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Better Home Care: A National Action Plan

Better Home Care: A National Action Plan focuses on the belief that home not hospital or residential care, is one of the best places to recover from an illness or injury, manage long-term conditions and live out final days. The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA), the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the College of Family Physicians […]

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Measuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals – CIHI

A national picture of patient harm in acute care hospitals (outside Quebec) is now available, thanks to a new measure developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). The joint report Measuring Patient Harm in Canadian Hospitals, released today, reveals that in 2014–2015 harm was experienced by patients in 1 of every […]

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The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2016: A Focus on Family Violence in Canada

A message from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Families are the building blocks of our society and a safe haven to nurture children and our intimate relationships. Yet, some Canadians families are in crisis and the statistics are staggering. For many, this report may be difficult and disturbing to read. In 2014, 131 Canadians died […]

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National Health Expenditure Trends

From CIHI National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2015 provides an overview of how much is spent on health care annually, in what areas money is spent and on whom, and where the money comes from. It features comparative expenditure data at the provincial/territorial and international levels, as well as Canadian health spending trends from 1975 to the present. […]

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Improving the health of all Canadians: A vision for the future

The CMA’s platform on the 2017 federal/provincial/territorial health accord  Click here to download the full PDF The first step in creating a new health accord must be to hammer out a common vision of how to improve the health of Canadians. This will provide critical direction and focus for the ensuing discussion, so that the […]

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B.C. Coroner’s Report Fentanyl-Detected Illicit Drug Overdose Deaths January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016

Inclusion Criteria: This report summarizes all deaths that occurred between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2016 for which fentanyl was detected, whether alone or in combination with other drugs, and the death resulted from illicit drug use. In deaths occurring after November 1, 2015, ‘fentanyl’ includes acetyl fentanyl. In the majority of deaths, fentanyl […]

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British Columbia’s Failed Healthcare Experiment

Our first point of contact with the health system — often referred to as “primary care” — should result in prompt and efficient care for our general health concerns, and coordinate our journey through the system when we need more specialized care. That’s if things are working properly. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. In […]

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Honouring Peggy Leatt’s Innovative Leadership at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation — and beyond.

This fall the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) will be introducing the Peggy Leatt Knowledge and Impact Award – named in honour of the former chair the Institute. The award, made, made possible through the support of several donors and Longwoods Publishing, will recognize one recipient, annually, for achievements in developing transformative […]

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The 2016 Cancer System Performance Report

The burden of cancer is growing in Canada, with the average number of new cancer cases expected to increase by 40% in the next 15 years, largely as a result of the growing and aging of the Canadian population.1 It is therefore of vital importance that coordinated system-level change focus on reducing the chance of […]

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The Naylor Report and Health Policy: Canada Needs a New Model

The federal government should recognize the limited success of past attempts to achieve healthcare reform with conditional transfers to the provinces and instead focus more on independent initiatives, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Naylor Report and Health Policy: Canada Needs a New Model,” authors Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby suggest […]

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