Is the healthcare system volatile? Not only are there many moving pieces, but its evolution must be proportional to a combination of various factors: the variable demands of pathophysiology, technology, policies, research, availability of personnel etc. One example of how healthcare demand is vulnerable to change is given by the story of emergency departments (ED). […]
The healthcare cost in Canada has outgrown its generated economic growth rate, leaving us in a estimated $13 billion deficit [1][4]. Working in the hospital and seeing first-hand how despite of amazing technologies and solutions in the market, our patients still receive care in a sub-optimal workflows with sub-optimal technologies. My assessment is that this could […]
For years doctors and engineers, have been working to create a replacement for limbs. Whether its been through mechanical levers or high functioning brain computer interface systems, recreating a human limb has put our minds to a test of physiological systems modelling and understanding. Lets look at a prosthetic hand design and how physiology challenges […]
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