Technology

HAMILTON, ONT. | A full-day conference on the use of robotics in surgery will be conducted by the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, on April 6, 2013.

MONTREAL | The Montreal Heart Institute has been designated as a Center of Excellence by Abbott Vascular for the percutaneous treatment of mitral valve failure with its MitraClip system.

LONDON, ONT. | London Health Sciences Centre has been selected by Intuitive Surgical as the exclusive training centre for robotic surgery in Canada. Intuitive is the manufacturer of what it terms the world's most sophisticated and widely used surgical robot, the da Vinci Surgical System.

MONTREAL | CAE Healthcare has announced the VIMEDIX Women's Health obstetrical ultrasound simulator. It is said to be the only obstetrical ultrasound simulator with a 3D, augmented reality view of fetal and maternal anatomy that can be observed during scanning next to a real-time, simulated ultrasound image.

Cisco has two new offerings designed to improve connectivity for healthcare organizations: HealthPresence 2.5 and Services/Architectures for Connected Health.

NEWMARKET, ONT. | Every year an estimated 1.5 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed in Canada and the number is growing at a rate of about 10% per year. At the same time, a soaring number of Canadians who rely on implanted defibrillators to keep their hearts beating are denied this valuable, life-saving diagnostic test despite a 50 to 75% probability that they will require one over the lifetime of their defibrillator.

In order for electronic health records to meet the needs of clinicians and be integrated into practice, “form must follow function.” Recognizing this, expert nurses from across Canada have been hard at work defining the EHR business and functional elements to support and inform nursing care.