Technology

Critics say machines are unsafe because they set off false alarms too frequently to be trusted.

Medtronic has received a licence from Health Canada for its deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for refractory epilepsy patients. This delivers controlled electrical pulses to a location inside the brain involved in seizures.

The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) has developed new software to monitor prescribing of antibiotics. The system is said to be the first of its kind in Canada.

A unique collaboration involving aboriginal communities in two provinces, plus the federal and provincial governments, has resulted in the creation of an electronic medical record system (EMR) said to be specifically for First Nations needs.

Health Canada has issued a medical device license for the Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile X-ray system.

COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association, has announced an eHIP: Emerging Health Informatics Professionals Forum for emerging professionals (EPs) in the first five years of their health informatics career.

Dell says its Mobile Clinical Computing is now available in Canada. The system is designed to improve IT management in healthcare.