Three years ago, we asked whether Canada will be able to care for its seniors and identified potential solutions. This week, a new report issued by the Conference Board of Canada and funded by Canadian Medical Association, titled: “Meeting the Care Needs of...
Connected medical devices (the internet of medical things – IoMT) provide enhanced monitoring and control to those who need it. Patients use these devices to track their progress, to help them better manage their condition and their daily living activities. The...
Canada now[1] has more people aged 65 and older than it does people aged 15 and younger. By 2050, it’s expected that one in four Canadians will be senior citizens. There’s obviously a demographic shift underway in the country and many are concerned that it...
What is Telemedicine? Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status. It includes the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of...
As far back as the ’70s, people were predicting that we’d one day be working in paperless offices. I believed in it so much that one of my earliest business adventures established high volume document imaging and indexing for aerospace and media companies....
