Diagnostics

BARRIE, Ont. – The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), in Barrie, Ont., is now operating a PET/CT scanner that will benefit patients throughout the Simcoe Muskoka region. It’s the only hospital from Sudbury in the north to Newmarket in the south that is equipped with one. Read More

WINNIPEG – A Manitoba facility that creates isotopes used to detect cancer failed its latest Health Canada inspection after the regulator found the facility mishandled test results, didn’t follow proper sterility practices and inadequately trained workers. This is the fourth time the Winnipeg Cyclotron Facility – the sole producer of medical isotopes in Manitoba – was found non-compliant by Health Canada in the past 10 years, CBC News reported. Read More

OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Brightshores Health System has introduced Automated CT Perfusion Software at the Owen Sound Hospital, helping to properly identify the type of stroke someone is having. “It represents an advance in our treatment of stroke in that it allows us to see how the brain circulation has failed and what parts of the brain are still alive and salvageable,” said Dr. Brian Young (pictured), a neurologist at the hospital. Read More

VANCOUVER – Tarzan and Jane are AI-powered robots working in a sterile laboratory at St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver. Together, they handle and process up to 70 per cent of the hospital’s microbiology samples. The pair unscrew specimen tubes and streak the samples onto bacterial culture plates in the new $1-million automated WASPLab, short for “walk-away specimen processor.” Read More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – In a bid to allow patients to get the surgeries and treatment they need in a more timely manner, Ontario has tapped an assessment body as the inspection body that will oversee community surgical and diagnostic centres. Starting April 1, 2024, Accreditation Canada will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality standards and strong oversight of the 900+ current and all future such centres in the province. Read More

TORONTO – Celebrations started early for the proteomics team at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, part of Sinai Health, as they unwrapped Canada’s first top-of-the-line mass spectrometer – the Orbitrap Astral (the Astral). The Astral will enable unprecedented new views into the proteome, which is a complete set of protein molecules in cells that holds clues to health and disease. Read More

MARKHAM, Ont. – Oak Valley Health has partnered with GoAutomate to implement their state-of-the-art electronic referral (e-referral) information management solution to streamline diagnostic imaging services. The collaboration seeks to leverage GoAutomate’s expertise in digitizing and automating healthcare processes to refine the intake of requisitions. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. – Novari Health is proud to announce that Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) has digitized its diagnostic imaging referral management processes by implementing Novari’s Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology. The implementation of Novari MIRM has allowed OSMH to more efficiently manage the receipt, processing, workflows, and waitlist management associated with inbound referrals for medical imaging services. Read More