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Doctor home visits are not well known in Canada. For many, the idea harkens back to another era. But in Britain, the house call has moved into this century. Now you can hail a doctor as easily as an Uber,…
The main roles of a Data Scientist (called a Senior Data Science Specialist at St. Michael’s Hospital) are to design scientifically rigorous approaches to examining data, apply advanced analytical techniques to healthcare data, and translate the findings into meaningful, applied…
Dr. Catherine Zahn, president of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, says mental illness afflicts some 6.7 million Canadians – roughly 20 per cent of the population – and costs the economy an estimated $51 billion each year. That’s…
Pretty well everyone has heard a horror story about a serious hospital mishap: a medication mix-up; a sponge or retractor left in a patient after surgery; the wrong kidney removed. So it would be no surprise if some patients facing…
The problem is that home care is not covered in the first two to three months after a patient moves to a new province. The federal, provincial and territorial health ministers made home care a priority at their meeting in…
Fourteen new faculty members working at the leading edge of engineering education and research are joining U of T Engineering, slated to begin on or before July 1, 2017. Five of these professors hold appointments in more than one department.…
A lot of seniors like to say that their fall “just happened.” That is not the case, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Falls are the main cause of hospital admissions for older adults. About 20 per cent…
New cancer cases and deaths continue to rise steadily as Canada’s population grows and ages, according to a new report. The Canadian Cancer Society and Public Health Agency of Canada released their annual report on cancer statistics on Wednesday. Current…
Alberta’s NDP government says the province’s physicians have ratified a new deal that both sides say will make the system more efficient over time. Both sides say the amendments include a plan to put doctors in communities that need them…
After two days of negotiations, provincial and territorial health ministers left Toronto at an impasse over health care funding. Provincial and territorial ministers were hoping to convince Ottawa that a planned cut to the rate of increase for the health…
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