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How IT innovation can improve healthcare in Canada
While Canadians fiercely defend their country's healthcare system and its universal access to care, the Canadian model suffers from woes such as long wait times and a shortage of physicians. Laurie Lafleur of Paragon Consulting Partners suggests that innovation in healthcare IT can help address some of these shortcomings.
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Are you ready for a radiologist shortage?
Could the U.S. be heading toward a shortage of radiologists? The idea might not be as crazy as it sounds if current demographic trends in radiology continue. Laurie Lafleur of Paragon Consulting Partners ponders this question and proposes that technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain could come to the rescue.
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