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Mobile health apps for consumers and clinicians pose a risk to patients’ privacy, an international study led by the University of Toronto has found. Mobile health apps are a booming market targeted at both patients and health professionals. Some apps…
Some doctors questioned whether restricting access was ethical, while others defended the practice in the interest of other patients who are waiting to be seen. Full article at: CBC News
There are robots that deliver the mail and robots that work assembly lines. Some have even pulled duty in the operating room. A doctor in California recently used a mechanical being to tell a patient he had just days to…
A new health app launched this month is raising questions over whether it will help cure doctor shortages or cause health-care complications. The free app, called “Babylon by Telus Health” went live March 5, with a promise it will “complement…
The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Toronto is inviting applications for a Post Doctoral Fellow position in healthcare supply chain management and analytics. The successful candidate will contribute to the project “Quantitative Metrics and Methods for…
Professor Michael Carter (MIE) and graduate student Surath Gomis (ECE PhD Candidate) are among this year’s recipients of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) Awards of Excellence. These prestigious awards honour people at the apex of U of T’s…
A two-day event organized by the AGE-WELL Network of National Centres of Excellence and the University of Regina’s Centre on Aging and Health saw researchers from across the country gather in Regina to show off innovative technologies meant to aid…
WHO today released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread of influenza from animals to humans,…
Health Services, Systems and Policy Seminar Series: Elham Dolatabadi March 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Health Sciences Building, HS106 | Free Elham Dolatabadi is currently a Technical AI staff scientist at Vector Institute. Before joining Vector Institute,…
Arthur Slutsky (EngSci 7T0, MASc MIE 7T2) chose to study engineering over medicine for a very practical reason. “I have a terrible memory,” he says. “When I saw those anatomy figures, and all the terms you’d have to memorize, I said…
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