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31 August 2010
Health Care System's Value Not Being Measured says Auditor-General

Sheila Fraser, the Federal Auditor-General claims that it is impossible to say whether Canada’s medicare system is providing value for money because the governments are making little effort...

31 August 2010
CMA to Examine Relationship of Physicians to Health System

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) will be setting up a working group to study the professional relationship physicians have with the health system.

31 August 2010
Product Evaluations Program Being Established by UK NICE

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has launched a new process, the Evaluation Pathway Program for Medical Technologies, to speed up the introduction of...

24 August 2010
Canadians Brace for Higher Health Costs - Poll

Canadians are concerned their quality of health care will decline from the strain posed by aging baby boomers, a new poll suggests. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) carried out the poll...

24 August 2010
Medical Isotope Production Resumes at Chalk River

The Chalk River nuclear reactor, which is capable of producing a third of the world’s medical isotopes, is back in service after a 15-month shutdown. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

24 August 2010
Medical Device Sector Tops Global Job Opportunities

The medical device and supply area offers the greatest number of opportunities when it comes to finding a job in the global life science sector, a report from ZRG Partners says.

17 August 2010
MEDEC Calls for National Medical Device Strategy in Letter to Finance Minister

In a pre-budget submission sent to the Minister of Finance, James Flaherty, last week MEDEC urged the Government of Canada to invest in policies and processes that will allow the innovative...

17 August 2010
Premiers Form Pan-Canadian Purchasing Alliance

Canada’s premiers have announced their intention to work together to bring the growth of health care costs to a more sustainable level.

17 August 2010
Ontario Delays Review of Controversial LIHNs

Ontario has postponed an overdue review of the Local Health Integration Networks (LIHNs), provincial agencies that dole out $21.5 billion a year in health funding, until after next year's election...

10 August 2010
CADTH Reviews PET Use in Cardiovascular Disease

The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) has released the following report: Positron Emission Tomography for Cardiovascular Disease: A review of the Clinical Effectiveness...

 

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