Community and Home Care, the Digital Age
When I think about the future of Canadian healthcare, I wonder, ‘What would Tommy Douglas think?’ As the father of universal healthcare and a staunch social advocate for Canadians, ...
Frailty a better gauge for healthcare funding
The Trudeau government should craft a new arrangement for health-care funding based on the precise and evidence-based concept of frailty
Time to rethink healthcare policy for the elderly
We need an integrated healthcare system for older adults that increases the quality and continuity of care.
Canadians want patient online healthcare options
Eight in 10 Canadian adults want online access to their own health information yet fewer than one in 10 currently have it, according to a new study published in HealthcarePapers.
Cognitive systems have the potential to dramatically change healthcare in Canada
Harnessing both visible and invisible data can have a profound impact on our healthcare system.
The Aging Physician and the Hospital
Standing in your office are two quite upset surgeons, one anxious and the other quite angry. There is a dispute about the now overdue call schedule for their specialty over ...
Why Build Health Leadership Capacity Across Canada?
There is a growing consensus that Canada’s 14 separate health systems need to move away from “innovation by accident to innovation by design” and that leadership is the number one ...
From cost benefit to risk benefit?
Perhaps instead of talking about cost-benefit, we should start talking about risk-benefit – balancing the risks and benefits of various treatments.
Comments re: Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centered Health Care in Ontario – A Discussion Paper
Several governments, including Ontario’s, have tried quite a bit of reorganizing over the years but little or no revamping, the disruptive innovation needed to forge a real delivery system.
More Money for Healthcare is not the Answer
the extra money Ottawa provided probably did more to hinder health reform across the country than promote it. Rather than “buying change,” the extra money bought political peace and serenity ...
