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June 05, 2026Quinn & Brennand discuss Prioritizing Gynecologic Surgery to Improve Health System Performance
Gynecologic surgery is undervalued in Canada, driving long wait times and inequitable experiences for patients and women surgeons. The authors identify structural gender bias in reimbursement, scheduling and innovation, and propose five system-level strategies to improve efficiency, access and equity. Full article in Healthcare Policy
Events
Building on Progress: Charting the Future of Canada's Rare Disease Strategy
Durhane Wong-Rieger, President and CEO, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD),
Dr. Rebeccah Marsh, Senior Director, Strategy, Innovation, and Outreach, Institute of Health Economics,
Dr. Cheryl Greenberg, Healthcare Professional and Clinician Scientist, Interim Co-CEO, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba,
Alexandre White-Brown, Clinical Genetic Counsellor, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and ThinkRare and
Moderator: Karen Heim, General Manager, Alexion Canada
Featured Articles
Unlocking Surgical Capacity Through Collectable Time: A Multi-Level Policy Framework for Canadian Health Systems
A Journey of Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing in an Urban Integrated Youth Service in Manitoba
Beyond Silos and Perpetual Pilots: Data as the Catalyst for Canada’s Healthcare Innovation Revolution
Articles
TOCSIN: A Proposed Dashboard of Indicators to Control Healthcare-Associated Infections
A Case Study: The Initiative to Improve RN Scheduling at Hamilton Health Sciences
Growing Practice Specialists in Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Recruitment with a Nursing Residency Program
Healthy Workplaces and Teamwork for Healthcare Workers Need Public Engagement
Inter-facility Patient Transfers in Ontario: Do You Know What Your Local Ambulance Is Being Used For?
"Avoidable" Emergency Department Transfers from Long-Term Care Homes: A Brief Review
The Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Alcohol Consumption among Urban Chinese
Master's-Prepared Novice? Commentary from a New Master's-Prepared Graduate
News
CNA Brings 'Power of Nurses' to Winnipeg for National Conference
June 2, 2026 (Ottawa, Ontario) — The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) will host the CNA Conference 2026 from September 21–23, 2026, at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg — the first [...]
Vast majority of Canadians want health system changes: survey
2026-06-02 from ctvnews.ca With concerns about long wait times and staffing shortages, more than nine in 10 Canadians want to see widespread health-care system changes, according to a new survey by N [...]
The Canadian Dental Care Plan is expanding, but access challenges remain
2026-06-01 from durhampost.ca Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system has long been considered one of the defining pillars of the country, yet dental care has historically existed outside th [...]
Editor's Picks
This paper argues that improving surgical outcomes while controlling costs requires viewing surgery as one step within a full episode of care, from pre-operative optimization through post-operative recovery. We contend that Canada's current fee-for-service and block-funding models fragment this continuum, reward volume over value and misalign incentives between ministries, hospitals and surgeons. Drawing on agency theory and international bundled-payment experience, we propose an episode-of-care [...]
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