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Health committee Correct.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee Correct.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee When you say local procurement, do you mean within the hospitals?
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee As John was saying, it has to be a disruptive therapy. It has to be something that adds value, where actually you can see something there. There has to be a process set up within the hospitals in terms of their financial systems to allow them to make the decision to actually spend money on that, or there has to be money infused into the system for that adoption, with a specific fund created.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee The local procurement that goes on is that for many companies it's easier for them to go internationally than to come through Canada.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee Do you want me to start with the specific question—
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee —or do you want the broader answer first? What's happening is there's a plethora of companies that are developing products, but the ability to get them utilized within the hospital, the hospitals just.... Actually, I was at a conference a while ago where there was a hospital physician who was a department manager.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee I've actually covered everything.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee Okay, I just want to say one thing.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee We will be good, Madam Chair. We know that patients are going to need better access to the most effective health care in the system. We understand that in Canada we're facing major issues. We need to find ways to control government spending, but at the same time to produce high-quality health outcomes.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis
Health committee I would like to thank the committee and the federal government for inviting MEDEC to present today. It was very much appreciated by our entire membership. I want to give you a little background on MEDEC and the medical technology industry in Canada. John covered some of it already, but I'll go into a few more facts and then talk about your committee and give you the med-tech industry's perspective on a number of elements.
February 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Brian Lewis