@chsrf January 2012
20/01/2012
New for 2012-2013: Canadians now offered full Harkness Fellowship
The Commonwealth Fund, in collaboration with the CHSRF, offers a unique opportunity for mid-career professionals—researchers, policy-makers, clinicians, managers and journalists—to spend 12 months in the United States to conduct a policy-oriented research study with leading U.S. health experts. » Read more...
NWT tackles chronic disease
CHSRF has just signed on to continue working with the Department of Health and Social Services in the Northwest Territories where months of collaboration have laid the groundwork for their integrated plan for chronic disease management.
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Looking at transformation from the inside out
Sharon Bishop and Adam Mills, working as embedded researchers, are part of our exciting partnership with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health and the University of Regina Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School started this past fall. Over the three years of the project with the Saskatchewan Surgical and Primary Healthcare initiatives, the team will provide a better understanding of what facilitates transformational change and what acts as a barrier to it.
The following research reports have recently been posted to the CHSRF website:
Transformation Lessons from Disease-based Strategies: An Environmental Scan. Read the report…
Provincial and Territorial Health System Priorities: An Environmental Scan. Read the report…
Value-Based Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in Canada: Opportunities to Expand the Role of Health Technology Assessment? Read the report…
The Use of Health Technology Assessment to Inform the Value of Provider Fees: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities. Read the report…
Off the shelf
Myth: Canadian doctors are leaving for the United States in droves
There’s no doubt that Canada is losing some of its physicians, particularly to the U.S. However, when it comes to the brain drain, it’s more a trickle than a flood.
Read the article here…