Archive for January, 2013

Chaoulli v. Quebec

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA CITATION: Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General), [2005] 1S.C.R. 791, 2005 SCC 35 DATE: 2005/06/09 Click here to download the PDF

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From evidence to insight: Achieving outcomes that matter

IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences Thought Leadership Click here to Download the PDF The global healthcare industry is at a pivotal point to transform, reinvent and realign to a more vital and evolving new model. There is broad recognition that cost increases are unsustainable, yet results remain inadequate. Buyers of care, including governments, employers and […]

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How do Canadian primary care physicians rate the health system

Survey results from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Doctors. Bulletin 7 in the Canadian Health Care Matters compares the experiences of primary care physicians across Canada and internationally in the areas of access to care, coordination of care, use of information technology, and practice improvement and incentives. Download this […]

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Transforming Health Information Management

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Living Longer, Living Well

January 2013 Highlights and Key Recommendations From the Report Submitted to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Minister Responsible for Seniors on recommendations to inform a Seniors Strategy for Ontario Dr. Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC Provincial Lead, Ontario’s Seniors Strategy Click here to download the PDF

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The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

First International Conference on Health Promotion, Ottawa, 21 November 1986 Health Promotion Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy […]

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