosurgical planning and navigation software that will transform how they plan and deliver care. The Brainlab Elements software offers more precise, higher quality images and data in one convenient location. It also helps to visualize crucial structures in the depth of the brain that aren’t visible through an MRI. Read More

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