TORONTO – Dr. Sylvia Asa (pictured), long-time head of pathology at the University Health Network, and her husband, Dr. Shereen Ezzat, an endocrinologist and director of a lab at the hospital, have both been demoted from their positions. The hospital concluded in an investigation that the physician-researchers had falsified data in scientific papers, according to court documents.
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OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Grey Bruce Health Services’ regional hospital, in Owen Sound, is using Carestream’s Vue PACS and Vue Mammo workstations as part of its breast imaging program that includes Carestream’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) module, full-field digital mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, stereotactic biopsies and screening mammograms.
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CORNER BROOK, N.L. – Technical problems sending medical reports to the doctors of patients who received tests at two health authorities in Newfoundland have caused delays in follow-up appointments.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Carestream Health earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing (Q2 2015) for both portable and room-based digital X-ray systems for the second time this year.
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GUELPH, Ont. – Guelph General Hospital plans to improve its on-site diagnosis of disease with the addition of nuclear medicine imaging this November. The acute-care hospital is the only one of its size in the province to still be without such imaging technology, but once it is up and running it will be among the best in Canada, said Dr. Samir Patel (pictured), chief of diagnostic imaging.
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WINNIPEG – Manitoba has announced the introduction of a comprehensive, fully integrated provincial system for digital mammography. Health Minister Sharon Blady (pictured) said the first provincial site to receive a digital mammography system will be the Brandon Regional Health Centre in September 2015, adding that other sites will receive digital mammography between October 2015 and April 2016.
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Dr. Narinder Paul, like Noah, has faith that two are more productive than one. Especially if they are a pair of Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE Vision Edition volume CT scanners, working side by side.
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BRAMPTON, Ont. – William Osler Health System, one of Canada’s largest community hospitals with sites in Brampton and Etobicoke, Ontario, has awarded Siemens Canada Healthcare a Managed Equipment Service (MES) contract worth approximately $154 million.
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TORONTO – St. Michael’s Hospital has replaced its existing PACS with a Carestream Vue PACS, which offers an intuitive interface and easy integration with other systems to streamline the reading workflow.
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TORONTO – Siemens has announced the Magnetom Terra, a 7 Tesla MRI system that is designed to translate cutting-edge MRI research results into clinical application. According to Siemens, it is the world’s first ultra-high field research system ready for future clinical use with planned CE and FDA authorization to market for selected neurological and musculoskeletal MR imaging applications.
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