Managing a Canadian healthcare strategy /

"Canada's fragmented healthcare system is one of the most expensive among the OECD countries, yet the quality of its performance is mediocre at best. Canada lacks a system-wide healthcare strategy that brings together the many individual federal/provincial/territorial strategies into a com...

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Other Authors: Carson, A. Scott (Editor), Nossal, Kim Richard (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kingston, Ontario : Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University ; McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016
Series:Queen's policy studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • From performance measurement to performance management / Jeremy Veillard, Keith Denny, Brenda Tipper, and Niek Klazinga
  • Targeting improvements through local health performance reporting : the Australian experience / Adam Cresswell and Diane Watson
  • International experience with health system performance assessment / Peter C. Smith
  • Harnessing patients' voices for improving the healthcare system / Sabrina T. Wong and Julia M. Langton
  • Patient engagement for healthcare system change / Monica C. LaBarge, Jay M. Handelman, and Alex Mitchell
  • Engaging patients and the public in planning for care and driving healthcare reforms / Réjean Hébert
  • The role of the private sector in Canadian healthcare : accountability, strategic alliances, and governance / A. Scott Carson
  • Healthcare professionals as agents of change / Christopher S. Simpson, Karima A. Velji, Lisa Ashley and Owen Adams
  • Clearing the way : beyond the roadblocks to healthcare reform / Neale Smith and Harvey Lazar
  • An action plan for reforming healthcare in Canada / Don Drummond and Tabitha Calder.