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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Posted on April 3, 2008 by medicaltechnologyontario
They’re considered a vital tool in diagnosing cancer and deciding how to treat it.
But in Ontario, cancer patients don’t have access to PET scanners — imaging technology around for almost 30 years but still considered experimental in this province. “If I was a cancer patient, I would definitely scream for this technology that will [...]
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