Why Canada’s Health Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century
March 18th, 2013This is an excerpt from Penguin.ca $32.00 Jeffrey Simpson Jeffrey Simpson has beenThe Globe and Mail’s national affairs columnist for more than twenty-five years. He is also an award-winning author of eight previous books—including Discipline of Power, which won a Governor General’s Award—and is an officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Ottawa with his [...]
A Longwoods series on DNA
March 15th, 2013Your DNA may carry a ‘memory’ DNA “off switch” may reverse premature aging, say University of Toronto researchers… Chronic Pain Alters DNA Marking in the Brain Early life adversity affects broad regions of brain DNA More…
Black boxes in operating rooms: should hospitals copy aviation for safety?
March 13th, 2013By Pamela Fayerman, Published in The Vancouver Sun Should operating rooms have recording devices like flight recorders on planes? The health care industry is more and more borrowing ideas from aviation for purposes of efficiency, patient-focused care and safety. This week, the CEO of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute asks a titillating question: Since black boxes have proven [...]
Canadian Obesity Network – March 12th, 2013 – Highlights
March 11th, 2013Canadian Obesity Network – March 12th, 2013 – Highlights Canadian Obesity Summit an Open Forum for Dialogue Dear CON-RCO Member, Preparations are well under way for the 3rd Canadian Obesity Summit in Vancouver this May, and I am convinced it will exceed all expectations. Since the event is as much about networking across different disciplines and sectors [...]
The Concentration of Health Care Spending: Little Ado (yet) About Much (money)
March 8th, 2013Click here to download the entire PDF
Could Kaiser Permanente’s Low-Cost Health Care Be Even Cheaper?
March 7th, 2013by SARAH VARNEY, KQED RADIO June 25, 2012 5:36 PM from KQED George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2009. Kaiser Permanente rose out of Henry J. Kaiser’s utopian, industrialist dream. During the 1930s and ’40s, Kaiser wanted to make sure the workers at his Richmond, Calif., [...]
Canadian Paediatric Adverse Events Study
March 5th, 2013What is the incidence and what are the types of adverse events that occur in children hospitalized across the country? Over 9% of children admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada experience harm caused by healthcare management, leading to death, disability, prolonged hospital stay, or readmission. These data are new and unique, and represent the [...]
No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy
March 4th, 2013Healthy Kids Panel has a plan to Reduce Childhood Obesity by 20% Over five Years Click here to download the entire PDF
Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care
February 25th, 2013Making Healthy Change Happen Our goal is to make Ontario the healthiest place in North America to grow up and grow old. We need to protect and strengthen health care, so it’s there for our children and grandchildren, just as it is there for us. Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care is our plan to [...]
The Way Forward – Premier Wynne’s Speech from the Throne
February 20th, 2013Download the Speech from The Throne as a PDF by clicking here. Mr. Speaker, members of the legislative assembly, men and women, young and old, across this great province of Ontario.I would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit. Today it is my privilege as [...]
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