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By Patrick Nellis and Eliana Landori Reducing risk In emergency departments and intensive care units across the country COVID-19 has changed the way hospitals operate. With an increased need to...

Rebecca was ready to give up hope and accept that she would be relying on a cane to get around because of her immobilizing chronic pain. That was the reality until she visited the pain clinic at...

He’s managing his type 1 diabetes – but soon, his coverage will be gone

Medtronic technology helps healthcare professionals and patients adapt

Though we are separated by distance, the world is coming together to fight coronavirus. Coronavirus reminds us how our economies, industries, rituals, and life as we know it, exist in a delicate...

Over the past three decades, The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre in Whitby has established a national reputation for excellence, providing care and education to a growing number of people living...

Changes to admission and recovery processes effectively doubled the Cardiac Short Stay Unit’s capacity. A recent partnership with the Medtronic Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) team and...

BY NEIL FRASER AND PETER TOMASHEWSKI While the national opioid epidemic is killing thousands of Canadians each year1— straining an already overburdened healthcare system — there is another,...

Heart patients throughout Newfoundland and Labrador are benefiting from remarkable advances in cardiac care delivery that have been achieved through a special project focusing on improving...

After 10 years of constant debilitating pain that forced her to use a cane or crutches to walk, Sarah Graff is now living a normal life. The mother of two small children is active enough to run a...

Barrx Radio-Frequency Ablation is a minimally invasive treatment for Barrett's Esophagus For Mary Hedley-Brown, the news came as a shock. A survivor of cervical cancer, she had lost her husband to...

Neil Fraser, president of Medtronic Canada and regional vice-president – Canada, Medtronic plc In Canada, I am often asked to speak about value-based procurement. Given our single-payer...

KEEPING THE "CARE" IN VALUE-BASED HEALTHCARE A former critical care nurse, Pam Winsor leads value-based healthcare (VBHC) efforts for Medtronic in Canada. Keeping patients at the center of VBHC...

New Brunswick, Canada, September 26, 2017 — The evolution of Medtronic from a medical device company into a global healthcare solutions provider has taken another step forward. A year ago,...