We must make it easier for innovation to take root and thrive within our health and social services ecosystem. Stifling change in favor of doing what’s always been done is simply not working: a recent report ranks the U.S. last in access to care, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes compared to other developed…
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HEALTH-CARE INNOVATION: Turning good ideas into devices that help
Breadcrumb Trail Links Ottawa Get the latest from Elizabeth Payne straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Nov 08, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read CHEO surgeon Dr. Matthew Bromwich has invented medical devices. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia Article content In 2005, ear, nose and throat surgeon Dr. Matthew Bromwich…
Health Equity by Design: Building Best Practices in Medical Innovation
This year’s MedtechVISION (MedtechWOMEN’s annual conference) was dedicated to the challenges and opportunities in addressing health equity in the medical device industry. While the panel on women’s health was particularly timely, and the economics of improving equity provided plenty of fuel for those seeking the financial bottom line, the panel in-between was nearest and dearest…
BUSINESS HQ – INNOVATION SPECIAL: A prescription for healthy ideas
Way back in 1956 Professor Ian Donald, an obstetrician, teamed up with an engineer, Tom Brown, to take an instrument used to detect industrial flaws in ship welds and transform it into the first ultrasound scanner. The technology that this prototype is based on is now in daily use across the globe. During the 1970s,…