Diagnostics

OTTAWA – Modernizing Canada’s medical imaging fleet is one of the highest-yield investments the federal government can make to unlock economic capacity and address a $64 billion GDP loss in GDP caused by healthcare delays, says a new report from Deloitte and the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR). Read More

CALGARY — Calgary is getting its first cyclotron to expedite medical testing and cancer treatments. A cyclotron speeds up tiny, charged particles and shoots them at a target to make radioactive materials for medical scans and treatments. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. - Patients undergoing MRI exams at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will soon benefit from faster scan times, sharper images and a more comfortable experience thanks to a $103,000 gift from Kingston philanthropist Stephen Sorensen. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. – New technology at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) means that patients with irregular heartbeats and other conditions will receive treatment faster than ever. The treatment will also be radiation free – unlike conventional cardiac labs that use fluoroscopy machines that radiate patients to produce images. Read More

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) and the SLMHC Foundation are celebrating a major milestone in bringing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services to the region with the successful commissioning of Sioux Lookout’s first MRI machine. Read More

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