MONTREAL – Innovative Imaging Technologies Inc. (IIT) announced that the Telehealth Coordination Centre (TCC) at the Quebec University Hospital Centre (UHC) – Laval University, has selected the Reacts technology to support its telepathology service’s extemporaneous macroscopy component.
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SASKATOON – Children in northern Saskatchewan will soon have easier access to psychiatrists to address what has been called a mental health crisis. Two Remote Presence Technology (RPT) units have been purchased with a $500,000 donation from RBC to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.
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NEWMARKET, Ont – Southlake Regional Health Centre is the first hospital in North America to implant the Abbott smartphone compatible Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) – a device that helps patients like Olga Pereira manage her heart rhythm and chest pain symptoms.
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Novari Health, ministries of health, regional health authorities and patients both across Canada and internationally, are recognizing the efficiency and convenience of seeing their general practitioner or another available physician via a computer or mobile device. Unlike other virtual care solutions, in which patients pay out of pocket, the Novari eVisit™ technology was designed as a tool for publicly funded healthcare systems and at no cost to patients.
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TORONTO – A number of private-sector companies have emerged that enable patients to connect online with medical doctors via video or text. They’re responding to patient-driven demand for these kinds of services – if you’re sick, but it’s hard to get to the doctor’s office, why not interact with him or her via computer?
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SASKATOON – A transformational donation from Leslie and Irene Dubé Foundation is equipping Royal University Hospital and the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine with the tele-robotic technology needed to provide ultrasound service to remote and rural patients right in their own communities.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Hospitality Network Canada Inc., a healthcare solutions company for hospitals and senior care homes across Canada, has announced a partnership with Avizia, a leading end-to-end telehealth solution provider. With this new partnership, Avizia will provide Hospitality Network and its customers with affordable, industry-leading telehealth technology, carts and peripherals.
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HAMILTON, ONT. – A ground-breaking project is underway at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) to address a major medical shortcoming in Canada and around the world: too many patients develop complications after having cardiac and vascular surgery, and many are re-admitted to hospital after they’re discharged home.
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TORONTO – Dialogue (dialogue.co), the virtual health and wellness solution for employers, has announced $4 million in seed funding to fuel its expansion to Ontario following a successful launch in Quebec.
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MONTREAL and TORONTO – Retina Labs is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) as the solution for its provincial Teleophthalmology Program. The multi-year contract will see Retina Labs’ teleophthalmology platform deployed provincially with the goal to improve access to retinal screening across the province.
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