Viewing articles in the ‘Diagnostics’ topic.
August 7, 2019
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – With more than 1.82 million laboratory tests performed at Peterborough Regional Health Centre every year, the work that happens in the lab is crucial in supporting patient diagnosis. As part of this work, laboratory staff were spending upwards of six hours each day manually filing and sorting slides containing tissue and cell samples – a situation common in labs around the world.
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July 10, 2019
OTTAWA – Health Canada has licensed the MAMMOMAT Revelation, a premium mammography platform from Siemens Healthineers with the new InSpect integrated specimen imaging tool and the new HD Breast Biopsy solution for one-click targeting of suspicious areas. These and other features are designed to expand precision medicine and improve the patient experience.
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June 26, 2019
EDMONTON – The Alberta government announced that it has cancelled contracts to construct a $595-million centralized public lab facility next to the University of Alberta’s south campus.
Not revealed by government was the total cost of cancelling the project, the fate of the site or details of how it plans to address outdated medical laboratory machines and infrastructure.
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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