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POSITION SUMMARY You: Are a problem solver, interested in tackling challenging health policy and health care questions. You are a motivated team player looking to be part of a team of biostatisticians, epidemiologists and mathematicians that support data-driven decision making…
The study, “A Three Year Study of High Cost Users of Health Care” was published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It reviewed anonymized patient records for nearly 15 million Ontarians between 2009 and 2011 – making it the largest such…
As a Decision Support Analyst in this regular full-time opportunity within our Decision Support Department, you will: Collaborate with the Decision Support consultants to design and implement sophisticated Cognos Business Intelligence solutions that will be disseminated throughout the organization Assist…
The University Hill Corp., a Syracuse non-profit organization represents hospitals and academic institutions, is hoping to target Ontarians who need everything from from knee replacement surgeries to colonoscopies. “We recognize that some of the procedures which are most in demand…
The R&D Blueprint is a global strategy and preparedness plan to ensure that targeted R&D can strengthen the emergency response by bringing medical technologies to patients during epidemics. The Blueprint aims to reduce the time between the declaration of an…
Facing the biggest overhaul in a generation, Ontario’s “fragmented” $50-billion health-care system will finally bring family doctors under closer control while blowing up its broken home-care network. Queen’s Park is unveiling long-awaited proposals Thursday to streamline the way elderly and…
“Our research has two components: first, locate the ambulances throughout the city, and second, routing them to the patients,” said Boutilier, a PhD candidate in industrial engineering working under the supervision of Professor Timothy Chan of the Faculty of Applied…
For North Americans, it can be easy to take emergency medical services (EMS) for granted. But in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh there is no EMS system, no centralized ambulances, and no 911 service. Justin Boutilier, a PhD candidate…
WHO today launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years. “Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs” identifies the key drivers of progress in health under…
Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott says when she sits down with her provincial counterparts her focus will be less on how much more money Ottawa needs to give to the provinces and more about reforms to the health-care system. Philpott…
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