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Spotlight
June 05, 2026Quinn & Brennand discuss Prioritizing Gynecologic Surgery to Improve Health System Performance
Gynecologic surgery is undervalued in Canada, driving long wait times and inequitable experiences for patients and women surgeons. The authors identify structural gender bias in reimbursement, scheduling and innovation, and propose five system-level strategies to improve efficiency, access and equity. Full article in Healthcare Policy
Health Policy Off Script!
This weeks' episode Health Workforce - What's the Plan? features Arthur Sweetman, Professor of Economics, Director, Health Policy PHD, McMaster University.
Past episodes include guests Janet Davidson and Kelly Lamrock. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Featured Articles
Unlocking Surgical Capacity Through Collectable Time: A Multi-Level Policy Framework for Canadian Health Systems
A Journey of Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing in an Urban Integrated Youth Service in Manitoba
Beyond Silos and Perpetual Pilots: Data as the Catalyst for Canada’s Healthcare Innovation Revolution
Articles
TOCSIN: A Proposed Dashboard of Indicators to Control Healthcare-Associated Infections
A Case Study: The Initiative to Improve RN Scheduling at Hamilton Health Sciences
Growing Practice Specialists in Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Recruitment with a Nursing Residency Program
Healthy Workplaces and Teamwork for Healthcare Workers Need Public Engagement
Inter-facility Patient Transfers in Ontario: Do You Know What Your Local Ambulance Is Being Used For?
News
Undervalued and underpaid: New SOGC President Calls for End to Gender Pay Gaps in Women's Health in Canada
2026-06-16 from finance.yahoo.com Women across the country are enduring unacceptably long wait times for diagnosis and treatment of painful conditions like endometriosis, fibroids and other chro [...]
More countries are pushing for youth social media bans. Is the world reaching a tipping point?
2026-06-16 from cbc.ca With an increasing number of countries implementing social media bans for young users, there's a growing sense that these restrictions are becoming more common and that social [...]
Survey suggests elevated concerns among Ontario doctors about ER overcrowding
2026-06-16 from globalnews.ca A new survey of Ontario’s emergency room physicians suggests the majority are struggling with severe overcrowding, hurting the ability of some to see patients as q [...]
Editor's Picks
This paper argues that improving surgical outcomes while controlling costs requires viewing surgery as one step within a full episode of care, from pre-operative optimization through post-operative recovery. We contend that Canada's current fee-for-service and block-funding models fragment this continuum, reward volume over value and misalign incentives between ministries, hospitals and surgeons. Drawing on agency theory and international bundled-payment experience, we propose an episode-of-care [...]
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