Technology

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.

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.