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Black boxes in operating rooms: should hospitals copy aviation for safety?

By 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 […]

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The Concentration of Health Care Spending: Little Ado (yet) About Much (money)

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Could Kaiser Permanente’s Low-Cost Health Care Be Even Cheaper?

by 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., […]

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Canadian Paediatric Adverse Events Study

What 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 […]

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No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy

Healthy Kids Panel has a plan to Reduce Childhood Obesity by 20% Over five Years Click here to download the entire PDF

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Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care

Making 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 […]

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The Way Forward – Premier Wynne’s Speech from the Throne

Download 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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Health Statistic comparison

Health Stats From Wikipedia Most health statistics in Canada are at or above the G8 average.[90] Direct comparisons of health statistics across nations is complex. The OECD collects comparative statistics, and has published brief country profiles.[91][92][93] Country Life expectancy mortality rate Physicians per 1000 people Nurses per 1000 people Per capita expenditure on health (USD) Healthcare […]

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Out-of-Hospital Premises Listing

The following listing provides access to information about out-of-hospital premises where procedures are performed under various forms of anaesthesia. This information includes the outcome/status of an inspection of the premises. Premises are listed alphabetically, and the associated information is displayed starting from January 31, 2013. http://www.cpso.on.ca/publicregister/default.aspx?id=7376 According to the Toronto Star the following clinics failed […]

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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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