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MIE Professor Dionne Aleman, faculty affiliated to CHE, was recently honoured with the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2015 Moving Spirit Award. The award recognizes her contributions to the organization’s Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG). JFIG…

Date: Thursday, 12 November 2015 Venue: The Gibson Centre, 63 Tupper Street West, Alliston, Ontario L9R 1E4 Free Public Lecture Youth, Mental Health & Diabetes – Gaps and Implications Dr. Margaret Hahn MD, PhD, FRCPC – Assistant Professor, Department of…

According to a newly-released report, access to primary care providers in Ontario depends on where you live, your income, the language you speak and whether you are new to the province. The study was published by Health Quality Ontario, a…

Canada’s new Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott, may be a relative newcomer to the political sphere, but her career in health care spans three decades and two continents. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed the 54-year-old MP for Markham—Stouffville to…

Today, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, handed out two Minister’s Medals to Honour Excellence in Health Quality and Safety. The medals are part of an annual recognition program that celebrates the efforts of Ontario’s health care…

Ontario’s $4.7 million investment in this project means that patients in Espanola and the surrounding community will benefit from: An expanded and redesigned emergency department with nearly double the patient capacity, including 11 treatment rooms compared to the previous six…

A hospital that lets patients video chat with nurses and has supplies delivered by robots is preparing to open its doors in Toronto next month. The hospital’s Chief Operating Officer Barb Collins told CTV’s Canada Am that the digital vision…

While some older people may indeed be experiencing both longer and healthier lives, these people are likely to have come from more advantaged segments of society. “People from disadvantaged backgrounds, those in poorer countries, those with the fewest opportunities and…

Some previous research said computer technology could serve almost as a second set of eyes for doctors. But some of these earlier studies involved adding computer detection to mammograms using outdated film X-rays, not more advanced digital X-rays now used…

Fighting cancer has long been considered an educated guessing game, where physicians pick a therapy and hope that it helps eradicate a tumour. But doctors at the BC Cancer Agency are developing new techniques to treat cancer using DNA analysis…