When extreme-sports enthusiast Samuel Arango was told he’d need urgent surgery to repair a hernia, he feared he’d be sidelined for a month or more. Instead, Arango became one of London, Ont.’s, first patients to benefit from robot-assisted hernia surgery – a procedure that allowed him to return to regular activities within days. St. Joseph’s […] The post Robot-assisted hernia repair helps patients, adds value in ambulatory hospital appeared first on Hospital News.
HN Summary • AI-powered screening tool: Researchers at UHN developed the Hypermobility Assessment Tool (HAT), an AI-driven smartphone app approved by Health Canada that uses a phone camera to measure joint flexibility and automatically generate a Beighton Score to screen for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS). • Improving accessibility and accuracy: The app simplifies the traditionally manual […] The post New screening app for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes appeared first on Hospital News.
HN Summary 1. AI-powered precision blood testing: Dr. Guillaume Paré and his team at Hamilton Health Sciences are using artificial intelligence to develop precision blood tests that can detect hundreds of biomarkers from a single sample, offering more personalized health insights and reducing the need for multiple traditional tests. 2. Massive potential cost savings: With […] The post AI-driven blood testing could save billions of dollars appeared first on Hospital News.
Infection prevention has always been a cornerstone of healthcare, but recent years have brought a sharper focus to the link between safety, security, and infection control within care environments. While hand hygiene protocols and PPE often dominate the conversation, another layer is increasingly recognized as essential: the way people, patients, and materials move through a […] The post Rethinking access control in healthcare: Infection prevention meets security appeared first on Hospital News.
