Technology

Proper storage a key concern after 25 boxes of patient records found in dumpster last March

Percutaneous coronary intervention implantations using a new generation of drug-eluting stents are associated with lower rates of relapse (restenosis), stent thrombosis and subsequent mortality than older-generation drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents, according to a large Swedish study.

A fully integrated, cloud-based sourcing solution designed to completely automate the healthcare supply chain has been announced by McKesson.

MONTREAL | Where can we solve the most pressing problems facing health care? According to the University of Alberta medical student Jeeshan Chowdhury, the answer may be at a “hackathon.”

Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up for a global effort to discover and develop affordable, easy-to-use tools to help health workers in developing countries rapidly diagnose diseases in rural communities.

The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute recently conducted the first clinical procedure in Canada using the MitraClip system, which is designed to treat patients suffering from mitral valve failure, a common heart defect.

WOODSTOCK, ONT. _ Woodstock Hospital has chosen a Cisco "medical-grade" network for its brand-new facility, which opened in November. Using the network, the hospital will deliver the latest technology for patient care and communications.