Posted on May 20, 2008 by medicaltechnologyontario
I always wondered what would happen if Google Health decided to launch in Canada. Would there be an effect on the Canadian Healthcare system? Or would PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) get in the way?
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About a year ago Google announced that it would launch a service to allow users to store their [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by medicaltechnologyontario
Intel Corporation today announced Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, software that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. The product will allow healthcare providers to more easily connect with one another so that each can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.
Until now, the sharing [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2008 by medicaltechnologyontario
Engineering techniques can be used to eliminate inefficiencies in Canada’s health care system, as the work by a new Toronto research centre shows. In the modern race to innovate, the health care industry is lagging decades behind manufacturing and other service industries. Michael Carter is ready to launch a game of catch-up.
As head of the [...]
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