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Canada’s healthcare system should cover the cost of 117 essential medicines that account for nearly half of all prescriptions issued in the country, according to two researchers who say the move would save Canadians and drug plans more than $3…
The Ontario government said Monday that it was improving access to specialized care for people living with rare diseases. Health Minister Eric Hoskins announced the opening of a new clinic for people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the expansion of clinics…
A University of Calgary study suggests that patient care is suffering from an overuse of computers in hospitals and doctor offices. Dr. Myles Leslie from The School of Public Policy studied health-care workers in the intensive care units of three…
A new international survey shows that Canadians continue to report some of the longest wait times for doctors, specialists and emergency department visits compared with citizens in peer countries. However, once they do get medical care, Canadians generally report experiences…
Ontario is earmarking $140 million over three years for mental health and addictions services, including investments in psychotherapy and supportive housing. The Liberal government says that’s in addition to $3.7 billion that the province put toward those services in 2015-16.…
Sirens wail as responders race to apply a defibrillator shock to patients in cardiac arrest but often, they’re too late: Only 10% of people survive. But that could change, says industrial engineer Timothy Chan, a professor at the University of…
Seniors probably aren’t the first demographic that comes to mind when you think of virtual reality. But a few groups in Canada believe a dose of VR might just make the perfect medicine. Researchers in different parts of the country…
This article, originally appeared in the October 2016 issue of Skulematters magazine, included: Optimizing surgical schedules (Dionne Aleman) Walk this way (Jan Andrysek) Optimizing ambulance distribution and routing (Timothy Chan, Justin Boutilier) Reducing the risks of cycling (Marianne Hatzopoulou, Sabreena…
News Item – U of T MasterCard Foundation scholar Sylvia Mwangi hopes to improve health care in Kenya
When it comes to demonstrating the transformative power of higher education, it’s hard to find a better example than Sylvia Mwangi. The amount of personal growth the industrial engineering student has experienced while at U of T may be as…
Finding priorities for health research and development Today’s investments in health R&D are poorly aligned with global public health needs. As little as 1% of all funding for health R&D is allocated to diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, although…
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