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Prof. Aleman is the first President since founding President Omond Solandt in 1958-59 to serve two terms. Full article at: MIE Newsletter
Health care is perhaps Canada’s defining obsession. As a nation, we crow about it and complain about it. We deify Tommy Douglas, rage about wait times, fret over private clinics and fight campaigns on minute points of privatization. But for…
On July 8, Mackenzie Health launched a new electronic medical record (EMR) that transforms the way care is delivered in this community. Implemented in collaboration with Epic, the software is the first full-suite Epic EMR to be installed in a…
The Great White North ranks third from the bottom in rankings of “Activity Inequality” by a group of researchers who looked at smartphone data to see how much walking people do in 111 countries and tracked their steps over an…
Virtual medical services that connect family physicians and patients with minor illnesses and injuries are popping up online in Canada, leading to questions about the universality and quality of care. More than half a dozen technology companies have launched apps in the…
A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) looked at a sample of Canadian seniors and found that more than 20% of those who were admitted to residential care might have been able to remain at home…
Under the direction of the Manager for Program Management, the Analyst will play a key role in building the necessary tools and processes to support the Cancer Screening Program. They will help drive and live the culture and shared values,…
IFORS 2017 conference will be held under the theme of “OR/Analytics for a better world”. The conference will be held between July 17-21, 2017 in Quebec City, the capital of the province of Quebec, Canada. A preliminary schedule of the…
Ontario has joined three other Canadian governments in funding a smartphone app that gives users points for popular consumer reward programs in exchange for engaging with government-approved messages about wellness. The province announced Thursday it is spending $1.5 million on…
A Nova Scotia hospital review is calling for shorter response times for patients sent to emergency, in response to the disturbing story of how a 68-year-old man who was dying from pancreatic cancer languished for six hours in a chilly…
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