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May 22, 2019
TORONTO – The Conservative government of Premier Doug Ford has slashed $24 million in funding for two institutes credited with positioning Ontario and Canada at the forefront of artificial intelligence research.
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March 13, 2019
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster has announced its first cohort of projects. The projects have raised $40 million of investment over three years – $15 million from the Supercluster and a co-investment of over $25 million from industry, research and academic partners.
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March 13, 2019
TORONTO – Christine Elliott (pictured), Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, moved one step closer to fulfilling the government’s commitment to a connected, sustainable public healthcare system centred around the patient, by announcing the early slate of the Ontario Health Board of Directors.
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February 27, 2019
TORONTO – Ontario’s provincial government is creating a central agency called Ontario Health to oversee the province’s $60-billion healthcare system. The super-agency – unveiled this week by Health Minister Christine Elliott (pictured) – will be formed by dissolving the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and merging their duties with those of six provincial health agencies, including Cancer Care Ontario and eHealth Ontario.
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February 13, 2019
VANCOUVER – The Digital Health Circle will help bring innovative health technologies to market by sharing resources and addressing industry gaps. They will facilitate networking events, create custom training programs and provide business consultations to target audiences.
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February 13, 2019
TORONTO – As a way of reducing pressures on care providers, and providing better access to healthcare services for patients, much better use of digital tools is needed in Ontario, says the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine.
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January 23, 2019
VICTORIA – Wait times for surgery in B.C. have tripled since 2002, say the province’s anesthesiologists, who are urging more collaboration between the government, political parties and health authorities to solve the issue.
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January 23, 2019
TORONTO – The provincial government is considering a plan to shutter more than 20 health agencies – including Cancer Care Ontario, 14 local health integration networks (LHINS) and eHealth Ontario – and fold them into one "super agency."
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January 9, 2019
EDMONTON – Alberta’s long-delayed online portal that will allow patients to access their personal health information, including lab results and prescription records, will be up and running before April, says Health Minister Sarah Hoffman (pictured).
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December 19, 2018
WATERLOO, Ont. – The 2018 Waterloo Region MedTech Conference, hosted and organized by Waterloo MedTech, was held on Wednesday, October 24. It offered a mixture of policy insights and prescriptions for spurring the growth of medical technology companies in the Waterloo area.
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