Getting What We Pay For? The Value-for-Money Challenge
There are basic issues to address before value-for-money questions can be answered. What do we value? Are we using resources appropriately? What should be the objectives of our healthcare system?
Healthcare-Associated Infections as Patient Safety Indicators
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a pressing patient safety concern, yet healthcare administrators and providers tend to view them as less of a threat than adverse events such as medication errors ...
More Doctors or Better Care?
The authors argue that Canadians would be better served by improving access to care and maintaining the current ratio of general practitioners to specialists.
Role of Educational Institutions in Identifying and Responding to Emerging Health Human Resources Needs
This paper describes the emergence of skills and competencies required within health human resources, and explores the roles of various institutions in identifying and responding to HHR needs.
The Times They Are A-Changing: What Worked and What We Learned in Deploying Ontario's Wait Time Information System
Developed and deployed in just two years, Ontario's new Wait Time Information System has made the province a leader in providing open access to wait times and made significant contributions ...
Breadth, Depth and Agreement among Provincial Formularies in Canada
This investigation of apparent variation in drug coverage across nine provinces found that Canada currently operates with an "implicit national formulary" - that is, provincial formularies independently yet mutually list ...