MEDEC, the national association of Canadian medical technology companies, is urging the Ontario government to develop a comprehensive strategy for the deployment of PET across the province.
MEDEC submitted its recommendations in a Task Force Report on PET scanning in Ontario. Access to PET is limited in the province, according to the group.
MEDEC is calling on the Ontario government to initiate an ongoing process to regularly monitor lists of indications approved for funding in other jurisdictions and expand the list of indications approved for insurable PET coverage based on current scientific and clinical data available locally and from those other jurisdictions, rather than exclusively through local clinical trials.
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