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April 3, 2024
BATHURST, NB – Vitalité Health Network, in New Brunswick, announced that it is deploying the SeamlessMD digital platform to improve surgical outcomes for patients. The platform guides patients before, during and after surgery and has been shown to reduce readmissions and emergency department visits and shorten length of hospital stay.
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March 4, 2024
A surgical team at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, led by Dr. George Athwal, has advanced the use of mixed reality in the operating room using VR headsets and hologram-like images to dramatically improve the accuracy of shoulder implants. Read More
February 21, 2024
MONTREAL – Accuray Incorporated announced that the team at Quebec’s Montérégie Integrated Cancer Centre, part of Charles-LeMoyne Hospital, is the first in Canada to treat cancer patients using the company’s Radixact radiation therapy delivery system.
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February 14, 2024
OTTAWA – Physicians at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) were the first in the world to use new stroke technology, the MicroAngioscope, in a patient procedure. Equipped with the world’s smallest camera, the device goes inside veins and arteries, allowing physicians to see inside the blood vessels of the patient’s brain.
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February 7, 2024
HALIFAX – Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has donated $1 million for the advancement of spinal robotics technology in Atlantic Canada, an investment one neurosurgeon says will ultimately save lives.The company has pledged the funds to the QE II Health Sciences Centre to help patients in need of spinal surgery.
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January 31, 2024
In our increasingly strained healthcare system, the challenges of managing patient safety, clinical workflows, and costs have become more intricate and complex. Transformative solutions are needed in almost every aspect of healthcare delivery. There is a growing expectation, from healthcare providers and patients alike, that new technologies will be available to help deliver better care. Read More
December 13, 2023
SURREY, BC – Fraser Health Authority, a large regional health authority in British Columbia, will be one of the first health systems globally to deploy generative AI to assist with clinical documentation in MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR, using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and large language models (LLMs).
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December 13, 2023
MONTREAL – Two surgeons at Montreal’s Sacré-Côeur Hospital recently became the first in Quebec to use a new technique that treats aortic aneurysms and dissections by avoiding open-heart surgery. This new technique considerably reduces the risks for patients, as well as the length of their hospital stay and convalescence.
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November 22, 2023
MONTREAL – Empego, an innovative provider of healthcare technology solutions, is pleased to announce a partnership with the Pharmaprix chain, a leading name in the community pharmacy sector in Quebec, as part of an avant-garde project involving five pharmacies and aimed at increasing access to primary care for the Quebec population.
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October 31, 2023
TORONTO – Most diagnostic imaging and surgical equipment is imported into Canada from the United States and abroad. But one Canadian company is bucking the trend, and it’s manufacturing its own MRI scanner and robotic neurosurgical technology right in the heart of downtown Toronto. Read More