The IHE is pleased to receive support from Western Economic Diversification to help Life Sciences companies with promising market-ready innovations to make a stronger economic case for market access. The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is receiving $953,250 in WD funding over three years to support approximately 30 western Canadian health companies with customized economic…
Established by the President of the Royal Society of Canada in April 2020, the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 was mandated to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The Task Force established a series of Working Groups to rapidly develop Policy Briefings, with the objective of supporting policy makers with evidence…
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is recruiting to support the Health Economics team's growing portfolio of work with government and non-profit research sponsors. We are seeking candidates with experience in economic modelling, to undertake work in the design and conduct of economic evaluations in health care. We would encourage any early and mid-level career professionals…
Dr. Chris McCabe, CEO of IHE, along with colleagues Dr. Richard Gold and Dr, Aled Edwards, discuss priorities to support economic recovery post-COVID-19 in an editorial in the November 30th, 2020 Globe and Mail. The priorities identified are 1) labour market transition; 2)…
The IHE is pleased to have collaborated with global health industry leaders in launching the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence awards and to announce the 2020 award winners. The UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence Award Program has recently announced their 2020 winners. www.UnivantsHCE.com. The 2020 submissions included hospitals, commercial laboratories, reference laboratories,…
The Institute of Health Economics has two internship opportunities in our Health Economics and Industry Partnership Programs. The deadline for application is November 27th, 2020. These are made possible with support from BioTalent Canada www.biotalent.ca. Industry Partnerships – IHE Internship The focus of the internship project is on the economic evaluation of new health care…
The Institute of Health Economics has established the Health Technology Innovation Platform (HTIP): a three (3) year, $1.8 million collaboration supported by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Roche Canada, which will explore new approaches for the assessment and adoption of innovative pharmaceuticals. (NOTE: additional partner…
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 21, 2020 -- The health innovation community has one more approach towards increasing the timely and safe utilization of health data thanks to a research project co-sponsored by Health City and the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in partnership with Alberta Innovates, Replica Analytics, and University of Alberta. Unique in Canada, this project was initiated…
IHE Health Economist, Dr, Ellen Rafferty, discusses important considerations for COVID-19 vaccine distribution with Radio Canada on October 5, 2020. (see article link at bottom of page) “Decisions will need to be made very carefully and cooperatively…. (and) communications with the public will be important. People will need…
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23 November 2018 | 30 November 2018 Calgary, Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta On November 23rd in Calgary and November 30th in Edmonton, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) hosted an educational workshop designed to support both early and late stage organizations in developing an understanding of when, where, and how health economics can be used to strengthen product and business…
21 October 2018 Toronto, Ontario On October 21, 2018, Health Canada, the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), the Institute of Health Economics (IHE), and the Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics (CAPT) collaborated on Defining Decision-Grade Real-World Evidence and its Role in the Canadian Context: A Design Sprint. Held as a satellite to the…
24 September 2018 Calgary, Alberta On September 24th, 2018 the Institute Health Economics (IHE) presented a roundtable at the BIO Alberta AGM and Conference. This Roundtable provided an overview of the IHE's education series for Alberta SMEs and ecosystem partners, and enabled participants to help define the content of the series so it would be most valuable to them. Beginning…
14 September 2018 Edmonton, Alberta The Institute of Health Economics and The Network of Alberta Health Economists were pleased to present "Reflections on Balancing Academic and Policy Work," a mentorship and networking event for early career health economists (7 years or less from completion of PhD studies), with renown Health Economist, Dr. Karl Claxton, Professor of Economics,…
19 September 2018Edmonton, Alberta Realistic Medicine - Trailer Realistic Medicine is the 18th 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 18th IHE Innovation Forum Keynote Speaker is Dr. Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer for the Scottish Government.…
4 – 6 November 2014 Edmonton, Alberta The Institute of Health Economics, in collaboration with the Government of Alberta and with support from Alberta Health Services (AHS), hosted the Consensus Development Conference on Improving Mental Health Transitions in Edmonton, Alberta, from November 4 – 6, 2014. Download Consensus Statement | Télécharger la déclaration de consensus The…
3 June 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia On June 3rd, as part of the 2018 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Annual Conference in Vancouver, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) led a panel presentation on facilitators, innovators, and innovations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care in Canada. The panel, Facilitating Adoption of Innovative…
22 February 2018 Edmonton, Alberta On February 22nd, 2018 the Institute Health Economics (IHE), the Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health (CADTH), and Alberta Health presented a forum: Doing the Right Thing ... Right: Evidence Informing Clinical Decision-Making. The purpose of this event was to provide a platform for shared learning and to showcase CADTH and Alberta…
2017 The Institute of Health Economics, in partnership with numerous other organizations, regularly hosts small invitational policy dialogues with visiting speakers and Alberta stakeholders to engage in policy dialogues on important topics relevant to Alberta health system priorities. Most of these events are conducted under Chatham House rules and deliberations are confidential,…
1 November 2017 Edmonton, Alberta On November 1st, 2017, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) hosted a pan-Canadian roundtable discussion regarding diabetes care and management in indigenous populations in Canada. Participation included 49 delegates representing 34 unique organizations from Yukon, BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as several national/Federal…
22 October 2017 Toronto, Ontario On October 22, 2017, in conjunction with the 2017 Annual CAPT Conference, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) and the Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics (CAPT) co-hosted the IHE/CAPT Precision Health Workshop. Precision Health (PH) has potential to provide a wide range of solutions such as enhanced R&D efficiency, earlier diagnosis…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…