Tag Archives: baby boomers

Reforming healthcare funding to address the needs of our aging population Reforming healthcare funding to address the needs of our aging population
By Réjean Hébert

Funding home care and long-term care is fast becoming the main challenge of our outdated medicare system — a system developed in the mid-twentieth century for a young population that mostly required acute care from hospitals and physicians.

What kind of health workforce will be needed to serve our aging population?
By Gregory Huyer and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

We know that Canada’s population is aging. Among the many statistics that have been reported is how in 2015, the proportion of Canadian seniors surpassed that of youth under 15 for the first time. The gap will continue to widen over the next 20 years.

Time to re-think health care policy for the elderly
By Neena Chappell and Marcus J. Hollander

As the Canadian population continues to age, there is a need to revisit conventional thinking regarding the provision of health care services for seniors to ensure that the system is sustainable for all Canadians. There are a number of misperceptions in current thinking.

Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare
By Robert McMurtry

Best practices not only enhance healthcare efficiency, they result in substantial economic savings too – a minimum of 15 percent according to most analyses.

McMurtryPosterMay20.15 Putting healthcare on the federal election agenda
By Robert McMurtry

Sadly, little, if any, progress has been made in the intervening 12 plus years since Romanow — and certainly not in the area of accountability, a sticking point for many Canadians.

Putting healthcare on the federal election agenda Putting healthcare on the federal election agenda
By Robert McMurtry

While the principles in healthcare of Universality, comprehensiveness, accessibility, portability and public administration continue to resonate with Canadians, we must maintain a constant vigilance of Medicare’s performance.

Putting healthcare on the federal election agenda Putting healthcare on the federal election agenda
By Robert McMurtry

For a healthcare system to continue to serve Canadians into the future, continued vigilance and progressive change with cost constraint must be attractive to policy and decision makers. Now it’s time we heard what our political parties plan to do for Medicare.

Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare
By Robert McMurtry

In addition to timely health care, we must also establish a clear rationale for treatment in the first place. When, why and how interventions need to be undertaken should be re-examined across the country.

Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare
By Robert McMurtry

Building on the successes of best practices already established in some regions of Canada should set the agenda for the future – to enhance healthcare efficiency and quality of care at lower costs.

Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare Canada has mixed wait time results in healthcare
By Robert McMurtry

Wait times have long been a source of concern for Canadians, and in some jurisdictions, remain a significant problem. Recently the Canadian Institutes of Health Information (CIHI) released their report for 2015. There is both encouraging news and areas in need of attention.


| Next 10 »