Viewing articles in the ‘Government & Policy’ topic.
March 19, 2014
TORONTO – The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment is planning to organize an exhibit booth at the mHealth Summit 2014. The event will be held in December 7-11 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, DC, and the Trade Branch is seeking expressions of interest from Ontario companies wishing to exhibit. Read More
February 19, 2014
TORONTO – Building on the success of previous ImagineNation Challenges, Canada Health Infoway is pleased to announce the Public Health Social Media Challenge. The new Challenge seeks to inspire public health organizations to use social media initiatives in creative and innovative ways. Read More
February 1, 2014
I am sure that many of you have been following the debacle of the Obamacare website. Officially known as the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare is one of the greatest advances in healthcare financing in the United States since the introduction of Medicare. Many Presidents and Congressmen have tried and failed to do something like it. To realize its importance, one must recognize that health care in the U.S. is extremely expensive – though not proportionally effective – and that over 40 million Americans lack any form of health insurance. Read More
February 1, 2014
Tank commanders have a knack for seeing opportunities for engagement and the obstacles that lie in their way more sharply than others. That’s just how Glenn Lanteigne saw things when first graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario as an Armoured Corps officer. But after a budget planning stint at Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa, he rolled into the private sector, healthcare first, with what was GE Medical Systems, becoming a Six Sigma Black Belt. Read More
February 1, 2014
By Richard Irving, PhD I am currently writing this column from Hydrabad, India, where I am teaching in the Schulich MBA program for eight weeks. During my visit, I was invited to a conference at the Indian School of Business and attended a session on healthcare. The general discussion would be familiar to most of you, though the problems faced in healthcare in India are orders of magnitude more difficult that we face in Ontario. Read More
January 9, 2014
TORONTO – Employees at eHealth Ontario will receive a total of $2.3 million in performance bonuses this month, thanks to a court settlement that restored payouts that were cancelled in 2011, according to a recent report in the Toronto Star. Read More