Technology

TORONTO | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is expanding MyChart, its personal health record to family practice patients.

MONTREAL | Telus Health has made official its long-rumoured offer to acquire the electronic medical record business operated by MD Practice Software LP, a member of the MD Physician Services Group and a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association.

LONDON, UK | Grave concerns about patient health and long-term toxicity have plagued the reputation of the medical device industry over the past year, states GlobalData, a research and consulting firm.

SAINTE-MARIE, QUE. | The Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches has selected Infor MediSuite, an integrated collection of clinical information applications, which include system integration, electronic health records, patient management applications, clinical department solutions, and public health and community care solutions.

CORNWALL, ONT. | The Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) is the first site within the Champlain local local health integration network to move to an integrated surgical eBooking, wait list management and automated provincial wait times reporting system.

BRANTFORD, ONT. | The first Canadian installation of GE Healthcare’s SenoBright Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography technology is at Brantford General Hospital. The technology is designed to produce contrast-enhanced images of the breast using an x-ray contrast agent and a dual energy acquisition technique.

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.