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Canada should have a national pharmacare program that is universal, single payer and public, says an advisory council tasked with studying the possibility. The Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare made this statement in its final report, released…
In the deep rural areas of Rwanda, a new technology is saving lives. In the past two decades, Rwanda has created a high-quality national blood service, tripling its blood donation rates between 2000 and 2018. The use of innovative technology,…
Researchers in Ontario are attempting to figure out how to deliver life-saving medical supplies in record times by answering a simple question with profound implications: Can an ambulance or a drone reach the scene of a medical emergency faster? To…
Drones could help save time, cut costs and simplify how organ transplants are delivered, according to the surgeon who oversaw the first transplant shipment by drone. Dr. Joseph Scalea, director of the organ drone laboratory at the University of Maryland…
In the first instalment of a Global News series exploring the Canadian health-care system, experts are calling attention to a framework they believe is decades out of date. Full article at: Global News
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly part of our daily lives, with applications from voice-activated assistants to self-driving cars — and its influence continues to grow. A new multidisciplinary research centre created at U of T Engineering will leverage the power…
A non-profit agency that helps Ontario patients access health care through videoconferencing has laid off more than 15 per cent of its staff in the wake of a cut to its provincial funding, CBC News has learned. Full article at:…
Artificial intelligence is poised to rocket the fields of science and health into the future, and Canada could play a pivotal role. Full article at: Global News
News Item – Transforming health care: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the medical landscape
You can already find it in some emergency rooms — and soon we’ll see it in every aspect of health care. Artificial intelligence in health care carries huge potential, according to experts in computer science and medicine, but it also…
For health workers, the death of a child always strikes hard, but this tragedy is felt deepest when it’s due to a disease that is readily preventable with a safe, effective vaccine. Professor Berthold Koletzko, a paediatrician from one of…
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