mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) TAC Renewal

移动健康和电子健康发展与创新中心（MEDIC）技术访问中心（TAC）已经产生了超过900万美元的私人和其他收入，并为中小型企业（SME），省级卫生组织和非政府组织（NGO）完成了1，100多个项目，服务和培训合同。在第二个任期内，MEDIC将利用其在数字健康标准和软件开发方面的专业知识，应对因COVID-19大流行而加速增长的虚拟医疗市场需求。2020年5月的一项调查发现，74%的加拿大人正在考虑虚拟医疗保健，并且已经有50%的医生就诊可以通过虚拟方式完成。对虚拟医疗的需求增加，以及需要在新的和现有的软件解决方案之间建立互操作性以满足这一需求，这对MEDIC来说是下一个重要的市场机会。为了进一步扩大其服务客户的能力，MEDIC将与莫霍克学院医疗技术创新中心（MTIC）进行深度整合，包括其医疗保健模拟中心。MTIC位于卫生学院，在调查技术对患者预后的影响、开展临床实践、培训和认证医疗技术人员方面的专业知识将补充MEDIC的服务。安大略有1,300多家数字健康公司，员工超过26,000人，年收入近130亿美元，出口总额为14.5 B美元。数字医疗支出作为全球医疗保健支出的一部分，预计到2030年将从3%增加到8%。MEDIC将继续支持该行业的增长。

The mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) Technology Access Centre (TAC) has generated more than $9M in private and other revenue, and completed 1,100+ projects, services, and training contracts for small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), provincial health organizations, and non-government organizations (NGOs). For its second term, MEDIC will use its expertise in digital health standards and software development to respond to the increased market demand for virtual care that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A May 2020 survey found 74% of Canadians are considering virtual healthcare, and already, 50% of physician visits can be done virtually. The increased demand for virtual care and the need to build interoperability across new and existing software solutions to meet this demand represents a significant market opportunity for MEDIC during its next term. To further expand its capacity to serve clients, MEDIC will integrate deeply with Mohawk Colleges Medical Technologies Innovation Centre (MTIC), including its Centre for Healthcare Simulation. Located at the School of Health, MTICs expertise in investigating the impact of technology on patient outcomes, performing clinical practices, training and certifying medical technicians, will complement MEDICs services offerings. There are more than 1,300 digital health companies in Ontario who employ more than 26,000 people and earn nearly $13 billion in annual revenue, with exports totaling $1.45 B. Digital health spending as a portion of global health care spending is forecasted to increase from 3 to 8% by 2030. MEDIC will continue to support the sector growth.