TORONTO – Ontario has committed to funding 15 innovative health technologies via grants from the new, $20 million Health Technologies Fund (HTF). The grants support the development of software and mobile devices that focus on the delivery of better home and community care.
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TORONTO – Ontario has announced its first three healthcare Innovation Brokers, who will accelerate the work of the Office of the Chief Health Innovation Strategist (OCHIS). They will accomplish this, the government said, by connecting health technology companies, healthcare providers, patients, and other key stakeholders to advance health technology innovations into practice.
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EDMONTON – Alberta’s 2017-2018 budget handed out plenty of healthcare goodies earlier this month, with a pledge to build a new hospital in Edmonton and a 200-bed continuing-care facility in Calgary. The $4.5-billion health infrastructure plan also includes money to modernize and renovate Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital and build two new facilities at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
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MONTREAL – After Quebec announced a ban on medical accessory fees this month, gastroenterologists said they would stop performing colonoscopies in their private practices and radiologists said they’d cancel appointments for ultrasounds in their private clinics.
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TORONTO – The Liberal government is scrambling to get a valuation of eHealth Ontario before the auditor general releases what is expected to be a damning report on the controversial electronic health agency.
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HALIFAX – In April and June of this year, 18 people died or suffered serious disabilities as a result of care they received in Nova Scotia’s healthcare system. Another 10 suffered death or serious disability due to suicide or suicide attempts.
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EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP government announced a new deal that will see Alberta Health Services take over the medical testing now done by Dynalife, a private-sector laboratory. The agreement will take effect in March 2022, when Dynalife’s recently extended service contract to serve Edmonton and northern Alberta expires.
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TORONTO – After serving Ontario’s medtech community for over 12 years, the Health Technology Exchange (HTX) abruptly announced that it has closed for business, effective September 30, 2016.
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TORONTO – Ontario’s $20 million Health Technologies Fund (HTF) is now accepting applications.
Announced in May by William Charnetski (pictured), Ontario’s chief health innovation strategist, the Fund will support the development of leading, market-ready, made-in-Ontario health technologies by accelerating prototyping, evaluation, adoption and diffusion in the Ontario healthcare sector.
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MONTREAL – The McGill University Hospital Centre, a large and new facility that purchased $255 million worth of top-of-the-line equipment, is unable to keep key pieces running due to a shortage of operating capital. The list includes a positron emission tomography (PET) machine to detect cancer, two MRI scanners, two CT scanners and at least one ultrasound device.
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