Innovation in the Canadian Healthcare System

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 […]

Impact of Ozone on Flu Season

We all are familiar with flu season. As December approaches people around us start getting feverish with some sort of monstrous flu; skipping work and school, grandparents in nursing homes being sent to the hospitals and the chaos of “there is a bug going around” takes over. Working in a very high volume emergency department […]

Systemic and Economic Impact of Alcohol

Like many patients in the emergency department, one night in a patient showed up cuffed with two policeman accompanying him. They patiently waited until their turn and finally when the doctor came to see them, they presented their story. The man had been drunk and was dealing with issues at his house. This particular time, […]