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Posting: Team Lead, Cancer Analytics Posted Date: 12-Dec-2016 CLOSING DATE: 30-Dec-2016 POSITION SUMMARY: The Team Lead is responsible for managing analytics team objectives, services, products, staff and specific processes. This portfolio includes supervision of the day-to-day reporting production schedule, responses…
Ten years ago, critical care doctor Alison Fox-Robichaud would hear “Code Blue” on the public speakers in Hamilton General Hospital’s intensive care unit every day. This year, Fox-Robichaud partnered with IBM to create a computer program that scans vital signs…
Saskatoon, Calgary and Winnipeg earn an “A” grade in The Conference Board of Canada’s first City Health Monitor that compares the health performance of 10 Canadian cities. “Although cities in Canada have similar standards of living, slight variations between cities…
The Society for Health Systems (SHS) is pleased to announce the 2017 Graduate Student Paper Competition! The winning submission will receive a complimentary conference registration and the opportunity to present your project at the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference, to…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to add health care to the menu at this week’s gathering of first ministers, a concession to the provinces who want Ottawa to pick up a greater share of health-care spending. But that’s not…
Statement on “E-Health, Hospital Operations, Physician Billings, Psychiatric Hospitals and Supportive Housing” in response to the report from the Auditor General. Full article at: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
For several years, health-care teams at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto focused on speeding up turnaround times in operating rooms to avoid having to postpone surgeries at the end of a shift. But there were still days that the staff…
Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care. In order to document the lengthy queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Institute has—for over two decades—surveyed specialist…
News Item – Report on eHealth Ontario says patients should have access to electronic medical records
Health Minister Eric Hoskins says he’ll act on a recommendation to give patients access to their electronic medical records as the province updates the mandate of eHealth Ontario. The Liberal government’s privatization czar, Ed Clark, recommended eHealth’s role be refocused…
Promoting health is central to delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. The ‘9th Global Conference on Health Promotion’ in Shanghai on 21–24 November will chart a new course for the next 15 years, aimed at inspiring national governments, municipal leaders…
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