Diagnostics

CHARLOTTETOWN – Health P.E.I. is pleading with Islanders to let them know if they can’t make it to diagnostic imaging appointments, especially if it’s a CT scan. In April Islanders missed 214 diagnostic imaging appointments, 53 of those being for CT scans. Read More

KINGSTON, Ont. – A collaboration between radiology and cardiology is helping patients who may be at risk for heart disease receive timely and efficient care closer to home. With a unified goal of providing the best patient care possible, both departments committed to reviving a cardiac imaging group that focuses on providing coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) assessment to patients in the southeast region and have done so with impressive results. Read More

KELOWNA, BC – The capacity for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) will more than double in two years, thanks to an investment of $30 million in the technology. British Columbia’s Ministry of Health announced that a new 3T MRI machine will be installed at KGH, while an existing 1.5T MRI machine will be replaced. Read More

TORONTO – Clear Medical Imaging, a leading provider of radiology services in Ontario, has partnered with 16 Bit to offer Rho, a ground-breaking tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that helps identify patients at risk for osteoporosis. When a patient has an x-ray for any clinical indication, while the radiologist reads the x-ray Rho also analyzes it to flag patients with suspected low bone mineral density for follow-up. Read More

CALGARY – Canada Diagnostic Centres (CDC), a leading provider of medical imaging services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Women’s Ultrasound Clinic (WUC), Ottawa’s leading women’s ultrasound provider. This strategic acquisition signifies CDC’s entry into Ontario, Canada’s largest market, and simultaneously broadens the scope of CDC’s women’s imaging services. Read More

WINNIPEG – The installation of a new Positron Emission Tomography scanner in Manitoba was done months ago, but there’s no staff hired yet to operate it. Shared Health said installation on the newest PET scanner was completed in January, but it has been difficult to find the trained staff needed to operate it. Read More

WINDSOR, Ont. – Clear Medical Imaging, a leading provider of radiology services and the second largest independent healthcare provider in Ontario, has announced a partnership with See-Mode Technologies to adopt See-Mode, an artificial intelligence (AI) software application that increases efficiencies within the ultrasound workflow by assessing ultrasound images. The AI software is able to automatically detect clinical pathologies and build a complete report. Read More

TORONTO – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook) is seeing early success with Rho, an AI-driven screening tool developed by Toronto-based company 16 Bit, that works to detect early risk of osteoporosis in patients. Sunnybrook is exploring this technology through a six-month commercialization project funded by the Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network. Read More

WINNIPEG – Many Manitobans who need magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests are in limbo after the health authority responsible for diagnostics stopped issuing appointments. Meanwhile, wait-times have reached a near two-year high in the province. Winnipeg dentist Jeff Bresler says he was ordered to go for an MRI by his epilepsy specialist in early December. Four months later, he still hasn’t received an appointment date. Read More