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March 19, 2014
TORONTO – St. Michael’s Hospital recently installed two Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems to deliver the benefits of wireless digital radiography in key areas throughout the hospital. One DRX-Revolution replaced an older CR X-ray room in the hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Centre, and the other DRX-Revolution captures X-ray images of ICU and in-patients. Read More
March 19, 2014
TORRANCE, Calif. – Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, a subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of advanced diagnostic imaging systems, has announced that it has expanded its product portfolio in Canada to include a new wireless digital mobile radiography system. Shimadzu’s authorized distributor in Canada, Christie InnoMed of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, is now accepting orders for the system. Read More
March 6, 2014
Anyone driving Ontario’s busy Highway 400 through Barrie over the past four years couldn’t help but notice the construction of the newly expanded Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH). The hospital, which serves the city of Barrie, Simcoe County and the District of Muskoka, doubled in size to one million square feet, adding 101 new inpatient beds, additional operating suites, a regional cancer centre and specialty programs not found elsewhere in the region. Read More
March 5, 2014
OTTAWA – Great-West Life has committed $700,000 to support The Royal’s Campaign for Mental Health to acquire PET/MRI Brain Imaging Technology. The system is part of the hospital’s effort to advance mental health research and treatment in Canada. Read More
February 19, 2014
OTTAWA – Women should continue to seek breast cancer screening using mammography, a form of x-ray of the breast, says Dr. Jacques Lévesque (pictured), president of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), the national association representing radiologists in Canada. Read More
February 19, 2014
TORONTO – Tokyo based diagnostic healthcare company Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., has announced CCE Medical Equipment as the exclusive nation-wide distributor for their diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems in Canada. Read More
February 1, 2014
No matter what perspective you take, Canadian radiologists are poised to benefit from automated peer review. As long as the focus shifts from a culture of blame to one of continuous process improvement, that is. Read More
January 23, 2014
TIMMINS, Ont. – Timmins and District Hospital (TADH) and its 12 partner hospitals across Northeastern Ontario have undertaken a third-party review of their diagnostic imaging services. Read More