Viewing articles in the ‘Diagnostics’ topic.
April 15, 2019
While visiting her daughter in Midland, an Ontario resident experienced a fainting spell. Her daughter brought her to Georgian Bay General Hospital where she was prescribed the m-CARDS PocketECG, a wearable cardiac monitor that provides real-time monitoring of heart rhythms and symptoms for up to 28 days. Read More
March 29, 2019
LONDON, ONT. – The London area, long-known for leadership in diagnostic imaging, is now kicking it up a notch through a partnership with Canon Medical Systems. Read More
March 1, 2019
EDMONTON – In September 2018, the Northern Alberta Vascular Centre (NAVC) at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital opened two, state-of-the-art vascular hybrid operating rooms (ORs). These advanced suites will improve care for vascular patients and benefit their care teams with added clinical efficiency, safety and effectiveness. Read More
February 13, 2019
VANCOUVER – NZ Technologies is pleased to announce the sale of two TIPSO Touchless Image Navigation systems to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. Using proprietary sensors that monitor the three-dimensional (3D) space around the surgery bed, TIPSO enables physicians to touchlessly and intuitively manipulate patient radiology images while performing the procedure.
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February 13, 2019
LINKOPING, Sweden and SHELTON, Conn. – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has been named ‘Best in KLAS’ in the US for PACS (Large Hospital/IDN) with a score of 94 out of a possible 100. The distinction was given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research.
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January 31, 2019
CHICAGO – While booking a trip online to Disneyland, and searching for hotels and new rides for his children, a pop-up asked Dr. Michael Recht if he could use some help. “Why not,” he thought, and found the virtual assistant to be just what he needed. Read More
January 31, 2019
Are you dense? It sounds offensive, but it’s a question Canadians need to be asking, say advocates of a growing awareness campaign about breast density and its relation to increased cancer risk. Read More
January 23, 2019
HANOVER, Ont. – The Hanover and District Hospital held an open house to celebrate the acquisition of a new CT scanner – a Somatom Definition Edge CT, from Siemens. Hospital president Katrina Wilson called it a dream come true and credited Barb and Henry Lansink for making the dream become a reality.
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December 19, 2018
LINDSAY, Ont. – Work currently underway in the Ross Memorial Hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department includes the installation of X-ray/Fluoroscopy technology that will transform care at the hospital.
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December 6, 2018
TORONTO – A small group of family doctors are responsible for ordering nearly 40 percent of at least two out of four low-value screening tests, according to a new study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women’s College Hospital (WCH).
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