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May 28, 2026

The Urgent Call for Reform in Surgical Policy Making in Canada

Healthcare Policy Editorial by Jason Sutherland

Surgery policy is significantly undervalued from a health systems perspective as it affects millions of Canadians. A focused issue on surgery policy is one effort to draw policy makers and researchers to advances and identify additional topics where policy attention and additional research are needed to improve health and well-being.

Events

Friday, June 12, 2026  - Toronto, Ontario Leadership Discussion

Building on Progress: Charting the Future of Canada's Rare Disease Strategy

Durhane Wong-Rieger, President and CEO, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD),
Dr. Rebeccah Marsh, Senior Director, Strategy, Innovation, and Outreach, Institute of Health Economics,
Dr. Cheryl Greenberg, Healthcare Professional and Clinician Scientist, Interim Co-CEO, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba,
Alexandre White-Brown, Clinical Genetic Counsellor, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and ThinkRare and
Moderator: Karen Heim, General Manager, Alexion Canada

Articles

News

May 28, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Public Health Agency of Canada defends decision to restrict travel from Ebola-affected countries

2026-05-28 from ctvnews.ca TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada says temporarily blocking entry for people coming from Ebola-affected countries is necessary to reduce the risk of import [...]

May 28, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Pharmacists are often the first to see mental health issues. They should be trained to respond

2026-05-28 from healthydebate.ca There is a quiet pattern anyone who has worked behind a pharmacy counter for any length of time can recognize. The patient showing signs of distress. The patient disc [...]

May 28, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Work stress, anxiety, and burnout are reshaping wellness priorities in Canada

2026-05-28 from durhampost.ca Over the past several years, conversations surrounding health and wellbeing in Canada have expanded far beyond traditional ideas of fitness and physical healthcar [...]

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This paper argues that improving surgical outcomes while controlling costs requires viewing surgery as one step within a full episode of care, from pre-operative optimization through post-operative recovery. We contend that Canada's current fee-for-service and block-funding models fragment this continuum, reward volume over value and misalign incentives between ministries, hospitals and surgeons. Drawing on agency theory and international bundled-payment experience, we propose an episode-of-care [...]