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Abhi Mukherjee, Director of Finance at the University Health Network, writes that the healthcare system's funding mechanism is fueled by volume and the flow of sick patients, and imagines a scenario where the population didn't need so many…
The European Commission has wrapped up a public consultation on the transformation of healthcare in the Digital Single Market and the need for policy measures that will promote…
The Montreal Economic Institute is recommending that politicians look to the operation of a Swedish hospital run by Capio, a private company, that is accessible to all and funded by the government at lower cost than public hospitals. Its…
The chair of Infoway Health Canada, Peter Vaughan, told a Halifax forum on healthcare in the post-baby boom era that the future includes data clouds, artificial intelligence and digitally-based healthcare solutions. He explains that technologies…
The American Medical Association is developing a big data analytics and clinical informatics platform to offer organizations a common data model to improve care coordination. Initial partners of the AMA's …
A study from The Conference Board of Canada pegs the direct healthcare expenses related to tobacco use in 2012 at $6.5 billion. The total includes:
Seniors living in the Miramichi region can sign up for the Seniors Health, Well-being and Home Safety Review, a program designed to help them remain independent longer. The review connects seniors with important programs and services in their…
New Brunswick's first registered midwives have started accepting clients in the Fredericton region. The province's midwifery demonstration site in Fredericton is managed by the Horizon Health Network. The province says midwives will give families…
Two years ago, the federal government withheld $10 million in transfer payments to Quebec, saying the provincial government was charging patients extra fees to access health services in contravention of the Canadian Health Act. The federal health…
The Nova Scotia government states its $6.4-million investment to free up operating room hours, hiring more surgeons and creating a central booking system will reduce wait times for residents undergoing hip and knee replacements. It claims the…
A study of the genes that underpin longevity has found that people who are overweight reduce their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogram of weight they carry.…
Horizon Health Network and Vitalité Health Network are partnering to improve access to MRI services in the Greater Moncton region, allowing the MRI service at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre to accept transfers of MRI…
Researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) warn that the number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years, indicating the rate is accelerating in low- and middle-income…
Australia's Department of Health rolled out a public consultation to develop a framework for the secondary use of…
The first of three studies from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to compare drug coverage across provincial and federal public drug plans…
Experts argue that frontline clinicians lack the tools they need to play an active role in controlling the costs of care they provide. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a "lean accounting" method for measuring real, unallocated…