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. This event was sponsored through an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Canada, and was developed in consultation with an advisory committee including: Mr. Mehmood Alibhai (Boehringer Ingelheim…
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. This event was sponsored through an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Canada, and was developed in consultation with an advisory committee including: Mr. Mehmood Alibhai (Boehringer Ingelheim…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute of Health Economics.
Diabetes Care and Management in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Roundtable
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Addie Pryce, Director of Health, Assembly of First Nations.
Diabetes Care and Management in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Roundtable
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Hesham Nabih, President, HN Consultants Ltd.
Diabetes Care and Management in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Roundtable
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Amelia Tekwatonti McGregor, Elder and Community Advisory Board Member, Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project.
Diabetes Care and Management in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Roundtable
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Dean Eurich, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, and Kari Meneen, Team Lead, RADAR; Diabetes Care Coordinator, OKAKI Health Intelligence Inc.
Diabetes Care and Management in Indigenous Populations in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Roundtable
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Jenney Samuelson, Vermont Blueprint for Health Expansion and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP).
Health Policy Dialogues
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 and time to treatment,…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Jennifer Pillay, MSc Student, University of Alberta.
IHE/CAPT Precision Health (PH) Workshop – Integrating Precision Health into the Canadian Health System.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Katherine Bonter, Director of Intellectual Property, Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
IHE/CAPT Precision Health (PH) Workshop – Integrating Precision Health into the Canadian Health System.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Kelly Robinson, Director, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada.
IHE/CAPT Precision Health (PH) Workshop – Integrating Precision Health into the Canadian Health System.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Des Gorman, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland; Executive Chairman of Health Workforce New Zealand.
Health Policy Dialogues
This lists all the documents/websites relevant to the guideline that are available on the IHE and TOP websites, both clinician and patient resources.
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
This background document outlines the methods used to develop the Alberta Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Management of Primary Headache in Adults, which was produced as part of the Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program.
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
This lists all the documents/websites relevant to the guideline that are available on the IHE and TOP websites, both clinician and patient resources.
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
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
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…
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
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
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
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) Life Sciences Open Innovation Platform™ 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…
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
Strengthening Mental Health Services for Children and Families is the 14th 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. Stan Kutcher, ONS, MD, FRCPC, FCAHS, Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre.
IHE Innovation Forum XIV – Strengthening Mental Health Services for Children and Families
The purpose of this workshop was to examine COPD management in Canada through presentation of analyses and examples of system supports to action best practices to a select group of clinical leaders and relevant public sector decision makers. The group deliberated, and key themes and policy recommendations from discusssion were captured to form the basis of the final COPD Policy…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Irvin Mayers, Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta; Chair of the COPD Policy Framework Study Expert Advisory Committee.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Arianna Waye, Health Economist, Institute of Health Economics.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Michael G. Stewart, Director, Clinical Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Michael Stickland, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta; Heart & Stroke Foundation New Investigator.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Simon Lessard, Quebec Lung Association Board & Scientific Committee Member, Community Pharmacist.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Cathy Clelland, Head of Department of Family Practice, Royal Columbian Hospital; Consultant, General Practitioners Services Committee, British Columbia.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Stephen Samis, Vice President, Programs, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement; and Dr. Graeme Rocker, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University; Faculty, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care Canada Policy Workshop
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Neil Fraser, President & GM, Medtronic Canada, Incoming Chair of MEDEC.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Blair O'Neill, Associate Chief Medical Officer, SCNs.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Brent Christensen, Baxter Canada.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Frank Florio, BD Canada.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Xavier Nouvelot, bioMérieux Canada.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Sandy Schwenger, m-Health Solutions.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. John Simmons, Philips.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Jitendra Prasad, Chief Program Officer, Contracting, Procurement & Supply Management, AHS.
SCN/MEDEC Workshop: Partnering for Health System Innovation in Alberta
Compilation of all presentations from the SCN-MEDEC event on June 24, 2015
Better Information - Better Health: Accessing Health and Health-Related Data in Alberta is the 13th 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. Andrew Bjerring, Council of Canadian Academies.
IHE Innovation Forum XIII – Better Information - Better Health: Accessing Health and Health-Related Data in Alberta
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. William Falk, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
IHE Innovation Forum XIII – Better Information - Better Health: Accessing Health and Health-Related Data in Alberta
The federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, announced the creation of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation (Panel) on June 24, 2014, to examine innovative health care ideas and approaches that exist in Canada and internationally. The Panel’s mandate is to identify promising innovations, here and internationally, which could help Canada reduce growth…
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Prah Ruger, University of Pennsylvania.
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Siok Swan Tan, Erasmus University, institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mrs. Lesley Curtis, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), UK.
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Unto Häkkinen, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
Economic surveillance and economic assessments are important sources of information to help administrators and policy makers to track current trends and evaluate policies and care patterns. The Institute of Health Economics, in partnership with Alberta Health, held a two-day Costing Methods Workshop which helped to review costing practices by bringing together economists and other…
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Ms. Karen Lee, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mr. Michael Stewart, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mr. Ken Eng, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Eric Latimer, McGill University.
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Ayman Chit, Sanofi Pasteur.
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Ms. Michele Evans, Alberta Health.
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mr. Dan Friesen, Alberta Medical Association (AMA).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Ms. Eleanor Risling, Alberta Health Services (AHS).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mr. Anyk Glussich, Program Lead, Canadian Patient Cost Database (CPCD); Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
Compressed folder containing all presentations from the On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop hosted on January 21-22, 2015.