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Dr. Rob Robson is Principal Advisor at Healthcare System Safety and Accountability. I see three reasons to strongly promote patient engagement in healthcare initiatives from a quality and safety perspective. The reasons are: GoodwillPatients (and families in the broad sense of the word) understand the challenges faced by the healthcare system and want to help us (providers, administrators,

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We’ve re-designed our website and incorporated new tools to ensure you can quickly find the information you need on the performance of the health care system in Canada. What will you find? Now all the information you need from our reports, videos, podcasts, presentations and blog posts is at your fingertips with our in document search. You’ll find up to date information on the

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Students make their case for innovative health practices and policies in Canada Today we announced the shortlist for the third annual Health Innovation Challenge. In September, we challenged college and university students to find innovative policies or practices in Canadian health care, tell us why the innovations were working, and how they could be applied to the rest of the country. Over 220

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In a few weeks we’re hosting a town hall on patient engagement in Vancouver. Check out the event listing below – we hope you can make it! Patient Engagement Town Hall Join the Health Council of Canada as well as patients, health care practitioners, and government leaders as they discuss how patient engagement can be successfully used as a means of improving the health care system. Discussion

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Dianne Dyer is the President of the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. As professionals, registered nurses value decisions based on sound evidence and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of outcomes.  If progress towards a goal is not measured, the goal may be achieved but the benefits may not be recorded to inform practices.   The Health Council of Canada plays a key role

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Wendy Armstrong, Co-chair Health Committee, Consumers' Association of Alberta I am one of many Canadians with family members and close friends living in other provinces. I am also one of many Canadians who travel to other provinces for both work and pleasure and to meet family obligations. This makes the personal security and comfort of being able to count on a reasonably common set of healthcare

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Katharina Kovacs Burns, MSc, MSHA, PhD Albertan and Patient Advocate & Associate Director, Health Sciences Council & Director, Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, University of Alberta Recently I was told about Alberta’s intention to join the Health Council of Canada by the start of 2012, and was asked about my thoughts on how patients/consumers in Alberta might feel regarding the

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John Sproule is the Senior Policy Director of the Institute of Health Economics in Edmonton, Alberta.The Alberta government, Premier Alison Redford and Health Minister Fred Horne should be commended for their recent decision to join the Health Council of Canada.  Since the Council was formed in 2004, the Province has been represented indirectly through the participation of distinguished

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The Health Innovation Challenge has now closed and we’ve got lots of work to do reviewing the incredible entries we received. If you haven’t been following, in September we challenged students to find innovative policies or practices in Canadian health care and tell us about them for a chance to win $1,000 and a potential internship with the Health Council of Canada. Students prepared entries

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Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health recently released her 2010 Annual Report, calling for a change in the way society thinks about health. Titled Health, Not Health Care – Changing the Conversation, the report calls for a clear understanding that our health is significantly affected by the economic, social and environmental conditions that shape our lives. Dr. Arlene King wants to see a

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Researchers at the University of Victoria have released an expanded edition of the British Columbia Atlas of Wellness. The Atlas details indicators that they believe measure the foundation of a healthy community – like exercise, smoking, diet, and adequate housing – in an attempt to explain why certain communities are healthier and fitter than others. Using more than 400 maps, the Atlas shows a

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In 2009, the Health Council of Canada released a report on the National Pharmaceuticals Strategy, which commented on the patchwork of drug coverage policies across Canada. A recent paper in Health Policy by Jamie Daw and Steve Morgan reviews the changes in pharmaceuticals policies over a decade (2000-2010).  The paper gives a good overview of the trends and changes in policy with regard to drug

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In September, we challenged students to identify innovative policies or practices in Canadian health care, and let us know why the innovations are working and how they could benefit the whole country. The third annual Health Innovation Challenge requires students to prepare a written submission of up to 2,500 words for the chance to win $1,000 and a paid internship at the Health Council of

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Frank Austin is a stroke survivor who is active in the Kitchener-Waterloo area with his own stroke website and works as a peer counsellor for other stroke victims. His big frustration with the health care system is the lack of specialists with enough time to provide adequate service. He suffers from aphasia, but cannot access sufficient speech therapy. Affordability: Since a stroke is a sudden

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   Zal Press is Executive Director of Patient Commando Productions, an internet initiative dedicated to promoting the patient voice as a guide to practice change. www.patientcommando.com has more than 1400 patient experience stories that will be loaded onto the site, considered the world’s largest collection. I’m taking a biologic for Crohn’s disease. And I’m a lucky guy – my $30,000 annual tab

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 A few weeks ago the Canadian Medical Association published a special information section in the Globe and Mail featuring articles on a range of health care issues, from various Canadian health groups. The section focuses on the upcoming 2014 accord negotiations, and which issues need to be at the centre of discussions. You can find all the articles at: www.theglobeandmail.com/

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Paolo Scotti is currently the Peer Support Worker for the West Metro ACT Team at Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto and happily thriving in his transformation from his "illness phase" into his "recovery journey”. I had always considered myself as being very healthy. Maybe I was so confident of my mental and physical strength that I arrogantly dismissed the fragility of life. So, at the

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Nicoleta Woinarosky is a volunteer in the Ottawa area. I’ve had several experiences where I had excruciating pain which limited my physical activity and life quality. I asked doctors for tests and was refused, but then they prescribed antidepressants (which I strongly refused), only to find later - after suffering for years -  that tests would have allowed diagnosis and physical, not mental,

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   New Westminster, B.C. resident Jason Bosher is crafting a career as a writer/editor. Since 2001, he has been dealing with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis in his hips, minor carpel tunnel disease, and a chronic spine issue. I love this country and I am grateful for Canada’s health care system. If I had to find one fault with our system, it would be the medication hierarchy. I have

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Lene Andersen is a writer and photographer living in Toronto. She has had severe rheumatoid arthritis since childhood and uses a power wheelchair. Lene is the author of the award-winning blog, The Seated View.  When we talk about the cost of living with a chronic illness, it usually refers to the impact on quality of life - the ability to participate in your family, community and work. Living

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Sharon Noseworthy had to leave her career as a Human Resource Counsellor due to retinal disease. Currently, she advocates for support and rehabilitation services for Canadians with vision loss, hoping to stop unnecessary hardships. Sharon has also written a compelling piece, Fear, about dealing with Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy on the MD Support website. I have an incurable, untreatable

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  st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Daniel Stolfi is an actor, writer and producer and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.  Daniel took his two-year battle with cancer and turned it into the heartwarming and hilarious one person comedy show, "Cancer Can't Dance Like This."  Daniel has shared his story all over Canada and has helped raise over $75,000 for cancer-related charities across the

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A recent CBC article discusses the meeting of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and provincial health ministers on November 24 - 25, and the potential for preliminary discourse on a new health accord for 2014. More than once the article mentions that there is still time for these discussions in advance of the 2004 accord expiry in 2014.  However, given that the article further mentions the need to

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A new blog by Steven Lewis, Mark Wahba and Mary Smillie was launched in October, 2011, with the purpose of creating “a community of thinkers, writers and readers interested in exploring how health and medicine can learn from the development, use and application of statistical analyses in sports.” The authors of “Meaningful Analogies in Sports and Health” (M.A.S.H.) were inspired by the Michael

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On October 25, 2011, the Health Council of Canada hosted an invitational symposium on patient engagement in Toronto, Ontario. This event brought together patients, health care providers, health system planners, government representatives and researchers from across Canada to explore the challenges and opportunities in patient engagement and the benefits to be gained from involving patients in

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2010, The King’s Fund commissioned an inquiry paper by Picker Institute Europe to review the quality of patient engagement and involvement in primary health care. The paper focuses on patients’ engagement in primary consultations about their own health care, namely the interaction between the general practitioner and patient. Similar to our findings in a recent report, the importance of patient

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The annual Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy surveys track trends in health care access, affordability, quality and general policy and practices issues internationally. This week,  the Commonwealth Fund released its findings from the 2011 survey with a focus on the United States’ health care system. The 2011 survey looked at health care experiences of adults who are likely to have

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We want to commend the B.C. First Nations Health Society, B.C. First Nations Health Council, and the federal and provincial ministries of health on the landmark agreement transferring responsibility for First Nations health care in British Columbia to a new agency. The agreement indicates the new agency will be responsible for on-reserve programs like primary care, mental health, maternal and

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st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Kathryn Nicholson is completing her Masters of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Western Ontario, in particular, looking at primary care encounters among fatigue patients. Next, she plans to complete a PhD focusing on patient-centered care, electronic medical records, and how these factors will combine to influence the long-term

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We were at the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences annual forum in Ottawa on September 15, called “Smarter Caring for a Healthier Canada: Embracing System Innovation.”  The keynote address was delivered by Brian Golden (Rotman School of Management), who presented his thoughts on the direction of health system reform in Canada. This was followed by four panel sessions covering the topics of Equity

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On September 7, 2011, the Health Council of Canada held a celebratory event in Eskasoni to show how one program, the Unama’ki Maternal Child Health Program, is making a real difference in the lives of Aboriginal mothers and children, and to release our video on the program called Culture is Good Medicine (http://youtu.be/QC4f07snDMg). Here are some photos from the event:

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At the Health Council of Canada, we’re developing a report on home and community care for seniors in Canada – a topic of national interest in the current media, most recently discussed in CBC’s Metro Morning.radio show. We’re finding that the majority of care for seniors who are disabled, have multiple chronic conditions, or dementia is provided by family and friends. Not surprisingly, as the

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Arlene Hache is the Executive Director of the Centre for Northern Families in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The Centre offers a broad range of services that support multi-stressed and marginalized families.  She is well known across the North as an advocate for social change and is a founding partner in the development of therapeutic programs and in-home family support services designed to

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Eric Grief, M.D. is a family physician in Brampton and Thornhill, Ontario. He has written a book called Get Diagnosed Fast. His book can be accessed at www.publishamerica.com.This bulletin by the Health Council of Canada highlights for us the factors contributing to whether or not patients feel ‘engaged’ in their medical care. What the survey results make apparent is how vital the time factor is

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Archie Allison is a retired health care manager who lives in South Surrey/White Rock, BC. He and his wife Sheila are active volunteers with the Patient Voices Network, a province-wide initiative led by ImpactBC in collaboration with Patients as Partners, Ministry of Health in British Columbia. I am pleased and inspired to see that you have included a section on patient-provider relationships in

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Gail Starr of Richmond, BC, is an advocate for injured workers. He is a member of the Patient Voices Network, a province-wide initiative led by ImpactBC in collaboration with Patients as Partners, Ministry of Health in British Columbia. I’ve always thought of myself as an “engaged” patient, although I may not have used the term. My family doctor and I have been collaborating on my health care

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Do you have enough time during visits with your regular doctor? Can you always ask questions about your recommended treatment? Do you feel involved in decision-making about your care? If you answered yes to these questions, you are among half of Canadians who can be considered engaged in their health care. These Canadians often take an active role in maintaining their health and are often more

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The health quality councils of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, in partnership with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute recently released their proceedings report from the national summit held in May to discuss health indicator reporting in Canada. We participated in the summit, along with other national organizations including the Canadian Institute for Health Information and

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The day I flew to Halifax to shoot our video on Aboriginal maternal and child health, Hurricane Irene was blasting up the eastern seaboard. Was this project going to be cancelled by Mother Nature? Happily, my flight suffered nothing worse than heavy rain and winds. After landing, Halifax cameraman/editor, Duncan Moss and I split a soggy five-hour drive to Cape Breton Island. The next morning,

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We’re putting the next generation of leaders in health to the test with our third annual Health Innovation Challenge. The Challenge launches today, and we’re asking students to identify innovative policies or practices in Canadian health care and let us know why the innovations are working and how they could benefit the whole country. Competing students will prepare a written submission of up to

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Reporting on progress in health care renewal is what we do, and it’s what we’ve been doing consistently since we were formed seven years ago. This past year, as the conversation on health care renewal ramped up, so did our reporting. We released eight reports—our most yet—which were downloaded more than 32,000 times. Our most popular report, Decisions, Decisions, was downloaded 6,300

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The Canadian Medical Association launched a discussion on health care in August 2010. They held town hall meetings across the country and collected feedback from thousands of citizens online. The result is a report released last week called Voices Into Action. In reading the report, it is clear Canadians are passionate about their health care system, and have some interesting insights

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  For the launch of our report on Aboriginal maternal and child health, our CEO, John G. Abbott, wrote an editorial piece called What makes a difference to Aboriginal health? The following is the editorial in full, which we have also distributed to news outlets across the country. Read the full report  Many Canadians are aware that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people have

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Earlier this year, the Health Council of Canada held a series of regional meetings across Canada to learn about promising programs and strategies that are improving the health of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis expectant mothers and young children. At each session, participants were asked to list the issues facing Aboriginal communities and standing in the way of better maternal and child health

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The Primary Health Care Research Conference is a major event in Australian general practice and primary health care research. This year’s conference theme was Inspirations, Collaborations, Solutions.  Our CEO, John G. Abbott, presented at the conference on our report, How do Canadians Rate the Health Care System? from November, 2010. The report comments on the 2010 Commonwealth Fund

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The 2010 National Physician Survey, an ongoing research project gathering opinions of Canadian doctors, medical residents and students, was released last week. The survey indicates that access to care is a key issue. The greatest factor doctors identified as the cause of increasing demands for their time was complexity of patient caseload (72% said it was an issue). Physicians are being asked to

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This fall, as Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, P.E.I., Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories head to the polls for provincial elections, health care will undoubtedly be an important election issue across the board. The Ontario Hospital Association and Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres jointly published a report in June to set the stage for health care dialogue

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In the health performance measurement world, June is when the newest indicator reports are released. To kick off this “indicator report season”, we released our Progress Report 2011 on May 31.  Although the report does not officially report on health indicators, the report synthesizes other reports to provide a Pan-Canadian snapshot of the progress in health care renewal. Here are some indicators

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Last week, Echo released the province’s first Ontario Women’s Health Framework. The framework provides steps to improve the way the province addresses women’s health, as men and women experience health in different ways. Echo asked more than 300 women and stakeholders to provide input to shape the framework, giving a voice to a diverse group of women from across the country.  Download the

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Dr. Jack Kitts, Chair, Health Council of Canada We recently released Progress Report 2011: Health Care Renewal in Canada, a national look at progress being achieved in key areas of health care. As I discussed the report with the media, the subject of transformative change emerged as a key theme. But what is transformative change, and why is it important to talk about? Transformative change

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Do we offer high quality health care? Despite this being a common question in primary health care offices, hospitals, provincial and territorial ministries of health and at a national level by politicians and the media – it’s a complex one to answer.  To accurately evaluate the quality of health care, appropriate health indicators must be used, and results should be compared to valid standards

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Guest blogger Pamela C. Fralick joined the Canadian Healthcare Association as President and CEO in February 2008. She also acts as co-chair of the Health Action Lobby, a coalition of 37 national health associations and organizations, co-Chair of Canadian Coalition for Public Health in the 21st Century, and Chair of the Quality Worklife-Quality Healthcare Collaborative.   I’d like to begin at

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Guest blogger Mike Barron is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information. He also serves on the Board of COACH, Canada’s Health Informatics Association, as well as the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. I am an unapologetic proponent of the health system use of information agenda. The premise of this “movement” is

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Guest blogger, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Health Infoway, Richard C. Alvarez has been a catalyst for accelerating the development of electronic health records in Canada. He has established strong, collaborative relationships with the federal, provincial and territorial governments and other stakeholders as the foundation for solid progress. He has articulated a broad

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Guest blogger Joyce Resin is the Executive Director, Community Action at ImpactBC, an organization that works with BC patients, providers, and policy makers towards quality improvement in health care. Joyce oversees the Patient Voices Network, a registry of over 1000 British Columbians who apply their experience and voice to partner for change within the health care system. The Patient Voices

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Guest blogger Judith Shamian is president of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and president and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). She is also a professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, a co-investigator with the Nursing Health Services Research Unit, and was the executive director of the Office of Nursing Policy at Health

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Guest blogger Dean Giustini, M.L.S, M.Ed., is the UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian at Vancouver General Hospital. The Library supports one of the largest medical programs in Canada. He teaches courses on health librarianship and social media at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. He blogs at the Search Principle blog. IntroductionThe Health Council of Canada’s

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Judith Shamian is president of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and president and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). She is also a professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, a co-investigator with the Nursing Health Services Research Unit, and was the executive director of the Office of Nursing Policy at Health Canada for five

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On March 9, 2011, we held our fourth webinar, Health Impact Assessment - Making Whole-of-Government Decision Making Possible. It drew on our December, 2011 report, Stepping It Up: Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada to a Healthier Canada.  For this webinar, we invited three guest panelists: Louise St. Pierre from the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy in Montreal

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On February 14th, we held our third webinar, What Can We Learn From Top Performing Countries? It expanded on our November 2011 bulletin, How Do Canadians Rate the Health Care System? based on the 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. In the bulletin, we found that citizens of certain European countries feel they have the edge in particular areas of health care. In our webinar

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Dr. Brian Goldman is a veteran ER physician and one of Canada's most trusted medical broadcasters. He has been an award-winning medical reporter for CBC Television's The Health Show and The National. He's also known across Canada as the host of CBC Radio One's "White Coat, Black Art." When was just starting out as an ER physician, I can remember the day a teenager was brought by paramedics to

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John G. Abbott, CEO, Health Council of Canada Canadians encounter more and more decisions about their health and health care system every day. Which long term care facility will be best for my aging parent? How do I know if my child is considered overweight?  It is essential that citizens are provided with the facts to make informed decisions and better understand the decisions that governments

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Dr. Ali Zentner is a Specialist in Internal Medicine, Obesity and Cardiac Risk Management. She currently practices in British Columbia and Alberta with an office in West Vancouver. Ali is one of the experts on the hit CBC show Village on a Diet and is one of leading medical consultants for CBC's Live Right Now campaign. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about heath indicators. What is it that

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John G. Abbott, CEO, Health Council of Canada Earlier this week, I read with great interest the latest reports on generics drugs released by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). One report, Generic Drugs in Canada: Price Trends and International Price Comparisons, 2007 compares the price trends of generic drugs in Canada to 11 other countries. The report found that ”…generic

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Michael Keeling, English Writer and Editor, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy and François Benoit, Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy “Why do we have to structure our society in such a way as to create ill health?” In the May/June edition of the Canadian Journal of Public Health (25 years ago) Dr. Trevor Hancock’s Beyond Health Care: From Public

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Ms. Debra Lynkowski, CEO, Canadian Public Health Association The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) congratulates the Health Council of Canada on the launch of this important report that highlights the need for an intersectoral and multifaceted national effort to address the determinants of health as a means of achieving Health for All in Canada. At the opening plenary session of CPHA’s

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Dennis Raphael, Professor of Health Policy and Management, York University The Time to Act is Now Despite Canada’s history of developing health promotion and population health concepts and research findings, this report notes that Canada falls well behind other wealthy industrialized nations in having these ideas implemented in the form of public policy that strengthens the determinants of

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Pamela Fralick, President and CEO, Canadian Healthcare Association Health Council of Canada’s Stepping it Up:Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada to a Healthier Canada On the bottom shelf of a bookcase at home I have, among other relics, three dusty and tattered original documents – prized possessions, actually. They are the seminal 1974 A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians, the

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Irving Rootman, Visiting Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University As a member of the Expert Panel for this report, I am delighted to see it come to fruition. In my view, it is a milestone document that has the potential to inspire a significant shift in the way politicians, bureaucrats and the general public view health in Canada. After reading this document no one can argue

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Dr. Blake Poland, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Stepping It Up – Let’s Begin Now!There is much to commend the Health Council of Canada’s new Stepping It Up report on whole-of-government approaches to addressing fundamental determinants of health in the context of growing inequities in health between rich and poor. Few topics are more important. Or timely. Of particular note, the

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Heather Dawson, Director of Analysis and Reporting, Health Council of Canada Angus Reid recently published a poll after surveying Canadians about their experiences with the health care system, comparing the satisfaction of patients among provinces. Findings align with those of our recent Health Council of Canada bulletin, How do Canadians Rate the Health Care System? which compared Canadians’

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The Health Council of Canada – Keeping An Eye on Prescriptions - report is to be commended for bringing forward the idea of a protocol for drug safety messages and their dissemination to stakeholders. Earlier in 2010, a group of about 30 patient health organizations came together to host the first ever Canadian Patient Summit.  Over the course of two days at the end of March, more than 100

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Christine Pierroz, Director, Communications, Health Council of Canada Today the Health Council of Canada presents you with a revealing bulletin, How Do Canadians Rate the Health Care System?, based on survey results from the 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. http://bit.ly/bvq5pl Canadians feel strongly about their health care system, but they recognize the need for

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David U, President and CEO, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada On behalf of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada), I would like to thank and congratulate the Health Council of Canada for preparing and disseminating their findings on the important topic of drug safety in Canada. It is encouraging to learn that a number of new initiatives are being put in

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Hugh B. MacLeod , CEO, Canadian Patient Coalition From the patient’s perspective, medication can be a tricky proposition. On one hand, we put our faith in pharmaceuticals in order to cure disease and improve our quality of life. On the other, we know the disastrous effect they can have if prescribed or taken incorrectly. In a recent discussion paper commissioned by the Health Council of Canada,

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Susan Eng, Vice-President, Advocacy, CARP Are our drugs safe? Most Canadians assume so, given the clinical trials and multiple layers of government regulation – and perhaps more persuasively, complaints from pharmaceutical companies that such regulation unduly impedes market entry of their drugs. But it may not be so, according to the just released Health Council of Canada report, “Keeping an

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Dr. Proton Rahman, MD, FRCPC  I wish to thank Health Canada for providing me with the opportunity to comment on this discussion paper. The paper which highlights why effective regulatory systems are needed is well informed providing a clear summary of the pharmacovigilance systems in place in a number of countries. This information is concisely summarized within table 3; although the inclusion

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This is part of the Health Council of Canada’s engagement with Canadians, health care stakeholders and governments who are working toward strengthening our health care system. Attendees at the 2010 National Healthcare Leadership Conference this year in Winnipeg, Manitoba were invited to submit entries to our Tell Us Your Success Story (now called What’s Your Story?) poll. We wanted to hear

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John G. Abbott, CEO, Health Council of CanadaRecently, many health care thought leaders have come forward to voice the need for an “adult conversation” on health care. With just over three years remaining in the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care, these pre-emptive conversations are essential at all levels, but need to shift their focus to strengthening the current system.Canadians have

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Carolyn Young, Communications Dept., Health Council of CanadaDelegates from the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan met with the Health Council of Canada today to discuss Canada’s health care system and examine challenges and successes in both countries.This is the third consultation of a Kazakh delegation with the Health Council, and the discussion has always proven valuable and

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This letter is from Mr. Dennis Darby, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association in response to Decisions, Decisions: Family Doctors as Gatekeepers to Prescription Drugs and Diagnostic Imaging in Canada . We invite you to comment here in the blogspace. Family physicians need greater access to decision-support tools such as electronic medical records, a drug information system and electronic

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Yeena Peng and Terry GlecoffJoined by the Deputy Minister of Health, a delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan met with the Health Council of Canada yesterday to discuss our country’s health care system.The group shared information and ideas about the funding of Canada’s system, infrastructure planning, information technology in health care, Canada’s public health initiatives, and payment

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This letter is from Ms. Adele Fifield, CEO of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. She contributed to the research and development of the report. We invite you to read Decisions, Decisions: Family Doctors as Gatekeepers to Prescription Drugs and Diagnostic Imaging in Canada then give us your thoughts on the important issues it contains. --The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR)

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This letter from Mr. Robert M. Underwood, President and CEO of the Actra Fraternal Benefit Society responds to our discussion paper, “Generic Drug Pricing and Access in Canada: What are the Implications? We invite you to read our discussion paper and Mr. Underwood’s response, then give us your thoughts on this important issue. —-RE: Your letter to Ferne Downey, National President – ACTRAActra

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This guest blog is a letter from Mr. Jim Keon, President of the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association to Health Council of Canada CEO, John G. Abbott, in which Mr. Keon responds to our discussion paper, “Generic Drug Pricing and Access in Canada: What are the Implications?”, and to issues faced by Canadian-based generic drug producers generally. Mr. Keon offers insight into the dynamics of

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Terry Glecoff, Outreach Officer, Health Council of Canada If you’d like to know more about chronic disease management, or better understand the much talked-about issues of generic drug pricing and access in Canada, we hope our latest two releases help inform and guide you in the conversations you’re sure to have with others. Once you’ve had a look, come back to the discussion board, share your

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Terry Glecoff, Outreach Officer, the Health Council of CanadaWe are born as patients. We die as patients. For some Canadians, many years between those rites of passage are spent as patients. Yet, how much of a voice does a patient have in their treatment? Not much, according to delegates at the first Canadian Patient Summit, held in Toronto March 28 and 29. More than 100 patients living with

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Have you heard about the Health Council of Canada’s Health Innovation Award? Are you wondering what you could propose to help renew and sustain Canadian health care and why? Here’s a little something that my get your creative juices flowing. It’s called HealthCampToronto – the “unconference” that brought together more than 75 participants – organizations, patients, government strategists and

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Guest Blogger: Dr. Joel Lexchin, Professor, York University’s School of Health Policy and Management Let’s give the drug companies their due. Some drugs have been major advances and we are truly better off for having them. Drug therapy has transformed AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic disease and a few new cancer drugs are significant advances. But despite the claims of Russell Williams,

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Guest Blogger: Russell Williams, President of Rx&D (Canada’s Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies) In our continuing dialogue on improving our health care system, I would like to put the issue of drug costs in perspective.First of all, we cannot assess value for money in isolation. New medicines and vaccines, when appropriately utilized, improve and save lives, while saving costs elsewhere in

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