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February 05, 2026

Beyond Silos and Perpetual Pilots: Data as the Catalyst for Canada’s Healthcare Innovation Revolution

Data are not merely “technology” but the connective tissue enabling patient empowerment, improved clinical care and coordination, workforce modernization and economic resiliency. - Anderson Chuck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Institute for Health Information weighs in on 10 year old Healthcare Innovation Report in the latest issue of Healthcare Papers.

Longwoods Leadership Discussion:

From Pilot to Practice: Scaling Healthcare Innovation

Innovation in healthcare often begins as an initial project—testing the waters and full of promise, on the way to broader adoption. The journey from initial project to standard practice presents both challenges and opportunities. This Longwoods Leadership Discussion will dives into strategies to successfully expand localized pilot programs into system-wide solutions. Moderated by André Picard, health columnist with The Globe and Mail, the session showcases impactful case studies and actionable best practices for turning innovation into improved health outcomes. Proudly supported by UCB Canada and the Arthritis Society Canada. LongwoodsTV

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In 2015, the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation (APHI) highlighted shortcomings in Canada's healthcare systems, including weak integration, ineffective workforce planning and deployment, uneven infostructure and misaligned incentives. Progress in the last decade has been modest, underscoring both the challenges faced by provinces/territories in effecting top-down structural reforms and the limited yield from federal attempts to “buy change.” APHI anticipated that outcome and arg [...]

 

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