The Ontario government has launched a new system designed to bring innovative health technologies into the province’s health-care system more quickly.
The Health Innovation Pathway, announced Thursday by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, is intended to create a consistent process for reviewing and adopting technologies such as medical devices, digital tools, imaging and screening systems, and lab and genetic testing. Officials said the program will prioritize Ontario-made innovations, helping patients receive care closer to home while boosting the province’s life sciences sector.
“Our government is continuing to take bold action to connect patients to best-in-class health-care solutions, many of which allow patients to receive care in the comfort of home, or better connect with their health-care providers,” Jones said in a statement.
The pathway, developed jointly by Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health, will be supported by the Health Technology Accelerator Fund. The province said the fund is backing projects in wound care, AI-powered eye screening, and surgical care technologies with an investment of more than $12 million.
Officials said the new process will give patients faster access to innovations while supporting jobs, economic growth and Ontario’s position as a global hub for biomanufacturing and life sciences.
