Longwoods Publishing Corporation

Editor-in-Chief

G. Ross Baker, PhD
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Associate Editor, Case Study Editor

Ken Tremblay
Peterborough, ON

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Peggy Leatt, BScN, MSHA, PhD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Review Editors

Steve Atkinson
Manager, Analytics and Special Projects, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Victoria, BC

Shirley Bryant
Program Consultant, Decision Support, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON 

Rob Crawford
Director, Strategy and Analytics, North York General, Toronto, ON

Wynne de Jong 
Chief Nurse Executive/Director of Interprofessional Practice & Clinical Education, West Park Health Care Centre, Toronto, ON

Michael Heenan
Executive Lead, Health Transformation in Cabinet Office, Toronto, ON 

Annette V. Marcuzzi
Risk Specialist, Central LHIN, Markham, ON

Daniel Mastine
Policy Advisor, Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, ON

Saul Melamed
Manager, Client Affairs - Ontario, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, ON

Swapnil Rege
Chief Operating Officer, Peel Senior Link, Mississauga, ON

Tess Romain
VP Home & Community Care (Interim), Toronto Central LHIN, Toronto, ON

Justin Saindon
Program Manager, Digital Health, Central Local Health Integration Network, Markham, ON

Anisa Shivji
Policy Advisor, Ontario College of Pharmacists, Toronto, ON

Cedomir (Chad) Tosevski
Planner, Scarborough and Rouge Hospital, Scarborough, ON

Rahim Valani
Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Virginia Waring
Program Consultant, Decision Support, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON

Editorial Advisory Board

Peggy Leatt, Founding Editor-in-Chief
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Charlyn Black
Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Elizabeth M. Davis
Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL

Jeff Edelson
Vice President, Clinical at BioMotiv, AEQuanimitas Consulting LLC, Greater Philadelphia Area, PA

Hy Eliasoph
Health Innovations Group,Toronto, ON

Theodore Freedman
Toronto, ON

Chris Helyar
Toronto, ON

Joseph Mapa
CEO, Sinai Health Foundation, Toronto, ON

Terrance Montague
Principal, CareNet Health, Management Consultants, Edmonton, AB

Linda Moxey
Toronto, ON

James Saunders
J.L. Saunders and Associates Inc., Calgary, AB

Donald P. Schurman
Senior Associate, KPMG, Edmonton, AB

Ken Tremblay
Peterborough, ON

Peter A. Weil
Principal, Your Customer’s Voice, Chicago, IL

Mark Walton
Vice President, Strategy, Partnerships and Performance, Halton Healthcare, Oakville, ON

Editorial Director 

Copy-Editing 

Proofreader 

Barbara Marshall 

Longwoods™ Publishing Corporate Advisory Board

Peggy Leatt
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 

W. Anton Hart
Founding Publisher and Chairman (Retired), Longwoods Publishing, Toronto, ON

G. Ross Baker, PhD
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Adalsteinn Brown
Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON

Michael Guerriere
President and CEO, Extendicare Inc., Toronto, ON

Steven Lewis
President, Access Consulting Ltd., Saskatoon (temporarily in Melbourne, Australia); Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Lynn Nagle, PhD
Assistant Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Judith Shamian
President, International Council of Nurses, Geneva, CH

Jennifer Zelmer, BSc, MA, PhD
President & CEO, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Ottawa, ON

Publisher & CEO

Matthew Hart
E-mail: mhart@longwoods.com

Publisher & COO

Rebecca Hart
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Editorial Director

Dianne Foster-Kent
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Associate Publisher, Careers & Web

Susan Hale
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Associate Publisher, Customer Service & Administration

Barbara Marshall
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Design and Production

Antony F. Bickenson
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Creative

Eric Hart

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Healthcare Quarterly is published four times per year by Longwoods™ Publishing Corp., 260 Adelaide St. East, No. 8, Toronto, ON M5A 1N1, Canada. Information contained in this publication has been compiled from sources believed to be reliable. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness, these are not guaranteed. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily represent an official opinion of Healthcare Quarterly or Longwoods™ Publishing Corporation. Readers are urged to consult their professional advisers prior to acting on the basis of material in this journal.

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