LONDON, Ont. – London Health Sciences plans to deploy a weapons detection system that makes use of AI in its emergency rooms, in response to a December shooting outside an ER that riddled the entrance with bullets and led to an attempted murder charge against a Brampton, Ont. man.
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THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The Ontario government is investing over $93 million to build the new Cardiovascular Surgery Program at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. This new funding builds on the over $5.7 million the government has previously invested to support early planning and design for this transformational project.
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KEMPTVILLE, Ont. – SDI Canada, Canadian leader in medical infrastructure, is pleased to announce the delivery of Ontario’s first-ever Prefabricated Modular Cassette for CT at Kemptville District Hospital. This cassette will house a new GE Computed Tomography (CT) scanner and supporting spaces, expanding the hospital’s diagnostic imaging department.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Trillium Health Partners has introduced over 1,000 integrated bedside terminals (IBTs) to inpatient units across the Mississauga Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital, and Queensway Health Centre. The terminals are being installed in collaboration with vendor LOC Medical and the project will be completed in the fall of 2024.
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HAMILTON and WATERLOO, Ont. – Technology Trace Inc., developer of the trevii data analytics platform and tracking technology, is pleased to announce a partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Hamilton to evaluate the application of trevii to improve the utilization of medical assets such as beds and stretchers, and how it could result in more effective resource management and patient flow.
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Robert Drover, director of information technology at Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, no longer loses sleep over having to compete for capital every five years to replace the health authority’s data storage infrastructure – not since acquiring Pure Storage’s Evergreen/One storage as-a-service.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, announced the findings of its sixth annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures cloud adoption in the industry. The research showed that hybrid multi-cloud adoption is surging among healthcare organizations as the majority are significantly increasing investments in IT modernization.
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BROCKVILLE, Ont. – Ontario’s first modular MRI scanning unit is being installed at Brockville General Hospital, the first of many using innovative prefabricated design. The module enables a scanner to go live faster and at lower cost than using traditional methods.
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CHICAGO – HIMSS, a leading advisor and professional society committed to reforming the global health ecosystem through information and technology, has announced the launch of a new modernized Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM).
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REGINA – PCL Construction has won a contract worth $898 million to build a new tower at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert. The contract includes design and construction of a new acute care tower directly north of the existing hospital facility.
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