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We currently have a regular full time opening for a Decision Support Analyst in our Decision Support at our Bayview Campus. Summary of Duties Monthly and quarterly processing of data. The analyst will work with financial statistical and clinical data…
In 2016-2017, hospitals would receive: $175 million to provide patients with access to more services in new and redeveloped hospitals and for targeted priority services such as organ and tissue transplants $160 million to improve access and wait times for…
Speaker(s): Georgina Black, Partner, National Health & Life Sciences Lead KPMG in Canada Michael Guerriere, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President and General Manager, Provider Solutions, Telus Health Zayna Khayat, Senior Advisor of Health System Innovation at MaRS and Director of…
The rise of smartphones, wearable technology and cloud computing are creating opportunities for a data-based approach to the way individuals understand and monitor their health. Three U of T Engineering startups — MedTek Devices, Pillsy and MedChart — are addressing…
The shifts that doctors in their residency work in Canadian hospitals are some of the longest in the world and may be unsafe for patients, a Marketplace investigation reveals. CBC’s Marketplace investigated the effect that long shifts could have on…
Catherine McLeod, now 62, is working with a different psychiatrist to adjust her medications, which add up to at least 10 pills a day. In the past year, she has endured side effects ranging from blood-pressure fluctuations to Parkinson’s-like symptoms.…
An expert panel of thought leaders with distinctive viewpoints on Canada’s health-care system met on Feb. 3, 2016 at the University of Toronto to address the question: can we innovate our way to a sustainable health system? More than 350 students,…
In 2014, 11.2 per cent of Canadians over the age of 12 reported not being able to receive the health care they needed. A third (33.4 per cent) said this was due to wait times being too long, 13.7 per…
Congratulations to Birsen Donmez (MIE; CHE Affiliate), for becoming holder of Canada Research Chair in Human Factors and Transportation (Tier 2, new) Driving a car is a complex process, requiring the ability to multi-task and pay attention to many simultaneous…
Dionne Aleman and her University of Toronto colleagues study how Canadian hospitals schedule surgeries and the impact on patients. “An important thing to recognize is that exceptionally rare events like a surgery being cancelled mid-surgery — it’s not necessarily practical…
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