Minimally-Invasive Medical Technologies
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The health-care industry in Canada is in the midst of a period of dramatic change. Disease and demographic trends are converging to place hospitals and other institutions in the North American health-care system under tremendous strain. With skyrocketing national health-care costs due to the rapidly rising incidence of chronic disease and an aging population, cost-saving alternatives to traditional therapies are attracting attention.
The long-term cost- savings associated with the use of most minimally-invasive surgical devices and therapeutic treatments presents a strong economic case for the accelerated adoption of these technologies in North America and abroad.
