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Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians |
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A comprehensive look at reforming Canada's mediocre public healthcare system from a system-wide strategic perspective.
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.
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.
Details
Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 184.5 in series)
296 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Policy Studies Series - School of Policy Studies
ISBN 9781553394396
May 2015
Formats: Paperback, eBook
A. Scott Carson is professor of strategy and director of the Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Queen's School of Business.
Jeffrey Dixon is associate director of the Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Queen’s School of Business.
Kim Richard Nossal is director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.
Jeffrey Dixon is associate director of the Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Queen’s School of Business.
Kim Richard Nossal is director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables ................................ v
Acknowledgements............................................vii
Contributors .............................................. ix
List of Abbreviations ..................................... xv
Introduction
Kim Richard Nossal ..........................................1
1. Why Canadians Need a System-Wide Healthcare Strategy
A. Scott Carson ..................................................11
2. Canadian Blood Services as an Example of a Canadian
Healthcare Strategy
Graham D. Sher ...............................................................39
3. System-Wide Healthcare Reform: The Australian Experience
Justin Beilby, Steve Hambleton, and Michael Reid ................................63
4. The Need for a Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources
Strategy and Coordinated Action Plan
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Chantal Demers, Yvonne James, and
Emily Bray .........................................................................87
5. Toward a Coordinated Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Strategy for Canada
Francis Lau, Morgan Price, and Jesdeep Bassi .....................................111
6. Integrating Care for Persons with Chronic Health and
Social Needs
Walter P. Wodchis, A. Paul Williams, and Gustavo Mery ...................135
7. No Undue Hardship: A Way Forward for Canadian
Pharmacare
Jeffrey Dixon ..............................................................157
8. Moving Forward on Universal Pharmacare in Canada:
Should We Regulate Private Insurers in a Managed
Competition Model to Achieve Our Goals?
Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Ryan Tanner ...........................183
9. Academic Networks for the Evaluation of Health Policy
and System Performance
Gregory P. Marchildon........................................................207
10. Politics and the Healthcare Policy Arena in Canada:
Diagnosing the Situation, Evaluating Solutions
Antonia Maioni .............................................................223
11. Health Policy Reform in Canada: Bridging Policy and
Politics
Don Drummond ...............................................................237
12. If Canada Had a Healthcare Strategy, What Form Could It
Take?
A. Scott Carson ............................................................255
List of Figures and Tables ................................ v
Acknowledgements............................................vii
Contributors .............................................. ix
List of Abbreviations ..................................... xv
Introduction
Kim Richard Nossal ..........................................1
1. Why Canadians Need a System-Wide Healthcare Strategy
A. Scott Carson ..................................................11
2. Canadian Blood Services as an Example of a Canadian
Healthcare Strategy
Graham D. Sher ...............................................................39
3. System-Wide Healthcare Reform: The Australian Experience
Justin Beilby, Steve Hambleton, and Michael Reid ................................63
4. The Need for a Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources
Strategy and Coordinated Action Plan
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Chantal Demers, Yvonne James, and
Emily Bray .........................................................................87
5. Toward a Coordinated Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Strategy for Canada
Francis Lau, Morgan Price, and Jesdeep Bassi .....................................111
6. Integrating Care for Persons with Chronic Health and
Social Needs
Walter P. Wodchis, A. Paul Williams, and Gustavo Mery ...................135
7. No Undue Hardship: A Way Forward for Canadian
Pharmacare
Jeffrey Dixon ..............................................................157
8. Moving Forward on Universal Pharmacare in Canada:
Should We Regulate Private Insurers in a Managed
Competition Model to Achieve Our Goals?
Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Ryan Tanner ...........................183
9. Academic Networks for the Evaluation of Health Policy
and System Performance
Gregory P. Marchildon........................................................207
10. Politics and the Healthcare Policy Arena in Canada:
Diagnosing the Situation, Evaluating Solutions
Antonia Maioni .............................................................223
11. Health Policy Reform in Canada: Bridging Policy and
Politics
Don Drummond ...............................................................237
12. If Canada Had a Healthcare Strategy, What Form Could It
Take?
A. Scott Carson ............................................................255
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