MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Based on its recent analysis of the digital radiography (DR) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Agfa HealthCare with the 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership. Agfa HealthCare’s dedication to facilitating quality outcomes and improved productivity in radiography has resulted in the unique MUSICA technology, its patented image processing software.
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MONTREAL – The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has announced the official opening of the central laboratories of the new Glen site. These cutting-edge labs, located on the 4th floor of Block E at the Glen, contain one of the most sophisticated automation lines in North America.
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TORONTO – Agfa HealthCare announced that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre continues its upgrade to direct radiography (DR) with the installation of the DR 600 X-ray room with ZeroForce technology. The DR 600 was chosen primarily for its unique ZeroForce technology, which provides smooth movements of the tube head, wall stand and table in all different directions with almost zero effort, as well as Agfa HealthCare’s third generation MUSICA image processing software.
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KITCHENER, Ont. – Since the launch of its automated lab one year ago, Grand River Hospital has experienced a 10 percent reduction in test result turnaround times. Improved test turnaround times, in turn, have reduced treatment delays, wait times and patient length of stay.
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HALIFAX – The Government of Canada is investing over $600,000 in the IWK Health Centre to support the growth of the Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC). The contribution is made through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)’s Business Development Program.
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MILTON, Ont. – Agfa HealthCare announced that Halton Healthcare has selected Agfa’s DR 600 for four new direct radiography (DR) X-ray rooms that will open as part of a large expansion project taking place at Milton District Hospital. The DR 600 was chosen over several competitor technologies primarily for its unique ZeroForce technology, which allows for smooth movements of the tube head, wall stand and table in all different directions with almost zero effort.
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REGINA – Brad Wall (pictured) has promised changes to healthcare if the Saskatchewan Party is re-elected in the provincial election on April 4, including expanding the controversial private-pay MRI scan program to CT scans.
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LONDON, Ont. – London Health Sciences Centre has selected the SAMSUNG GC85A Robotic Ceiling Digital X-Ray system for its University Hospital Radiology department.
Via the Healthcare Materials Management Services (HMMS), a five-year agreement has been signed with APEXIUM Medical Group Inc., the sole authorized distributor of SAMSUNG Electronics Medical Equipment for Canada, for the supply of SAMSUNG Digital X-Ray equipment for LHSC, St. Joseph’s, as well as HMMS current and future affiliates.
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TORONTO – Ontario’s largest medical laboratory company is laying-off more than 100 staff and closing 15 patient service centres that collect and process patient samples such as blood and urine.
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VICTORIA – Island Health is paying two private clinics almost $1 million to perform 1,800 MRI scans as part of a provincial initiative to reduce wait-lists over the first three months of this year.
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