Canada should focus on game-changing technologies that can improve health care

Canada can carve out some significant space in the innovation and entrepreneurship market of medical devices and health technology, provided we collectively decide to turn our focus there.

As we settle in for several weeks of discussion that will inevitably include the future of health care, we need to ensure that the discussion is focused on innovation and entrepreneurship, and includes all who will be involved in mapping out the future health of Canadians, writes University of Waterloo President Feridun Hamdullahpur.Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY FERIDUN HAMDULLAHPUR

September 18, 2019

With the federal election underway, Canadians across the country are going to be hearing a lot about health care over the next several weeks, and rightly so. With health-care spending exceeding 10 per cent of Canada’s GDP and accounting for nearly 50 per cent of many government budgets, it is an ...

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