Strategies To Improve The Canadian Healthcare System
DOWNLOAD
Download Strategies To Improve The Canadian Healthcare System PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Strategies To Improve The Canadian Healthcare System book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Strategies To Improve The Canadian Healthcare System
DOWNLOAD
Author : Deanna Di Gregorio
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2011
Strategies To Improve The Canadian Healthcare System written by Deanna Di Gregorio and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Health & Fitness categories.
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Health Science, grade: 89.0%, The University of Western Ontario, language: English, abstract: The Canada Health Act (CHA) of 1984 was enacted with the mandate "to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers" (L. Hughes- Marsh, personal communication, September 20, 2010). The Act has five principles: public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility (Canadian Health Care, 2004). The CHA principles have assisted in creating the universal, glorious and free healthcare system that historically Canadians have been so proud to adopt as part of their identity. The 2010 Report Card however, suggests that this attitude is shifting. When compared with six other developed nations on the performance of their healthcare systems, Canada ranked sixth, only placing ahead of the United States, the one country that did not have universal healthcare coverage; factors measured include: quality of care, access, efficiency, equity and health outcomes. These findings suggest that Canadians no longer hold the same value for their once glorified, universal healthcare system. Instead, the system receives an abundance of criticism for its inability to provide quality care to all citizens and is thus currently facing many challenges and structural reforms. This report will outline three recommendations to improve the current Canadian healthcare system: going lean in healthcare, establishing universal prescription drug coverage programs and incorporating virtual health practices into the Canadian healthcare system.
Toward A Healthcare Strategy For Canadians
DOWNLOAD
Author : A. Scott Carson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Toward A Healthcare Strategy For Canadians written by A. Scott Carson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Medical categories.
While Canadians are proud of their healthcare system, the reality is that it is fragmented and disorganized. Instead of a pan-Canadian system, it is a "system of systems" - thirteen provincial and territorial systems and a federal system. As a result, Canadian healthcare has not only become one of the costliest in the world, but is falling well behind many developed countries in terms of quality. Canadians increasingly realize that their healthcare system is no longer fiscally sustainable, yet change remains elusive. The standard claim is that Canada's multijurisdictional approach makes system-wide reform nearly impossible. Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians disputes this reasoning, making the case for a comprehensive, system-wide, made-in-Canada healthcare strategy. It looks at the mechanics of change and suggests ways in which the various participants in the system - governments, healthcare professionals, the private sector, and patients - can work collaboratively to transform a second-rate system. Addressing critical issues of health human resources, electronic health records, integrated care, and pharmacare, Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians shows how a system-wide strategic approach to this crucial policy area can make a difference in Canada’s healthcare system in the future.
Managing A Canadian Healthcare Strategy
DOWNLOAD
Author : A. Scott Carson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Managing A Canadian Healthcare Strategy written by A. Scott Carson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Medical categories.
Canada’s fragmented healthcare system is one of the most expensive among the OECD countries, yet the quality of its performance is mediocre at best. Canada lacks a system-wide healthcare strategy that brings together many individual federal, provincial, and territorial strategies into a comprehensive and coherent whole. Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy is a collection of ten policy research essays by leading Canadian and international scholars who address three important questions. First, if Canada had a unifying strategy, how would the country measure its success and monitor its performance? Second, who are the agents of change to bring about a Canadian system-wide strategy? Third, how can the jurisdictional realities of Canada’s political system be managed to bring about strategic reform? The final section in the volume explores ways to overcome the barriers and impediments that preoccupy Canadians’ concerns about healthcare. A companion volume to Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians, the contributors to Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy turn to the critical importance of how necessary healthcare changes can be best implemented.
Strong Medicine
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Rachlis
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1995
Strong Medicine written by Michael Rachlis and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medical categories.
... a must read for those wanting a better understanding about what's behind those scary 'Health care in crisis' headlines. -- Winnipeg Free Press...a wealth of thought-provoking detail, presented in a clear, no-nonsense style. -- Dr. June Engel, Quill & QuireUser fees are not the answer. We don't need to spend more money to save our publicly funded health care system, argue the authors of the bestselling Strong Medicine, a revolutionary prescription for health care reform.Second Opinion, Rachlis's an Kushner's previous #1 bestseller, rocked Canada's health community; Strong Medicine is equally timely, as health care consumers realize that their system is now on the critical list.
Treating Health Care
DOWNLOAD
Author : Raisa B. Deber
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2018-01-01
Treating Health Care written by Raisa B. Deber and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-01 with Medical categories.
Focusing on Canada's health care system, Raisa B. Deber introduces the reader to the facts and concepts necessary to understand health care policy in Canada and to evaluate how we might want to reform our health care system.
A Canadian Healthcare Innovation Agenda
DOWNLOAD
Author : A. Scott Carson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2018-04-30
A Canadian Healthcare Innovation Agenda written by A. Scott Carson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-30 with Political Science categories.
This collection is the result of a 2016 national leaders conference sponsored by Queen’s University to explore the prospects for a pan-Canadian healthcare innovation strategy. The conference themes were inspired by the 2015 report of the federally commissioned Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation, led by David Naylor, which examined how the federal government could support innovation. A Canadian Healthcare Innovation Agenda features original commissioned chapters from academics and healthcare leaders addressing a range of issues such as the meaning of healthcare innovation, how a national healthcare agency and investment fund could be governed, the need for big data and evidence, adding value through Canadian supply-chain management, overcoming regulatory barriers to innovation, policy innovations for indigenous, military and elderly populations, the role of medical professions in promoting innovation, education, and the development of medical innovators. The Canadian healthcare system is so fragmented that any thought of a system-wide strategy for healthcare innovation is considered a far-distant ideal at best. This book presents a contrary view, outlining an agenda for Canadian healthcare innovation. It shows that Canada does indeed have the building blocks for innovation, and concludes that the time to act is now.
Better Now
DOWNLOAD
Author : Dr. Danielle Martin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-01-10
Better Now written by Dr. Danielle Martin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-10 with Medical categories.
Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018 Dr. Danielle Martin sees the challenges in our health care system every day. As a family doctor and a hospital vice president, she observes how those deficiencies adversely affect patients. And as a health policy expert, she knows how to close those gaps. A passionate believer in the value of fairness that underpins the Canadian health care system, Dr. Martin is on a mission to improve medicare. In Better Now, she shows how bold fixes are both achievable and affordable. Her patients’ stories and her own family’s experiences illustrate the evidence she presents about what works best to improve health care for all. Better Now outlines “Six Big Ideas” to bolster Canada’s health care system. Each one is centred on a typical Canadian patient, making it clear how close to home these issues strike. · Ensure every Canadian has regular access to a family doctor or other primary care provider · Bring prescription drugs under medicare · Reduce unnecessary tests and interventions · Reorganize health care delivery to reduce wait times and improve quality · Implement a basic income guarantee to alleviate poverty, which is a major threat to health · Scale up successful local innovations to a national level Passionate, accessible, and authoritative, Dr. Martin is a fervent supporter of the best of medicare and a persuasive critic of what needs fixing.
Crossing The Quality Chasm
DOWNLOAD
Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2001-08-19
Crossing The Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-19 with Medical categories.
Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
Reducing Wait Times For Health Care
DOWNLOAD
Author : Steven Globerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Reducing Wait Times For Health Care written by Steven Globerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Public opinion polls in recent years show that Canadians are generally satisfied with their government-funded health care system. If there is any consistent source of dissatisfaction with the “single-payer” system, it is with the amount of time people wait to receive medical care. Requiring patients to queue for medical services presumably saves the government money, at least in the short-run, by reducing expenditures on hospitals and doctors. However, waiting lists impose monetary and non-monetary costs on those waiting for health care. The larger these costs, the more likely it is that waiting lists have net overall costs for Canadian society. What can and should be done to reduce or eliminate wait times for health care? Reducing Wait Times for Health Care: What Canada Can Learn from Theory and International Experience assesses various policy-related issues associated with waiting lists for health care services in Canada. First, Nadeem Esmail attempts to define what “waiting” for health care means and considers the complexities involved in comparing wait times from one country to another. In chapter 3, Dr. Brian Day examines the substantial costs that waiting for health care impose on Canadians. David Henderson then considers various policy approaches for reducing wait times in Canada, while in chapter 5, Steven Globerman addresses the labour market consequences of wait times and the broader impacts of wait times for Canada's economic growth. Finally, in chapter 6 of this volume, Nadeem Esmail reviews the international experience with wait times and reductions in wait times in an effort to identify policies that might work to improve the timeliness of access to health care in Canada. A key point for Canadian policymakers emerges from the chapters in this book: maintaining status quo health care policies is unlikely to improve the timeliness of the provision of health care services in Canada or improve the efficiency of the government-funded system.
Navigating Canada S Health Care
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Decter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-12-30
Navigating Canada S Health Care written by Michael Decter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-30 with Consumer education categories.
Navigating Canada's Health Careis an indispensable, practical guide to getting the best care within the existing system. Filled with concrete, up-to-date information and surprising facts, it provides Canadians with much-needed information about what the system does and does not provide, arms them with strategies to become better advocates for themselves and for their loved ones, and educates health-care consumers about how they can improve their chances for better health and better care.