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September 3, 2014
WATERLOO, Ont. – Karos Health, a leader in standards-based clinical imaging exchange, storage and cross-enterprise workflow solutions, announced that it has acquired Medical Insight A/S. Medical Insight, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a leading provider of universal diagnostic imaging solutions.
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August 20, 2014
BEDFORD, Mass. – Hologic, Inc. announced that Health Canada has granted a medical device license for Horizon, a new DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) imaging platform that assists in the assessment of three critical health problems – osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Horizon was launched in the U.S. and other international markets in 2013. It is now available in Canada through an exclusive distributor partnership with Christie Innomed Inc.
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August 6, 2014
TORONTO – Over the past 18 months, Dr. Bruce Gray (pictured) and Dr. Timothy Dowdell, radiologists in the Medical Imaging Department at St. Michael’s Hospital, have established the Medical Imaging Metadata Radiation Registry of Ontario, or MIMRRO. Read More
July 23, 2014
TORONTO – eHealth Ontario announced that more than 100 healthcare providers will take part in a limited production release of the Diagnostic Imaging (DI) Common Service. The initiative will enable the sharing and viewing of patients’ diagnostic reports from across Ontario, to hospital and community-based healthcare providers anytime, anywhere. Read More
July 9, 2014
ST. MARYS, Ont. – Agfa HealthCare announced the installation of a DX-D 600 automatic digital X-ray suite at the St. Marys Hospital Site of Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA). The site consists of a 20-bed acute and complex continuing care hospital with an emergency department.
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June 4, 2014
PITTSBURGH, Pa. and TORONTO – GE Healthcare has announced a strategic partnership with Real Time Medical, a developer of workflow management software solutions. The agreement will allow GE Healthcare to offer a streamlined workflow that seamlessly connects pathologists and other clinicians, facilitating collaboration to help enhance accuracy and speed of diagnosis. Read More
June 4, 2014
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – GE Healthcare announced that the Omnyx Integrated Digital Pathology (IDP) solution with the new VL120 high volume scanner has obtained a Health Canada Class II Medical Device License for primary diagnostic use. The Omnyx IDP with VL4 scanner was licensed in 2013 and has been developed by Omnyx, LLC, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Read More
June 4, 2014
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – The new regional hospital in Moose Jaw will be home to a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit, improving access to diagnostic imaging services for patients across southern Saskatchewan. Read More
June 4, 2014
TORONTO – Imagistx has closed a $6 million round of financing led by iGan Partners, with participation from IAF, Veddis Ventures and additional investors from the iGan Partners network. According to the companies, Imagistx has developed the world’s only ultra-high resolution ultrasound product that will dramatically improve prostate cancer detection and treatment over the current standard of care. Read More
June 4, 2014
TORONTO – A new kind of diagnostic imaging peer review software will be used at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Real Time Medical’s diagnostic sharing platform DiaShare Quality will be the hospital’s radiology QA solution. It will be used for the same-day review of diagnostic reports.
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