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Keynote Arjumand Siddiqi, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Panel Dr. Dave Chokshi, Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals Andrew Boozary, Executive Director of Health and Social…
Four U of T Engineering professors and one alumnus are included in the latest cohort of individuals to be elected fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). The appointments honour their exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada. “On behalf…
If you have dreams of reading a book or taking a nap while your self-driving car safely navigates city streets, you will have to wait awhile. That’s according to Professor Birsen Donmez who works in the field of Human Factors,…
On a typical day, Ottawa hospitals spend more than a quarter of a million dollars caring for patients who are occupying beds they don’t really need. Over the course of a week, the cost of caring for those so-called “bed…
The first Ontario Health Team, the program introduced by the provincial government to replace the Local Health Integrated Networks, was announced by the Minister of Health in Ottawa on Friday. The team, known as the Ottawa Health Team, is one…
A research team from Waterloo hopes its newest wearable tech could soon be helping surgeons in the operating room. The “Tip-Tap” looks like something from the sci-fi movie Minority Report — metal tags worn directly on the hand, or in…
Join us on November 26, 2019 to the launch of U of T Engineering’s newest premiere speaker series, Disruptors & Dilemmas, kicking off with our inaugural event featuring healthcare and robotics. Event Details Tuesday, November 26, 2019 6:00 – 8:30pm…
Ontario is starting to merge the province’s major health agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth under one umbrella and firing the CEOs of nine Local Health Integration Networks. Those CEOs will receive a total of $3 million in…
Canada’s health care systems fare well in some areas compared with other OECD countries, particularly in quality of care. However, there are a few areas where we are falling behind — especially when it comes to patient safety. New data…
Doctors at a Toronto hospital have performed what they’re calling the world’s first neurovascular surgery using robotics, a procedure that could open the door to heightened levels of precision and improved care for patients in remote communities. The procedure was…
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