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REDcap
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REDCap is a free, secure, web-based application that enables Nova Scotia Health affiliated investigators and researchers to build online surveys and databases, collect and track information from research studies, and schedule study events. No programming, networking, or database experience is needed to use REDCap. Simply point and click. Features of...
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Changing the Path of Treatment for Depression
March 14, 2022
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Depression is among the most serious health problems facing our society, yet the current treatments available remain fairly limited. Antidepressants are a good first line treatment for some but are not effective for up to 50% of those taking them...
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Medventions Atlantic marks one year of immersing students, recent grads in the healthcare system
January 14, 2025
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The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is celebrating one year of a program that’s given students hands-on experience in clinical spaces with the goal of improving the patient experience in the health system. Medventions Atlantic, led by the Health Innovation...
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A new way to operate: Inside the OR with Nova Scotia’s newest and most advanced surgical robot
February 6, 2026
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By Niecole Killawee Inside an operating room at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dr. Boris Gala-Lopez took off his shoes and sat down to perform a liver resection. Seated at the console of a new Intuitive da Vinci Xi surgical...
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Mitacs grant allows Dalhousie industrial engineering students to bring innovative solutions to Nova Scotia Health
July 2, 2024
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By: Allison Currie You could say engineering runs in the family for Dalhousie University Industrial Engineering student Grace Eisnor. Her father, a civil engineer, and her mother, a chemical engineer, are both involved with Engineers Nova Scotia and Grace was...
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“It’s giving us optimism”: Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub brings partners together to transform cancer care
June 16, 2023
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When Margaret Palmeter’s mother Maureen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the family knew she was in for a difficult journey not only battling the disease, but also navigating the complicated and disconnected world of cancer treatment in Nova Scotia. The...
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Breathing a Little Easier: Nova Scotia Health Plays Important Role in Development of New Cystic Firbosis Drug
March 1, 2022
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From a very young age, those living with Cystic Fibrosis are aware that they have a life-threatening condition, and that their future might be uncertain. A new drug that has been referred to as the biggest innovation in cystic fibrosis...
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A Passion for Providing the Best Care for Patients and Enhancing Access to Health Care
August 16, 2022
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As a nurse for 42 years, Dawn MacIntosh has worked in most areas of hospital care. After having roles with the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Paq’tnkek Mi’kmaw First Nation and in remote northern communities around the country, she now...
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Testing in real time: How disasters put Nova Scotia’s Mobile Primary Care Clinics in motion
June 10, 2023
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It began as a breezy, hot Sunday afternoon in Halifax teasing the promise of summer ahead. But by the end of the day, the wind and heat that lifted spirits would turn against the community, fanning an insatiable wildfire. Thousands...
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Can we do better? Two international clinical trials in Nova Scotia investigate new cancer treatments
April 21, 2026
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When cancer is rare, aggressive, and difficult to treat, standard therapies can be limited. Patients and clinicians grappling with this reality are left asking: what else might help? Two new clinical trials now open in Nova Scotia are trying to...
