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"Patient Engagement & Outcomes: Taking It to the Next Level" Call for Abstracts – Deadline Extended to Friday, July 14, 2017 (midnight EST). For more information, please visit this link: http://www.capt-actp.com/conference/ CAPTs Mission is to advance population-based research of therapeutic interventions to improve the health outcomes of Canadians. CAPT brings together…
Incremental gains in science are often made by standing on the shoulders of giants. Now that scientific advancement is increasingly dependent on complex data systems (the present-day giant), robust procedures are necessary to ensure that insights from data are not obscured from future scientists and real-time users. The Society for Medical Decision Making has a long history of…
This year's ISOQOL Annual Conference will provide a platform to discuss the challenges for the field with regards to theory, methodology and implementation of results in health care policy and practice. Event Details Date: 18 - 21 October, 2017Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA For more information, please visit the following link: http://www.isoqol.org/2017conference
Keynote Speakers AHES is delighted to have the following keynote speakers confirmed for the conference: Maarten Lindeboom is a Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department of Economics at VU Amsterdam. He has been recognised as a member of the top 100 list of leading health economists in the word by Journal of Health Economics. His research focuses on microeconomics applied…
ISPOR São Paulo will examine health system reform and sustainability, patient engagement in health care decision making processes, drug development, and regulatory issues through the lens of Driving Better Health Outcomes Through Stakeholder Engagement. Event Details Date: 15-17 September 2017Venue: Hotel Transamérica São PauloLocation: São Paulo, Brazil…
The IHE recently launched the IHE Life Sciences Open Innovation Platform™, an on-going/ living, online crowdsourcing or “ideasourcing” tool, used to engage a wide range of stakeholders to catalyze policy conversations and stimulate the formation of teams to solve complex health policy challenges. Since its launch in late 2016, the IHE Life Sciences Open Innovation…
Roundtable Final Report Real-world evidence: What role can it play in real-world decision making? Summary ReportDownload Summary Report Roundtable Background Document Real-world evidence: What role can it play in real-world decision making? BackgrounderDownload Backgrounder
Episode 1: Michele Evans, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pharmaceuticals and Supplementary Benefits Division, Alberta Health Subject: Michele Evans explores questions such as the impact biosimilars has on government spending, the opportunities that Biosimilars could address, and asks the question what considerations should be made in their uptake and opens up the discussion on how…
This report provides a summary of the IHE Real-World Evidence Roundtable, which took place on December 12, 2016. The intent of the roundtable was to capture initial thinking regarding preferences and perceptions of the use of real-world evidence for pricing and reimbursement of new medicines in Canada and what more may be needed.
This forum was held in conjunction with the 2017 Annual Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) Symposium. This is the third IHE Forum on biologics/biosimilars that has been conducted, with the first held on May 29, 2014, and the second on October 6, 2016. The purpose of this forum was to gather key stakeholders from the public and private sectors, as…
This report provides a summary of the IHE Biosimilars Forum engagement exercise that took place on April 23, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario. The intent of the forum was to identify: options to categorize and consider biosimilars; a process to engage stakeholders to identify place in therapy and further evidence development that may be required; and an approach to knowledge exchange that…
IHE In Your Pocket is a compact, comprehensive, and comparative overview of the economic aspects of the Canadian health care system. It has been revised every second year since 2006. As done previously, IHE In Your Pocket 2017 includes aggregate costs, utilization and cost data for separate sectors or provider groups, population indicators, and system-wide performance indicators.…
IHE In Your Pocket 2017 – A Handbook of Health Economic Statistics includes the most currently available data, presented in separate sections on the economic burden of illness, health care resources, health behaviours, health status and demographics, and health system performance. IHE In Your Pocket was designed to provide a compact, comprehensive, and comparative overview…
Adding universal rectal screening to urogenital screening should positively impact rectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) incidence in affected populations. A dynamic Markov model was used to evaluate costs and outcomes of three rectal CT screening strategies among women attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Alberta, Canada: universal urogenital-only screening (UG-only),…
Speaker Biographies Keynote Speakers Mr. Nigel Edwards CEO, Nuffield Trust Nigel Edwards is Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust. Prior to becoming Chief Executive in 2014, Nigel was an expert advisor with KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Health and Life Sciences and a Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund. Nigel was Policy Director of the NHS Confederation for 11…
2 May 2017Edmonton, Alberta Building a Community-Based Health System: Lessons for a Path Forward is the 17th IHE Innovation Forum, a semi-annual event bringing together senior public- and private-sector experts and decision-makers to address health care policy issues. Our 17th IHE Innovation Forum Keynote Speakers are Nigel Edwards, CEO, Nuffield Trust, and Muhamad Elrashidi, Kern…
2 May 2017Edmonton, Alberta Welcome and Greetings GreetingsDr. Lorne TyrrellBoard Chair, IHEDr. Carl AmrheinDeputy Minister, Alberta Healthhttps://vimeo.com/album/4593585/video/216192193 Keynote Presentations Shifting the Balance of Care: Great ExpectationsMr. Nigel EdwardsCEO, Nuffield TrustDownload Presentationhttps://vimeo.com/album/4593585/video/216192696 Co-located, Integrated…
“Since its formation, the IHE has grown from a small research team to a global leader in health economics and health technology assessment,” said Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, Chair of the Institute of Health Economics, and Professor and Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology at the University of Alberta. “Dr. Christopher McCabe, former Research Director and…
Building a Community-Based Health System: Lessons for a Path Forward is the 17th IHE Innovation Forum, a semi-annual event bringing together senior public- and private-sector experts and decision-makers to address health care policy issues.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Muhamad Elrashidi, Kern Center Population Health Scholar, Mayo Clinic. IHE Innovation Forum XVII – Building a Community-Based Health System: Lessons for a Path Forward
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Nigel Edwards, CEO, Nuffield Trust. IHE Innovation Forum XVII – Building a Community-Based Health System: Lessons for a Path Forward
Attendees represented a diverse range of perspectives and included: public and private payers, clinicians, patient advocacy groups, and biosimilar and originator industry leaders. Speakers included: Laura McIvor, Chief Pharmacist, Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Dr. Thomas Walters, Co-Director, SickKids Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Program in Toronto; and Dr. Carter…
23 April 2017 Ottawa, Ontario On April 23rd, the IHE held an invitational forum on the topic of biosimilars in conjunction with the annual CADTH meeting. Download Summary ReportTowards a framework for biosimilar evidence and knowledge exchange – Summary report of the IHE Biosimilars Forum The meeting objectives were to: leverage a previous IHE Biosimilars Forum and share…
Summary Report Towards a framework for biosimilar evidence and knowledge exchange – Summary report of the IHE Biosimilars Forum Download Summary Report Program IHE Biosimilars Invitational Forum: Towards a Framework for Biosimilar Evidence & Knowledge Exchange – Final ProgramDownload Final Program
Biographies Ms. Julia Brown Julia Brown has been with Janssen Inc. for 14 years and is currently the Vice President of Government Affairs and Market Access. Previous roles at Janssen include National Director of Government and Community Relations, Director of Health Economics and Reimbursement, and Director of Government Relations, Ontario/Atlantic. Julia also serves as the Past-President…
12:30 – 13:00 Opening RemarksDr. Chris Henshall, Professor, Health Economics Research Group, Brunel Universityhttps://vimeo.com/album/4584047/video/215117100 13:00 – 13:15 Setting the Stage: Enabling Elements to Achieve Biosimilar ObjectivesMr. Dan Palfrey, Senior Consultant, Institute of Health Economicshttps://vimeo.com/album/4584047/video/215117153 13:15 –…
This IHE Biosimilars Invitational Forum provided the perspective of international, national, and Alberta speakers and panellists who described the biosimilar reimbursement approach taken and outcomes achieved by other jurisdictions, guiding principles and policy options for Alberta, and key performance indicators and targets for reimbursement policy going forward. Towards a Framework…
IHE to lead the economic evaluation of two major provincial initiatives The Economic Evaluation of the Nurse Practitioner Demonstration Project Last week, Alberta Health announced that four health care centres (three in Calgary and one in Edmonton) will receive an additional $10 million dollars to hire nurse practitioners, to further meet the healthcare needs of Albertans. The…
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has established a number of Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) in the province around specific health care topics (e.g., Cardiovascular Health & Stroke) and within areas where care is delivered (e.g., Surgery). The SCNs are the engines of innovation in the health system and have a mandate to find new and innovative ways of delivering care to provide…
This background document outlines the methods used to update the Alberta Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the Evidence-Informed Primary Care Management of Low Back Pain, which was produced as part of the second phase of the Alberta Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Ambassador Program. Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Using existing infrastructure to track outcomes utilize existing health IT infrastructure to track biosimilar utilization and outcomes, as opposed to creating separate national or multiple provincial patient registries Avoid non-medical switching no non-medical switching of innovator biologics to biosimilars until there is unequivocal evidence supporting its safety Robust patient…
Symposium Agenda e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta – Morning AgendaDownload Agenda Discussion Paper Information Exchange: Engaging Providers in Health Care InnovationDownload Discussion Paper
14 February 2017 Edmonton, Alberta The Institute of Health Economics and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, in collaboration with Alberta Health, are pleased to have co-hosted a public policy symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health – focused on moving Alberta towards a person-centric health system, and the need to improve continuity…
Biographies Moderators Dr. William Ghali, MD, MPH, FRCPCScientific Director, O’Brien Institute for Public HealthProfessor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Dr. Ghali is a General Internist (MD, University of Calgary; FRCPC, Queen’s University) with methodological training in health services research and epidemiology (MPH)…
Tuesday, 14 February 2017 Edmonton, Alberta 09:00 – 09:15 Greetings and Opening Remarks Dr. Carl Amrhein, Deputy Minister of HealthDr. William Ghali, Scientific Director, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of CalgaryMr. John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute of Health Economicshttps://vimeo.com/album/4434657/video/205238362 09:15 – 09:30 A Citizen's…
This symposium addressed the importance of integrated health information as a necessary foundation for improved patient and system outcomes. The focus of the symposium was to discuss the benefits and challenges of shared health information and to better understand the role that health care providers play individually and collectively in achieving more person-centred and integrated…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Annamarie Fuchs, IMAGINE Citizens, Collaborating for Health. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, President, Azimuth Health Group; Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Policy, Toronto, Ontario. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Kim Wieringa, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Information Systems, Alberta Health. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Doreen Rabi, Clinical Endocrinologist, Associate Professor, University of Calgary. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Kathleen Ness, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Service Delivery Division, Alberta Health. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Robert Reid, Chief Scientist, Trillium Health Partners, Institute for Better Health, Mississauga, Ontario. e-Health Policy Symposium – Towards “Person-Centred” Integrated Health in Alberta
The impact of digital technology in today’s world is hard to miss. Our Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets have changed the way we work, play and, most importantly, communicate. But, despite being proven to significantly improve health outcomes and satisfaction with care, health care systems have been slow to adopt the use of digital technologies to communicate with patients, and to improve…
The Network of Alberta Health Economists (NOAHE) is an exciting initiative designed to help develop health economics capacity in Alberta. NOAHE seeks to increase the access, utilization, and capacity of health economics research in the province as well as encourage collaboration between health economics researchers and policy makers. This initiative is being led by the NOAHE Working…
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) Life Sciences Open Innovation PlatformTM is an online “ideasourcing” platform to encourage a broad pan-Canadian community to comment on key issues and topics related to life science policy. Preliminary campaigns will focus on biosimilars policy. Ideas with the most support will be used to inform policy discourse at an IHE biosimilars…
Participation is easy. Once you register, you can add your ideas on biosimilar policy in key areas highlighted on the platform, comment and contribute to the ideas of others, and vote for the ones that have the most promise. Your level of participation is up to you, and you don't have to be an expert to contribute. Preliminary campaigns include: Biosimilar Policy Stakeholder Engagement…
The IHE Open Innovation Platform™ is an online crowdsourcing or “ideasourcing” tool used to collectively solve health care policy challenges. This tool encourages members to submit ideas in a structured, moderated fashion around key areas of interest. Because members are made up of a broad range of stakeholders, including patient and clinician groups, government,…
About the IHE SCN Open Innovation Platform The Institute of Health Economics, in partnership with Alberta Health Services and the Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs), has launched an online “ideasourcing” platform, called the IHE SCN Open Innovation Platform™. At maturity, this platform will engage several thousand members of SCNs and related networks to enable…
What is crowdsourcing or open innovation? Crowdsourcing, or open innovation, is the process of obtaining ideas or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community. Crowdsourcing combines the efforts of numerous individuals where each contributor adds ideas that may combine with those of others to achieve a greater result.…
IHE Life Sciences Open Innovation Platform Video About the IHE Life Sciences Open Innovation Platform The Institute of Health Economics has launched an online “ideasourcing” platform, called the IHE Life Sciences Open Innovation Platform™, to obtain input from a broad pan-Canadian community on key issues and topics related to life sciences policy. Participation…
This report provides a summary of recently published information (January 2015 to present) regarding the glucose monitoring technologies that are commercially available in North America, as well as those that are emerging within the next five years (up to 2021).
Tuesday, 24 January 2017 Edmonton, Alberta Note: For copies of presentations, please contact Isabel Salcedo at partnershipoffice@albertainnovates.ca. 12:00 – 12:10 Opening Remarks - AIMr. Reg Joseph, Alberta Innovates 12:10 – 12:20 Opening Remarks – Innovative Medicines Canada Mr. Gilles Gagnon, Ceapro Inc. 12:20 – 12:30 Engagement Objectives & StructureMr.…
Speaker Biographies Ms. Anne BabineauDirector, Prairies, Innovative Medicines Canada Anne is the Director, Prairies with Innovative Medicines Canada and works with key partners and stakeholders to advocate for an improved environment for the research-based pharmaceutical industry so that research and development activities in Canada can continue to develop new medicines and vaccines…
24 January 2017 Edmonton, Alberta This event was a first meeting of the SCNs and the Canadian innovative pharmaceutical industry (Innovative Medicines Canada and members). The event was held in Edmonton on January 24, 2017 and was hosted by Alberta Innovates, in partnership with Alberta Health Services/SCNs, Innovative Medicines Canada, and the Institute of Health Economics. The…
Summary Report Partnering for a Healthier Alberta – Summary Report from SCN/Innovative Medicines Canada Engagement Held January 24th, 2017Download Summary Report
Thursday, 19 January 2017 Edmonton, Alberta Please click the following link to watch the recorded webcast: Event Webcast 08:15 – 08:30 Opening Greetings and Remarks Dr. Carl Amrhein, Deputy Minister of Healthhttps://vimeo.com/album/4374633/video/201377972 08:30 – 10:30 Session 1 Opening Addresses: High Performing Health Systems: Measuring and Managing Dr. Reinhard…
Forum Program Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics – Final ProgramDownload Program
Speaker Biographies Dr. Carl Amrhein Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Carl Amrhein was appointed Deputy Minister, Alberta Health on August 4, 2015. Prior to this, he was the Official Administrator for Alberta Health Services and served as Provost for the University of Alberta from 2003 to 2014 Dr. Francois Belanger Vice President, Quality and Chief Medical Officer for Alberta Health…
19 January 2017 Edmonton, Alberta The Value in Health Invitational Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics was intended to provide an overview from provincial, national, and international leaders around key issues to consider and address from a system perspective when developing an approach to extract value from a complex health system. The concept of system organization for a)…
The Value in Health Invitational Forum provided an overview from provincial, national, and international leaders around key issues to consider and address from a system perspective when developing an approach to extract value from a complex health system. The concept of system organization for a) development of standards, b) accountability arrangements and roles, and c) approaches…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Francois Belanger, Vice President, Quality and Chief Medical Officer for Alberta Health Services, and Dr. Blair O'Neill, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Strategic Clinical Networks, Alberta Health Services. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Reinhard Busse, Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology; Co-founder, European Observatory on Health Systems. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Andreas Laupacis, Chair, Health Quality Ontario. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Tim Gardner, Senior Policy Fellow, Health Foundation. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Murray Ross, Vice President and Lead, Kaiser Health Policy Institute, Kaiser Permanente. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Robert Nesse, Senior Medical Advisor, Healthcare Policy and Payment Reform for Mayo Clinic. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Meredith Rosenthal, Professor of Economics and Associate Dean, School of Public Health, Harvard University. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Richard Glazier, Senior Core Scientest and Chair of the Primary Care and Population Health Program at ICES. Value in Health Forum: Standards, Quality, and Economics
The Liberal government committed to making mental health services more accessible. Housing funding was increased in the last budget, but now commitment to comprehensive home care for the severely mentally ill and access to primary care treatments for common mental disorders are needed.
The Institute of Health Economics sponsored Dr. Arne Ohlsson and Dr. Prakeshkumar Shah to write this book to inform the May 2007 Consensus Development Conference on Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies: How to Prevent Low Birth Weight. The book provides a synopsis of the research evidence on the determinants and prevention of preterm/low birth weight births. This book is a synopsis (an…
Speaker Biographies Speakers Dr. Tom Feasby Dr. Tom Feasby has been Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary since 2007. Previously he was Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Capital Health and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He is a practicing neurologist and a health services researcher, who studies the appropriateness…
2 December 2008Edmonton, Alberta Greetings Alberta Health and Wellness Introduction to the IHE Forum Lorne Tyrrell, IHE Board Chair and CIHR/GSK Chair in VirologyDownload Presentation Comparative Effectiveness in Health Care Gail Wilensky, PhD, Economist and Senior Fellow, Project HOPEDownload Presentation Investing in Innovation - Impact of Comparative Effectiveness…
2 December 2008 Edmonton, Alberta In December 2008, the Institute of Health Economics launched a series of semi-annual innovation forums whose goal is to bring together senior public and private sector decision-makers to address policy issues of importance in the health care system, not just in Alberta, but to all of Canada and the international community, as well. Emceed by Andy…
In December 2008, the Institute of Health Economics launched a series of semi-annual innovation forums whose goal is to bring together senior public and private sector decision-makers to address policy issues of importance in the health care system, not just in Alberta, but to all of Canada and the international community, as well. Emceed by Andy Greenshaw, Associate Vice President…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, IHE Board Chair and CIHR/GSK Chair in Virology. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Gail Wilensky, Economist and Senior Fellow, Project HOPE. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Newell McElwee, Pfizer, VP, Evidence-Based Strategies. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Stuart McLeod, VP, Provincial Health Services Authority, British Columbia. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Terry Klassen, U of A, Faculty of Medicine. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Tom Feasby, Dean of Medicine, University of Calgary. IHE Innovation Forum I - Paying for What Works
The purpose of this report is to update an earlier HTA report published in 2003. This report examines the newly published clinical research evidence on the safety and efficacy/effectiveness of islet transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients who have severe hypoglycemia episodes or hyperglycemia unawareness but are without kidney failure. The main clinical efficacy/effectiveness…
Canadian Health – Special Educational Supplement In one way or another, depression will eventually touch us all. Whether you are a friend, colleague or caregiver of a person diagnosed with depression, you are likely aware of the often debilitating impact this condition can have on people’s lives.
Santé Canadien– Dossier d’Information Complémentaire Chacun d’entre nous sera, un jour ou l’autre, touché de près ou de loin par la dépression. Que vous soyez l’ami, le collègue de travail ou l’aidant naturel d’une personne atteinte de dépression, vous êtes probablement au courant des…
This report presents summary information on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in Alberta, with comparison to the use of these diagnostic imaging technologies in other jurisdictions. The aims of the report are to: illustrate the capacity in Alberta to diagnose and manage health problems with the help of these important technolgies compare the numbers,…
The mental health economics literature review shows that about one third of the articles found in the search did not include any or just minimal economic information. The database of 4005 references can be used to analyze the mental health economic literature e.g. by diagnosis, type of economic analysis, treatment, publication year, and targeted population.
The Consensus Statement on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment was produced by a panel of experts led by the Hon. Michael Kirby Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada. This consensus statement was prepared by an independent panel of health professionals, academics, and public representatives based on: presentations by and questioning of experts…
L’honorable Michael Kirby (président de la Commission de la santé mentale du Canada) a présidé un éminent panel de citoyens et d’experts pour formuler des recommandations pratiques sur la façon d’améliorer la prévention, le diagnostic et le traitement des troubles dépressifs chez…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Harold A. Sackeim, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; Emeritus Chief, Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Raymond W. Lam, Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia; Director, Mood Disorders Centre of Excellence, University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Patrick Corrigan, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Thomas Ungar, Chief of Psychiatry, North York General Hospital. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. David J. A. Dozois, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Western Ontario. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Glen Baker, Professor and Vice-Chair (Research) and Director, Neurochemical Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Sidney H. Kennedy, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, University Health Network, University of Toronto; Founding Chair, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT). Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Scott B. Patten, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Angus H. Thompson, Department of Psychiatry and Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research, University of Alberta; Research Associate, Institute of Health Economics. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Program Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Final Program (510 KB) Download Program Consensus Statement Consensus Statement on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment (275 KB) Download Consensus Statement Déclaration commune sur la dépression…
Wed 15 Oct 2008 | Thurs 16 Oct 2008 | Fri 17 Oct 2008 Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Final Program Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:15 – 08:30 Opening Remarks 08:30 – 09:00 Question 1: What is depression and how common is it? Depressive disorders, symptoms, prevalence, and incidence (1.8 MB)Scott B. Patten MD FRCPC…
15 – 17 October 2008 Calgary, Alberta The Institute of Health Economics (IHE), in collaboration with the Alberta Depression Initiative Project, Alberta Health and Wellness, the Alberta Mental Health Board and the Mental Health Commission of Canada organized a Consensus development conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment in Calgary,…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Scott B. Patten, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Eldon R. Smith, Emeritus Professor, University of Calgary; Chair, Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Lauren Brown BScPharm MSc ACPR, PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, University of Alberta. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Zorianna Hyworon, Chief Executive Officer, InfoTech Inc. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Philip Jacobs, Director, Research Collaborations, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Sidney H. Kennedy, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, University Health Network, University of Toronto; Founding Chair, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT). Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Vincent Felitti, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California; Founding Chair of Preventative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Nady el-Guebaly, Professor and Head, Addiction Division, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary; Medical Director, Addiction Program & Centre, Alberta Health Services/Calgary Health Region. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. David L. Streiner, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Assistant Vice President, Research Director, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. June Bergman, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Raymond W. Lam, Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia; Director, Mood Disorders Centre of Excellence, University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Keith Dobson, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Calgary; Executive Director, Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology; President-Elect, Academy of Cognitive Therapy; President-Elect, International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Janet M. de Groot, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Oncology and Associate Dean, Equity and Teacher-Learner Relations, University of Calgary. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Dan Bilsker, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Consensus Development Conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE), in collaboration with the Alberta Depression Initiative Project, Alberta Health and Wellness, the Alberta Mental Health Board and the Mental Health Commission of Canada organized a Consensus development conference on Depression in Adults: How to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment in Calgary, Alberta in October 2008. The main objective…
How much should we spend on mental health? provides an overview of the various approaches that have been used to answer the question of health spending, applied to the mental health context. Estimates using several of the approaches are provided. Information Specialists: Trish Chatterley, Liz Dennett
Discussing all aspects of chronic pain management, this is the second volume of the new book series on health care and disease management, published with the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. The authors provide an introduction into the history, pathophysiology, ethics and epidemiology of chronic pain before covering the different aspects of treating chronic…
The Importance of Measuring Health Related Quality of Life report provides an overview of health-related quality of life (HRQL) measurement to facilitate and understanding of such measures to be used in both clinical practice and research. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) measures have been widely used in health research in recent years and have been the endpoint in many clinical…
IHE In Your Pocket (IHE IYP) presents a bird’s eye view of the economic aspects of the Canadian healthcare system with international comparisons. IHE IYP 2008 has been reorganized and expanded, and includes the most currently available data. Topics are presented related to resources first, addressing in turn economic burden of illness, expenditures, physical resources, prices,…
Effective Dissemination of Findings from Research contains essays resulting from a workshop on effective dissemination of findings from research organized by the Institute of Health Economics. The publication is intended as one of the many available resources on dissemination of research findings for those interested in the subject. Chapter 3 of this report originally appeared…
Abstract: Health technology assessments (HTAs) are an as yet unexploited source of comprehensive, systematically generated information that could be used by research funding agencies to formulate researchable questions that are relevant to decision-makers. We describe a process that was developed for distilling evidence gaps identified in HTAs into researchable questions…
This rapid assessment addressed a request to assess the published research evidence on how the ActimTM Partus test compares to the TliIQ® System in terms of diagnostic accuracy, clinical utility, and costs when added to preterm labour management in symptomatic women with intact membranes.
Air ambulance transportation with capabilities to provide advanced life support. The objective of this report is to present and synthesize the available published research evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of air ambulance transportation (helicopters) with on-board capabilities of advanced life support (ALS). The intent is to use this evidence to inform…
Discussing issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Alberta, Canada. Starting with various funding methods, it also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues. This book is of interest to medical and allied…
Risk assessment tools for predicting recidivism of spousal violence. The objective of this report is to assess the research evidence on the inter-rater reliability and predictive validity of various risk assessment instruments in predicting male-to-female spousal violence recidivism and lethality in those males who had contact with the police system. Information Specialist: Liz…
The role of rapid fetal fibronectin assay in the management of spontaneous preterm labour The objective of this report is to evaluate the added value of using fetal fibronectin (Rapid fFN for the TLiTM System, referred to here as the rapid fFN assay) to diagnose spontaneous preterm labour (PTL) in symptomatic women, which is the only fFN detection modality currently available in…
