Healthcare ideas, policies, cases and best practices

Healthcare Quarterly, in association with Longwoods™ Publishing, brings you this microsite to highlight important topics facing healthcare leaders today. Periodically, this site will feature new content from Healthcare Quarterly, Longwoods.com, and other editor-selected information sources. All content on this page is presented free of charge by the Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO).

ACAHO Comment: Securing the Future of Canada's Academic Health Sciences Centres
Glenn Brimacombe
... there has not been a systematic review of the current mission/mandate and future roles and responsibilities of Canada's Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs) since the early 1990s - this despite the fact that the system has experienced profound change.

Health, Healthcare and Nation-Building: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Innovation in Canada
Glenn Brimacombe
The health and healthcare sector should be viewed not as a cost to be endured, but as an opportunity to be explored, embracing a vision for Canada to create the most innovative, high quality healthcare system committed to continuous quality improvement …

ACAHO/ACEN Comment: Patient Safety Culture and Leadership in Canada's Academic Health Sciences Centres
Over the past few years, the focus on patient safety has emerged as an important policy issues on the national health policy agenda, both nationally and internationally.

 

ACAHO Presentations, White Papers and Case Studies

 

ACAHO 2009 Brief to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (English) (PDF)
At this juncture in our country’s history, it is clear that we need to pay close attention to how we design and align our tax policies and our spending priorities – particularly in a world that is increasingly “flat” and competes more intensely than ever before across international boundaries.

ACAHO 2009 Mémoire Présenté Au Comité Permanent Des Finances De La Chambre Des Communes (French) (PDF)
À ce moment de son histoire, il ne fait aucun doute que le Canada doit porter une attention toute spéciale à l’élaboration et à l’harmonisation des politiques fiscales et des priorités en matière de dépenses, en particulier dans un monde sans frontières où la concurrence internationale se fait plus féroce que jamais.

Ounces and Pounds (PDF)
In November 2005, the Minister of State for Public Health, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett convened a multi-stakeholder meeting to discuss progress made to-date by a number of constituencies in health system on the recommendations from the Report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health.

WWIII: Order and Speed (PDF)
As much as we focus on wait times as an important performance indicator, we know that it is an output measure that is dependent on a number of inputs within the system.

Eureka! (PDF)
World’s First Discoveries and Other Major Medical Breakthroughs in ACAHO Member Institutions.

Moving at the Speed of Discovery (PDF)
From Bench To Bedside To Business: It is crucial for Canada to develop a meaningful and compelling vision and mission for the health research enterprise. It is equally crucial that this vision and mission serve as a guidepost or roadmap in developing a more detailed science and technology strategy for the health sector.

Microscope to Marketplace (PDF)
Spin-off Companies From ACAHO Member Institutions.