tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28376604112052818222024-03-23T11:16:02.975-04:00Canada Values HealthHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-5619248023997381262014-01-20T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-21T08:12:04.024-05:00Looking at health care system performance: Lessons from the Commonwealth Fund survey Sukirtha Tharmalingam, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Council of Canada
The Health Council of Canada has been pleased to be a key contributor to the design and funding of the annual Commonwealth Fund’s International Health Policy Survey (CMWF IHP survey) since 2009. Using the data collected in these annual surveys, we released a series of bulletins under the banner, Canadian Health Care Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-5838762475077686552013-12-16T11:29:00.000-05:002013-12-16T15:06:18.080-05:00How queueing theory can improve wait times<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-59426446854701627172013-11-28T02:00:00.000-05:002013-11-28T08:34:56.027-05:00Online education about elder care for community-based health care providers
Marney Vermette, Engagement Liaison, Saint Elizabeth First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Program
In my previous role as a nurse supervisor for a First Nations home and community care program, I saw that there were major challenges in finding affordable, accessible, and culturally appropriate health care provider training that meets the needs and realities of the First Nations people. Receiving an Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-12787990054347506602013-11-28T01:30:00.000-05:002013-11-28T08:37:04.251-05:00Community health aides help with nursing shortages and cultural safety Tina Buckle, Community Health Nursing Coordinator, Nunatsiavut Department of Health and Social DevelopmentIn Nunatsiavut, we use Community Health Aides to support nursing staff in remote communities. We have a challenge recruiting and retaining nurses, and the aide position has allowed us to manage with fewer nurses. It’s a model that borrows from Labrador in the past and from Alaska in the Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-86069025074766644742013-11-28T01:00:00.001-05:002013-11-28T08:38:24.615-05:00One home care program for everyone: Bella Coola, British ColumbiaGlenda Phillips, Manager, Home & Community Support, Bella Coola General Hospital In my community, Bella Coola, we have a fully integrated home and community care program situated in a new health centre on-reserve that is used by everyone in the community, whether they are First Nations or not. But it wasn’t always that way. Bella Coola is a geographically remote community with limited Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-75018133987478616962013-11-28T00:30:00.001-05:002013-11-28T08:40:51.034-05:00Supporting Métis seniors and familiesWenda Watteyne, Director of Healing and Wellness, and Dr. Storm J. Russell, Senior Policy and Research Analyst, Métis Nation of OntarioFew Canadians realize that one third of all Aboriginal people in Canada are Métis, and that the Métis population is older compared to other Aboriginal groups. From our research, we know that many of our seniors are experiencing significantly higher rates of Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-65593115230246473012013-11-04T13:37:00.000-05:002013-11-04T13:39:16.654-05:00Minding the Gaps in Quality Improvement in Canada<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-50050864149976875082013-10-21T08:30:00.000-04:002013-10-21T10:26:23.830-04:00A role for physicians in health reform
Sophia Harrison is in her first year of medical school at the University of Northern British Columbia. She was a winner in the Health Innovation Challenge, earning her a summer internship at the Health Council of Canada.
What role can physicians play in health care reform? This question has been on my mind since completing a summer internship at the Health Council of Canada and Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-7312465287591372272013-10-16T18:00:00.000-04:002013-10-17T09:58:49.528-04:00Time to unlock the potential from pockets of in innovation
Dr. Dennis Kendel serves on the Board of Directors of the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council and is a councillor with the Health Council of Canada.
There is no shortage of upcoming conferences focused on healthcare quality improvement, innovation or transformation. So, what makes the Health Council of Canada’s (HCC) upcoming symposium in Toronto on October 29-30 unique and very Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-45364667674817549672013-10-03T09:00:00.001-04:002013-10-03T09:27:14.763-04:00Sooner, Safer, Smarter – The Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative
Mark Wyatt is A/Assistant Deputy Minister with the Saskatchewan
Ministry of Health and former Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Surgical
Initiative.
Three
in four.
That’s
shorthand for the commitment that the Saskatchewan government made in the
spring of 2010, giving all patients the option to have their surgery within three months of being added to the wait
list. This was to be achievedHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0Regina, SK, Canada50.4547222 -104.606666750.292954699999996 -104.9293902 50.6164897 -104.28394320000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-89729834250070342372013-10-03T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-07T13:17:22.524-04:00BASE - changing the way primary care and specialists communicate
Dr. Erin Keely is Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at The Ottawa Hospital and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Ottawa.
Waiting for
specialist care remains the number one barrier to health care access in Canada.
Excessive wait times, poorly coordinated care, insufficient communication and
duplication of testing can Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999344.7060866 -76.988086599999988 46.1369726 -74.4062996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-33980848828845953482013-10-01T12:19:00.000-04:002013-10-07T08:34:02.229-04:00Let's continue the conversation
Shilpi Majumder, PhD, Policy Lead, Health Council of Canada
Canadians are talking about our report, Better health, better care, better value for all: Refocusing health care in Canada, which we released on September 19, 2013. Our Chair, Dr. Jack Kitts, spoke to the Economic Club of Canada about the report, highlighting the need to align health system activities toward balanced goals supported byHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-71131859255916429582013-09-23T07:30:00.000-04:002013-10-01T11:24:58.759-04:00Healthcare - Reaching our Potential Demands Improvement
Hugh B. MacLeod is CEO of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. His interests lie in the areas of
system/integrative thinking, sustainability, and organizational cultures
that create high performance.
Better health, better care, better value for all reminds me of the key messages in the
book “From Good to Great” by Jim Collins. After researching Great
Organizations he found the following Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-75920241820263173142013-09-23T07:00:00.000-04:002013-10-01T11:26:22.775-04:00Better Together
Shelly Jamieson is the CEO of The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.
I found great value in your retrospective report Better health, better care, better value for all. It is a thoughtful and rich summary of what happened, what worked and what could have been done differently now that we look back at the Accord.
I find the report’s position that the broader and balanced transformation of theHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-82782541611404289592013-09-20T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-02T09:26:32.151-04:00Ten Years and Still Waiting for Change
Linda Silas is President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.As a nurse who has practiced for many years and now has the honour to sit at many policy tables, I am confident that, when others read this excellent report from the Health Council of Canada (HCC), they also will ask themselves: “Haven't we learned anything in the last decade or two?” The HCC report, Better health, better careHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-29623449672862054002013-09-20T08:30:00.000-04:002013-10-02T09:30:09.781-04:00Reflection on the Health Accords: A Glass Half-Full?
Owen Adams is the Vice-President, Policy & Research at the Canadian Medical Association.
Buying ChangeA common refrain about the 2003 and 2004 Health Accords is that “they bought time, not change”. I think that if you take a step back to the largely forgotten 1997 report of the National Forum on Health (NFH) it may be seen that this was the initial impetus to several targeted federalHealth Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-32413309031001336762013-09-20T08:00:00.000-04:002013-10-02T09:31:47.405-04:00Don’t Stand Idly By
Michael McBane is the National Coordinator of the Canadian Health Coalition.The latest Health Council report on the state of health care in Canada is an important assessment of what worked in the 2004 Health Accord, what didn’t and where to go from here. In the report’s call for action, the Council outlines the irreplaceable role for the federal government: “the federal government should play a Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-84135728136318791692013-09-20T07:00:00.000-04:002013-10-02T09:50:09.691-04:00Health for All Through Collaborative Leadership<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Dr. Jack Kitts, Chair of the Health Council of Canada and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital.
Ten years ago, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments set out to fix an ailing health care system. The result was the 2003 and 2004 health accords. With an eye to public accountability, the First Ministers also established the Health Council of Canada to monitor progress and outcomes against Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-88360866719598721252013-09-19T09:00:00.001-04:002013-10-02T09:54:07.615-04:00Health Equity Among Provinces
Ian Culbert is the Executive Director of the Canadian Public Health Association.
On behalf of the Canadian Public Health Association, I would like to congratulate the Health Council of Canada for developing this look-back, look-forward approach. CPHA is supportive of the position that is being taken concerning the need to continually improve health care delivery without additional cost, while Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837660411205281822.post-70446529575310847662013-09-19T09:00:00.000-04:002013-09-19T09:00:09.509-04:00A Time for Bold Leadership and Collaborative Action
Phil Dresch is the Interim President & CEO of the Canadian Healthcare Association.
Three key concepts stand out for me in the Health Council of Canada’s (HCC) most recent report: (1) the importance of leadership; (2) ensuring equity; and, (3) collaboration.
The report calls for “strong and sustained leadership” and rightly identifies leadership as a “key enabler” for health system Health Council of Canada | Conseil Canadien de la Santéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16012340519072532440noreply@blogger.com1