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Nova Scotia Health and Life Sciences Nova Scotia enter formal collaboration
July 18, 2024
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Effective July 15, 2024, Nova Scotia Health and Life Sciences Nova Scotia have announced an agreement to enhance collaboration between the two organizations. Doris Grant, CEO of Life Sciences Nova Scotia, will assume the role of Managing Director of the...
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Industrial engineering interns to solve health system challenges
August 2, 2023
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Health Innovation Hub drives largest-ever Mitacs health authority grant Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub and Mitacs are partnering on a $1.4 million grant to embed 42 of Dalhousie University’s top industrial engineering interns and two post-doctoral fellows within the provincial...
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Nova Scotia Health Research Fund (NSH RF)
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/grants-and-funding-opportunities/nova-scotia-health-research-fund-nsh-rf
Nova Scotia Health’s Research Fund is an internal funding program that builds the capacity of Nova Scotia Health researchers and helps catalyze new research opportunities. The full Research Fund application portal is now open. Completed application packages for this year's competition are due by 4pm ADT on July 13, 2024...
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QEII Health Sciences Centre first location in Canada to use Medtronic surgical robot for spinal surgeries
August 3, 2022
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Nova Scotia Health has completed the first spinal robotic surgery in Canada using Medtronic’s MAZOR™ X Stealth Edition. The innovative robotic arm is controlled by a surgeon during spinal surgeries and offers unparalleled accuracy and consistency leading to improved patient...
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QEII Health Sciences Centre first location in Canada to use Medtronic surgical robot for spinal surgeries
August 3, 2022
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Photos and videos of the first procedure and training session are available for media use here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4k2ieuqko9ktej1/AADmmc7HSKNrkMMJkGUIepHMa?dl=0 Nova Scotia Health has completed the first spinal robotic surgery in Canada using Medtronic’s MAZOR™ X Stealth Edition. The innovative robotic arm is...
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Discovering high-impact health care solutions: Nova Scotia Health Launches New Innovation Hub
February 22, 2022
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Halifax, NS – Today Nova Scotia Health officially launched an Innovation Hub, a first of its kind centre of excellence for health research and innovation in Atlantic Canada. Through strategic partnerships with clinical champions, patients and families, industry, healthcare foundations...
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Nova Scotia Health announces training and retention initiatives for nurses in EDs
January 20, 2023
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Friday, January 20, 2023 (Halifax, NS) - Nova Scotia Health is announcing a number of training and retention initiatives for nurses in emergency departments (ED) across the province. The initiatives, which span nurses’ careers working in emergency departments, include post-secondary...
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Nova Scotia Health collaborating with partners to help internationally educated nurse applicants by streamlining registration and licensing processes to get nurses into the system faster
August 24, 2022
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HALIFAX, N.S. - It’s clear that Canada’s health system, and health systems around the world, have longstanding issues that have been pushed to crisis situations due to the pandemic. These include access to care, staffing shortages, overcrowded emergency rooms and...
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Innovation
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/partnering-nova-scotia-health-innovation-hub/innovation
We constantly test and try to rapidly deliver high impact solutions for patients and providers. Partnering with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub Delivering best-in-class care for Nova Scotians requires having access to the latest advancements in research and innovation. By collaborating with companies and start-ups of all sizes, the...
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Insurance Requirements for Sponsored Clinical Trials and Non-regulated Clinical Research
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/support-and-resources/contracts/insurance-requirements-sponsored-clinical-trials-and-non-regulated
The following outline the insurance limits required for Sponsored Clinical Trials and Non-regulated clinical research being conducted at the Nova Scotia Health Authority. Phase 1 and 2 Clinical Trials, a minimum of $10M CAD per occurrence/claim and in the aggregate for both General and Product Liability insurance. Phase 3a/b Clinical...
