Wearable, Interactive, and Mobile Technologies Access Centre in Healthcare (WIMTACH)

百年纪念学院建议建立一个可穿戴、互动和移动医疗技术访问中心（WIMTACH）。WIMTACH将在Centennials过去五年来在大学-产业健康技术创新方面的成功记录的基础上，与60家公司合作，开发了40种产品，并将30种产品商业化。生活在安大略省的老年人数量预计将在未来20年内翻一番，并导致医疗费用在12年内消耗70%的省预算。卫生系统创新是加拿大政府的优先事项。加拿大医学协会认为，通过各种医疗技术解决方案实现医疗服务数字化具有关键作用。安大略省拥有加拿大42%的医疗技术产业，它的定位是促进医疗保健领域数字技术的发展。然而，该行业面临的挑战包括对有限人才和资本的竞争、跨行业合作伙伴关系的需求以及进入全球市场。WIMTACH将通过Centennial提供全套技术开发和商业化服务，以应对其中的一些挑战。WIMTACH将在Centennial提供独特的移动、可穿戴和交互式研究设施和基于现场的可用性测试框架。WIMTACH汇集了经过验证的多学科教职员工经验，学生的多样性和深度，四个百年纪念校区的最先进设施，国际影响力，基于最佳实践的强大项目管理以及广泛的创新生态系统，使加拿大的健康技术产业受益。

Centennial College proposes to establish a Wearable, Interactive, and Mobile Technologies Access Centre in Healthcare (WIMTACH). WIMTACH will build on Centennials successful record over the past five years in college-industry innovation with health technologies, with 60 companies engaged, 40 products developed, and 30 products commercialized. The number of seniors living in Ontario is expected to double over the next 20 years, and result in healthcare costs consuming 70% of the provincial budget within 12 years. Health system innovation is a priority for the Canadian government. The Canadian Medical Association believes that digitizing healthcare delivery through various health tech solutions has a critical role. Home to 42% of Canada's medical technology industry, Ontario is positioned to foster the growth of digital technologies in healthcare. However, this industry is hindered by challenges that include competition for limited talent and capital, need for cross-industry partnerships, and accessing global markets. WIMTACH will address several of these challenges by enabling a full suite of technology development and commercialization services through Centennial. WIMTACH will provide the unique proposition of a mobile, wearable, and interactive research facility and field-based usability testing frameworks at Centennial. WIMTACH brings together proven multi-disciplinary faculty/staff experience, diversity and depth of students, state-of-the-art facilities across four Centennial campuses, international reach, robust project management based on best practices, and an extensive innovation ecosystem to benefit Canadas health technologies industry.