Search Results for: Health
Unlocking Health Care: How to Free the Flow of Life-Saving Health Data in Canada
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A system that still uses faxes needs to shift into the smartphone era. It's time for an urgent modernization of the health-care system.
Date: Monday January 29, 2024
No More Islands of Care: Bolstering mental health and addictions services for pandemic & post-pandemic life on Prince Edward Island
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Prior to COVID-19, Prince Edward Island struggled to keep up with demand for mental health and addictions services. This account tells of the pivot to virtual care which sees P.E.I. with more psychiatrists on-call and more options for support. Good thing, because the long-term stresses brought by the pandemic have made these services more critical than ever before.
Date: Tuesday November 17, 2020
Flipping the Script: Alberta Health Services’ online assessment tool becomes the core of the province’s COVID response
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Little did Alberta Health Services' Digital Experience team know this moment would shift the province’s whole pandemic strategy, and become the core of Alberta’s COVID response. Their assessment tool with online booking and results would get attention from across North America, and spark a form of collaboration that would cast lasting doubt on the way things have always been done.
Date: Monday October 26, 2020
UHN’s Michener Institute “revolutionized” health care training. Does it hold lessons for other sectors?
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The Michener Institute is the only postsecondary institution that directly works to meet the immediate needs of the healthcare system. "The Michener Model" may not only be valuable for Canada's evolving healthcare landscape, but may also have transferrable learnings for other sectors, too. Read this case study by Rosanna Tamburri on education innovation – all for PPF's Brave New Work project on the future of work.
Date: Thursday June 3, 2021
Healthcare at Our Fingertips: Enabling the Digital Health Environment that Canadians Deserve
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Canadians are already adopting digital- and data-driven solutions to improve their health, but their healthcare system lags far behind. Canada’s governments must adopt innovation, consumer-driven models and new regulatory frameworks in order to improve health outcomes for all.
Date: Tuesday January 8, 2019
Opinion: How COVID-19 innovation is leading to better health services for Canadians
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COVID-19 propelled our governments to develop and implement innovative and unprecedented programs to protect and support us throughout the pandemic. Health care accounts for 11.5 % of Canada’s total GDP, and with so many exciting technologies coming on stream and consumers embracing change - the possibilities for innovation are endless. Our new ways of thinking can benefit citizens for generations. This article shares observations, framed from our experiences supporting Ontario health leaders during the pandemic. Together we can leverage this moment to drive innovation and imagine the health systems we want for tomorrow.
Date: Monday August 23, 2021
Pathways to Sustainable Access to Innovative Medicines for Canadians
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This report is the culmination of a project that engaged Canadians in roundtable discussions about access barriers, the role of real-world evidence in system improvement, and how to move the healthcare system forward. Participants’ recommendations on reducing barriers to access, strengthening data and evidence and finding balance in our healthcare system.
Date: Friday April 20, 2018
The Next One
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Another health security threat will certainly come, and it will defy expectations yet again. Here's how Canada can defend itself against the next emergency.
Date: Monday September 25, 2023
An open letter to Canadians: Fixing health care starts now — and with you
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...access to health-care professionals by inter-provincial barriers to the free movement of doctors, nurses, technicians and other health-care workers within Canada. Individuals own their own health data; it is unconscionable...
Date: Monday January 23, 2023
Applying science to delivering mental health programs
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...offer mental health services to children and youth across vast distances. The Strongest Families Institute, a charitable organization in Halifax, delivers e-health programs using trained coaches through telephone support, removing...
Date: Wednesday May 24, 2017
CONDITION CHRONIC: How Improving Workplace Wellness Helps Canadians and the Economy
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Canada must do more to both reduce the incidence of chronic disease and to appropriately accommodate those already living with chronic disease. While governments, employers and advocacy organizations have good intentions and are undertaking helpful initiatives, the challenge is immense and it requires a well-informed, broad, integrated response.
Date: Friday September 29, 2017
McGrath & Lingley-Pottie: Applying science to delivering mental health programs
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...innovators and support innovation in our public institutions.” — PATRICK McGRATH “We have to regard our research health centres and systems as hotbeds for innovation in health,” he says. “We...
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017
Primary Care for Everyone
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...infrastructure in practices and regions. ↑ Pan-Canadian health organizations could include Healthcare Excellence Canada, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the Canada Health Infoway and...
Date: Wednesday March 29, 2023
Partners in Reconciliation: Recognizing and Respecting Indigenous Health
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The conference focused on healing, culturally competent care and the social determinants of health. Read the conference summary and watch video of the sessions.
Date: Friday October 6, 2017
NEXT STEPS: Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy
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Accurate and reliable health data has become imperative, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a growing recognition that data saves lives. Existing challenges facing Canada’s healthcare system...
Date: Wednesday August 10, 2022