Budgets/Spending/Market Size

New funding from OICR for cancer imaging research

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) has announced new funds to further enhance imaging research in Ontario and to develop improved imaging tools for more personalized diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients worldwide.
LETTER: E-health not under- evaluated: Infoway
That’s a wrap!

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s 21st annual telethon netted a record $6.1 million in donations last month.
Going once, going twice . . .
Interventional radiology in Canada: Growth outstrips resources

Survey reveals shortages in nursing and beds nationwide
‘Cocooning’ against pertussis called inefficient

At least one million parents would need to be vaccinated to prevent one infant death in B.C., Quebec: study
Sluggish approvals slow access to new drugs: Fraser Institute

Canadians are waiting nearly 2-1/2 years for government bureaucracies to approve new prescription drugs for public use, says a report from public policy think-tank the Fraser Institute.
Vitals: a wrap up of statistics - April 10, 2012

Only half of U.S. doctors would pick medicine again as career