News

IHE staff honoured in 2 annual awards

May 8, 2012

IHE's Executive Assistant, Kris Schindel, has been honoured for her work with the Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics (CAPT). Kris is the first winner of the new Kris Schindel Award, which will be given each year at the CAPT annual conference as a tribute to excellence and human involvement. Kris was the Administrative Officer for CAPT from 2000 to 2011. For more information, go to http://www.capt-actp.com

Also, a reminder that the Egon Jonsson Award honouring IHE's Executive Director and CEO will be presented at the HTAi Annual Meeting June 23-27 in Bilbao, Spain. Beginning in 2010, the Egon Jonsson Award is given each year to the authors of an outstanding paper published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, the official journal of Health Technology Assessment International. Winners are selected by HTAi's Scientific and Professional Programs Committee, and receive an award that includes a cash prize of $1,000. Dr. Jonsson was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal from its founding in 1985 until 2010.

Low Back Pain Clincial Practice Guidelines Online

January 26, 2012

A comprehensive compendium of resource documents for patients and physicians requiring guidance on low back pain-related issues is now available online.

Innovation Forum VI Highlights Online

January 10, 2012

Comprehensive content from the IHE's November 29, 2011, Innovation Forum, Maximizing Health System Performance: Assisted by Evidence, Science, and Information Systems, is now available online. Click here to watch videos and see presentations from the Honourable Fred Horne, Dr. Martin McKee, Terhilda Garrido, and the other excellent presenters.

European Journal of Public Health Publishes IHE Article

December 15, 2011

An article summarising the IHE Health Economics group's recent report, "Everybody's Business," has been published by Oxford University Press in the most recent issue of the European Journal of Public Health.

IHE Report Lauded by Health Council

October 31, 2011

The recent IHE report, Everybody's Business: the Cost of Multi-Department Involvement in Public Health in Alberta, has been praised by the Health Council of Canada for taking a "leading edge" approach to health system analysis.

IHE Releases Report on the Use of Fecal Transplantation

October 25, 2011

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) group has released Fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease or ulcerative colitis, a report commissioned as part of a long-term, ongoing contract between the Institute and Alberta Health and Wellness.

IHE Executive Director Interviewed about FASD

September 13, 2011

As part of its coverage of the annual International FASD Awareness Day, CTV's Alberta Primetime invited IHE Executive Director, Dr. Egon Jonsson, to be part of a panel discussion of the socio-economic impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Alberta.

IHE Releases Addictions/Mental Health in the Workplace Report

August 22, 2011

IHE is pleased to release the final report of The Alberta Survey of Addictive Behaviours and Mental Health in the Workforce: 2009. The document's authors, Dr. Gus Thompson, Dr. Carolyn Dewa (U of T), and Dr. Phil Jacobs, oversaw interviews of 2,817 Alberta workers and 363 employers of varying sizes across all economic sectors. The final product is the result of many months of analysis and writing.

For more information, please contact:

Steve Buick
Director of Policy & Communications
Direct Line: +1-780-401-1769
Email: sbuick@ihe.ca

IHE Partnership Launches Interactive Diabetes Website

July 21, 2011

The Alberta Disease Surveillance System, an IHE-Alberta Health and Wellness partnership launched in 2006, has launched a new interactive, online mapping tool.

IHE Appearance on Alberta Primetime

June 17, 2011

IHE's Senior Policy Director, John Sproule, was a featured panelist on a June 17, 2011, Alberta Primetime story dealing with physician billing fraud. The segment can be seen by going to http://www.albertaprimetime.com/Stories.aspx?pd=2464.