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September 7, 2016
CALGARY – Mayfair Diagnostics’ newest medical imaging clinic in Coventry Hills, Alta., is being described as the clinic of the future because of the way it was designed. To achieve this, Mayfair Diagnostics partnered with one of the world’s leading customer experience agencies, C Space, to design the clinic using principles of co-creation.
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August 30, 2016
VANCOUVER – Too often, trauma patients brought to hospitals wait hours to receive the diagnostic images needed to confirm a diagnosis. Vancouver General, however, has reduced the wait to just minutes by installing high-powered CT scanners right in the Emergency Department. Read More
August 17, 2016
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Peace River Regional Hospital District will invest $1 million in an MRI machine at the Fort St. John hospital. Northern Health intends to install the medical imaging equipment, which will mean patients no longer need to leave the region to access the procedure.
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July 20, 2016
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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June 8, 2016
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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June 8, 2016
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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May 4, 2016
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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May 4, 2016
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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May 4, 2016
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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March 23, 2016
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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