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
L’IHE dans votre poche 2017 – Guide de statistiques sur l’économie de la santé présente et divise les données les plus récentes en sections portant sur le fardeau économique de la maladie, les ressources en soins de santé, les comportements liés à la santé, l'état de santé, les…
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
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…
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
Headache Self-Management factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Headache Pain factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Medication Overuse Headache factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Migraine Headache factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Migraine Preventive Medications factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Tension-type Headache factsheet - 2013, revised 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Headache During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding factsheet - 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
What You Should Know About Your Headache - Patient Brochure - 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
On December 12th, 2016, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) held a roundtable discussion regarding the role of real-world evidence (RWE) in decision-making in Canada, with a focus on RWE generated for pricing and reimbursement. The meeting brought together 11 representatives of key stakeholders: experts in evidence assessment, payers, and those generating RWE including academia…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Gregory P. Marchildon, Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design and Professor, Institute of Health, Policy and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Associate Editor of the Health Reform Observer and originating member of the Pan-Canadian Health Reform Analysis Network (PHRAN). IHE Innovation Forum XVI – Controlling Health…
Controlling Health Care Costs – Wisely is the 16th IHE Innovation Forum, a semi-annual event bringing together senior public- and private-sector experts and decision-makers to address health care policy issues.
This IHE 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.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Asbjørn Mack, Chief Negotiator Pharamaceuticals, LIS, Norway.
6 Oct 2016 – IHE Biosimilars Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Murray Aitken, Senior VP and Executive Director, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
6 Oct 2016 – IHE Biosimilars Forum
“The Canadian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patient Charter is a way to call upon policymakers, health care providers and private payers to recognize IPF as a rare, rapidly lethal, chronic disease and to join in the campaign for greater awareness of this illness. The ultimate goal is to improve the overall quality and standards of care and ensure equal access to a continuum…
High Needs & High Cost Patients in Healthcare – How do we improve outcomes for these patients? is the 15th 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 Mr. Truman Severson, Vice President, Innovation and Business Development, Covenant Health.
IHE Innovation Forum XV – High Needs & High Cost Patients in Healthcare – How do we improve outcomes for these patients?
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Clemens Hong, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Community Health Improvement, Community Health & Integrated Programs, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services.
IHE Innovation Forum XV – High Needs & High Cost Patients in Healthcare – How do we improve outcomes for these patients?
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Richard Lewanczuk, Senior Medical Director, Provincial Primary Health Care, Alberta Health Services; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta.
IHE Innovation Forum XV – High Needs & High Cost Patients in Healthcare – How do we improve outcomes for these patients?
This PDF is a summary infographic related to the Economic surveillance for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Alberta report.
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Martin Kolb, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University.
Optimizing Access to Care for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multi-stakeholder National Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Meena Kalluri, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta.
Optimizing Access to Care for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multi-stakeholder National Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Mr. Robert Davidson, President, Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (CPFF).
Optimizing Access to Care for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multi-stakeholder National Forum
In October 2015, we held the first Canadian consensus discussion that led to provisional recommendations regarding special considerations for policy-making and healthcare decisionmaking for interventions in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The meeting included 11 representatives of key stakeholders: patients, care providers, and policy researchers from across…
On April 25th, The Institute of Health Economics (IHE), in partnership with the Canadian Foundation for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPFF) and supported by an unrestricted grant from Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. (BI), held a national, multi-stakeholder roundtable forum to discuss policy recommendations on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) care.
The IHE quality appraisal checklist for case series studies developed by a group of researchers at the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in collaboration with researchers from two other health technology assessment (HTA) agencies in Australia and Spain.
The IHE Quality Appraisal Checklist for Case Series Studies and guidance document developed by a group of researchers at the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in collaboration with researchers from two other health technology assessment (HTA) agencies in Australia and Spain.
The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) together with the O’Brien Institute for Public Health (O’Brien Institute) held a policy forum on February 8th, 2016, entitled Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration to inform decision-making regarding the fiscal sustainability of the provincial healthcare system, with a specific focus…
The IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities and Remuneration Policy Forum aims to inform decision-making regarding the fiscal sustainability of the provincial healthcare system, with a specific focus on physicians as stewards of public resources. The forum, which will also be attended by Health Minister Sarah Hoffman as lunch keynote speaker,…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. William Ghali, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Scientific Director, O'Brien Institute for Public Health.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. David Naylor, President Emeritus and Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Peter Kaboli, Hospitalist and Chief of Medicine, Iowa City VA Healthcare System.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. David Price, Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Sharon Straus, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Carl Nohr, President, Alberta Medical Association, and Mr. Mike Gormley, Executive Director, Alberta Medical Association.
IHE/O’Brien Physicians as Stewards of Resources: Roles, Responsibilities, and Remuneration Policy Forum
Acute Low Back Pain Brochure - 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Chronic Low Back Pain Brochure - 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program
Low Back Pain companion document - 2016
Link to Alberta Ambassador Guideline Adaptation Program