Diagnostics

EDMONTON - Alberta’s new testing regime that allows individuals to pay out of pocket for diagnostic scans came into effect last Friday, with the province saying it will alleviate wait times and expedite diagnoses. However, medical staff are bracing for an influx of tests that they say could leave them overwhelmed and patients waiting even longer. Read More

TORONTO and MONTREAL - A collaborative breakthrough between Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University Health Network, University of Toronto and McGill University is unlocking the brain’s elusive higher-cognition hub and opens a new frontier for clinical neuroscience. Read More

VICTORIA, BC – Novari Health, a VitalHub company, is proud to announce that Island Health has enhanced its diagnostic imaging referral management workflows by implementing Novari’s Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology across Vancouver Island. Read More

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Niagara Health has installed new CT technology at its St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Welland sites, becoming the first hospital in Canada to deploy a fleet of next-generation CT scanners from Canon Medical Systems across multiple locations. Read More

TORONTO - Medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will provide its fully managed, cloud enterprise imaging solution, Sectra One Cloud, to Hennick Humber Hospital (HHH) in Toronto. This SaaS transition will simplify IT operations, optimize imaging workflows, and improve departmental collaboration for better patient care. Read More

CALGARY - Canada Diagnostic Centres, a Novacap portfolio company and a leading Canadian community-based diagnostic imaging provider, has announced the acquisition of Shift Imaging, a medical imaging clinic based in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Read More

EDMONTON - The University of Alberta Hospital is now home to Alberta’s first photon-counting CT scanner, a next-generation advancement in medical imaging made possible through a $1.5 million donation from Suncor Energy and contributions from others to the University Hospital Foundation. Read More

VALENCIA, Spain – Health Canada has given Quibim a licence for QP-Prostate®, its AI-powered solution for prostate MRI analysis. The decision clears QP-Prostate v2.4 for use across Canada, where prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men. Read More

BOUNDARY TRAILS, Man. - In February 2025, Boundary Trails Health Centre became the first site in all of Canada to receive a brand-new software version of Deep Resolve, a groundbreaking software upgrade for MRIs. Deep Resolve is secure, AI-powered MRI software that helps technologists get high-quality diagnostic images in a fraction of the time, which means shorter appointments for patients and more accurate results for clinicians. Read More

TORONTO and MUNICH - Jacobian has announced the continuation and expansion of its longstanding collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, reflecting a shared commitment to driving better outcomes for children through improved pediatric radiology. Read More