National Inventory of Selected Imaging Equipment

October 01, 2001

OTTAWA - The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) released the first comprehensive inventory of selected imaging equipment, in publicly funded sites across Canada, today.

CCOHTA collaborated with medical imaging consultants at ProMed Associates Ltd. to develop a national database that describes the status and diffusion of medical technologies in Canada from June 7 to July 15, 2001.

Provincial and territorial ministries of health, regional health authorities and hospitals were contacted to determine which public facilities were operating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scanners), computed tomography (CT scanners), positron emission tomography (PET scanners), and angiography suites, catheterization laboratories, nuclear medicine (NM cameras) and lithotripsy equipment.

The results of this inventory provide a detailed picture of the distribution of publicly funded imaging equipment available in each province, identified with its facility. The dates of installation and upgrades allow you to determine the age of the equipment and when it was replaced.

Full details are provided in spreadsheets on the CCOHTA website www.ccohta.ca; please click on the National Inventory of Selected Imaging Equipment icon.

For further information contact External Relations Manager, Kirk Fergusson: 613 226-2553 ext 276