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“The IHE is delighted to welcome Rob Seidel as Board Chair,” said Dr. McCabe, the IHE’s CEO and Executive Director. “Rob Seidel’s extensive experience in board governance and in leading health-related organizations such as Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions has clearly demonstrated his significant expertise and commitment to developing successful partnerships and collaborations…
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) and Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) are creating value through collaboration. The IHE and API have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the field of economic analysis and health technology assessment to support each other’s aspiration in the development of a broader, stronger, and more vibrant innovation ecosystem. “Successful…
| Dat Tran, Ilke Akpinar, Irvin Mayers, Tatiana Makhinova, Philip Jacobs
The objective of this study, published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, was to describe the trends in pharmacologic treatment for patients newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Alberta, Canada.
L'IHE, le Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal et l'Université de Montréal ont le plaisir d'annoncer la publication de IHE SÉSaMe 2019 – un manuel virtuel de statistiques économiques sur la santé mentale qui résume les données les plus récentes disponibles concernant les indicateurs ayant une incidence sur les divers aspects économiques du…
The IHE, the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, and the Université de Montréal are pleased to announce the release of IHE Mental Health In Your Pocket 2019 – a virtual handbook of mental health economic statistics that synthesizes the most current, available data on indicators that affect the various economic aspects of the Canadian mental…
The IHE is pleased to have partnered with Abbott and other global health industry leaders to launch the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence award. This annual award honours integrated, multidisciplinary clinical care teams with innovative approaches to achieve measurably better healthcare performance for patients, clinicians, payers, and healthcare institutions. The UNIVANTS of Healthcare…
The IHE is delighted to have provided support to CASA for the very popular and well-attended Dr. Roger Bland Community Lecture Series. This mini-series addressed important issues in children’s mental health, with each event featuring a keynote speaker and an expert panel to lead the conversation and answer audience questions. Each of these free events welcomed everyone to attend…
This study, published in PharmacoEconomics – Open, reports exploratory analysis of the provincial and nationwide costs of industry-sponsored drug clinical trials (CTs) in Canada. The costs of industry-sponsored drug CTs completed in 2016 were Can$2.1 billion. In addition to the creation of knowledge, these trials play an important role in alleviating the healthcare cost burden…
| Dat Tran, Thanh Nguyen, Arto Ohinmaa, Irvin Mayers, Philip Jacobs
OBJECTIVES: To examine the resource use and healthcare costs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Alberta, Canada between 2008 and 2016 and model the future costs to 2030.
Clinical research is funded by industry, governments, charities, and hospitals. It is important to know the economic commitment of the various funding bodies, but until now there has been no national source available which provides these data. We surveyed the major funders to provide such a measure. There is evidence that government and charity funding of medical research is a…
In this photo (from left): Dr. Arto Ohinmaa (University of Alberta), Dr. Mike Paulden (University of Alberta), Ryan Au (Award Winner), Ryan Fung (Award Winner), Julia Dabravolskaj (Award Winner), Carla Ickert (Award Winner), Dr. Christopher McCabe (IHE) The IHE is delighted to congratulate Ryan Au, Julia Dabravolskaj, Ryan Fung, and Carla Ickert of the University of Alberta as…
In this photo (from left): Dr. Mingshan Lu (University of Calgary), Dr. Christopher McCabe (IHE), Eashita Dabas (Award Winner), Kolawole Adedapo (Award Winner), Melanie Varkey (Award Winner), Dr. Jeff Round (IHE). Missing (inset): Anuj Sharma (Award Winner) The IHE is delighted to congratulate Kolawole Adedapo, Eashita Dabas, Anuj Sharma, and Melanie Varkey of the University of…
29 May 2019 Edmonton, Alberta On May 29, 2019, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE), the Network of Alberta Health Economists (NOAHE) and the Alberta Real World Evidence Consortium (Alberta RWE) were delighted to host Prof Annette Braunack-Mayer of the University of Wollongong, Australia, who discussed the social and ethical issues related to the collection and use of real world…
Due to positive response to the IHE’s Health Economics Educational Workshop held in Calgary and Edmonton in November 2018, the IHE is now offering an online edition – the IHE Health Economics Virtual Workshop. The IHE Health Economics Virtual Workshop is a free, online workshop for small- and medium-sized life science companies. This online course is designed to help participants…
| Dat Tran, Thanh Nguyen, Dawn Opgenorth, Xiaoming Wang, Danny Zuege, David A. Zygun, Henry T. Stelfox, Sean M. Bagshaw
This study, published in the Journal of Critical Care, explores the association between strained ICU capacity and healthcare costs, and demonstrates the admissions to ICUs experiencing strain incur incremental costs, attributed to longer hospitalization and physician services.