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Community engagement: an indispensable …

WEBIncorporating students is made easier by creating fixed-term programs. Ms. Nevine Fateen, Volunteer Manager at the MUHC RVH, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, …

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Expanding global activities in healthcare delivery: …

WEBHow is globalization changing the world of health care? Arvind Joshi: Health care has always been global. The difference is that in the past it was unidirectional in all three of …

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Community engagement: Key messages Health Innovation Forum

WEBCommunity engagement takes many forms, from volunteers in hospital wards, to donors and fundraisers, to the advisors who contribute their leadership to committees and …

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Health IT: The state of the art Health Innovation Forum

WEBBio . Robert Kolodner President, Collaborative Transformations, LLC. In 2009, Dr. Kolodner transitioned from the federal to the private sector to co-found Collaborative …

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Do Canadians have access to better care than Americans

WEBA major advantage of the Canadian system is its economy. In the 1970s when we launched Medicare Canada and the US spent the same proportion of our respective GDPs on …

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Personal health records in primary care: One province …

WEBThis case study, prepared by Health Innovation Forum with contributions from family physician Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan; PHR project director in the Nova Scotia …

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Changes to provincial health structures in Alberta

WEBThe Alberta Health Services (AHS) merger is the largest in Canadian history. It involves an $8 billion operation with some 90,000 employees, along with physicians and other …

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Québec’s health sector: Open to change Health …

WEBIn Québec, the Canadian Institute for Health Information estimates private spending on health care at $9.5 billion, or $1,236 per capita, in 2007. Private spending represents …

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Comprehensiveness, portability and accessibility in the 21st …

WEBComprehensiveness, portability and accessibility in the 21st century. Terrence Sullivan looks at where the Canadian health system stands in upholding principles of …

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Considerations in comparing health care systems in …

WEB1. European averages are nonsense. What we call “Europe” is almost 450 million people, 27 different national health systems and, in most countries, health services that are …

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Changes to provincial health structures in New Brunswick

WEBHealth care spending, including senior care, will exceed 50% of total provincial spending in four or five years. The system is growing at 8.6% a year, much higher than growth in …

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Health Information Technology Themes Health Innovation Forum

WEBThis case study, prepared by Health Innovation Forum with contributions from Ms. Esther Leclerc, Assistant Director General at the CHUM, and Mr. Thierry Guyader, Director, …

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A state-of-the-art hospital laboratory Health Innovation Forum

WEBThis case study, prepared by Health Innovation Forum with contributions from Dr. Elizabeth MacNamara, Director of Diagnostic Medicine at the JGH, and Mr. Ian Parfrement, …

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Private healthcare delivery in Canada Health Innovation Forum

WEBBy Bernard Lord, John Keyserlingk, Mohamed Nanji, Sheldon Elman, Jean Tchervenkov. Private health care delivery exists in Canada but the relationship between public and …

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Is our healthcare system’s future tied to the Canada Health Act

WEBThe five principles of the Canada Health Act (CHA) were identified with this objective in mind: to make sure that proper health systems would be established in each province. …

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Improving access to inpatient beds Health Innovation Forum

WEBThis case study, prepared by Health Innovation Forum with contributions from Ms. Esther Leclerc, Assistant Director General at the CHUM, and Mr. Thierry Guyader, Director, …

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Expanding access to specialized health services in Québec

WEBExpanding access to specialized health services in Québec. This case study, prepared by the Health Innovation Forum with the collaboration of Johanne Desrochers, Associate …

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Health IT in Denmark: a culture of public responsibility

WEBHealth IT in Denmark: a culture of public responsibility. Otto Larsen, CEO of Digital Health, presents the current status and likely evolution of Denmark's national health IT program …

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High quality ambulance service for all Health Innovation Forum

WEBHigh quality ambulance service for all. This case study, produced by Health Innovation Forum with collaboration from Mr. Rock Marois from Emergency Medical Services, and …

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How does Canada measure up against other OECD countries

WEBIn the US, voluntary insurance is primary, accounts for fully 35% of total health expenditure and covers 72% of the population. In no other OECD country does the contribution of …

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Creating adaptive health systems: The role of structures and …

WEB•In the 1990s, reforms focused largely on reducing hospital capacity and costs, with some increase in community based services and primary care but limited emphasis on …

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Alex Paterson Health Innovation Forum

WEBMr. Paterson was called to the Bar in 1957 and specialized in medical law. He has acted for the McGill hospitals, the Queen Elizabeth, the Lakeshore General, Reddy Memorial and …

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