Health Innovation Forum

Welcome to the front lines of change!

HEALTH INNOVATION FORUM is a multi-year program that aims to promote health care innovations within and beyond the MUHC, by exploring ideas, technologies and practices that can raise the bar on health system performance. About HIF.

Connecting the best minds with the best tools across traditional boundaries to improve health care

Dr. Richard E. Scott, Director, Office of Global e-Health Strategy, and Associate Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Calgary — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

The internationalization of academic health systems: Opportunities for partnership in Qatar

Dr. Edward Hillhouse, Chief Policy Advisor on Academic Health Systems and Chief of Medical, Academic and Research Affairs, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

Bringing benefits home: Designing, deploying and bringing home effective systems

Dr. Tarek Razek, Director, Adult Trauma Program, MUHC — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

Globalization, innovation and institutional capacity: Challenges for Canadian academic health centres

Dr. Jean-Louis Denis, Professor and Canada Research Chair on Governance and Transformation of Healthcare Organizations and Systems, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

An exploration of possibilities and concerns arising from globalization

A strategic approach for Québec: Report from a discussion between Mr. Bernard Lord, Special Advisor, MUHC-ISAI; Dr. Fabrice Brunet, Director General, CHU Sainte-Justine; Ms. Lise Denis, Director General, Association québécoise d'établissements de santé et de services sociaux (AQESSS); Ms. Maria Mastracchio-Lafontaine, Co-chair, Users' Committee and Member, Board of Directors, MUHC; and Dr. Wendy Thomson, Director of the School of Social Work, and Professor of Social Policy at McGill University; Chair, Expert panel on activity-based funding.

— Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

The University Health Network's partnership with the Kuwait Cancer Control Centre

Ms. Fatima Sheriff, Director, International Health Program, UHN — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

Bringing benefits home:The cutting edge of cardiovascular disease

Dr. Renzo Cecere, Surgical Director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program at the MUHC and Vice-President of Clinical Operations at Montreal Medical International

— Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

Bringing benefits home: Quality improvement at the bedside

Ms. Patricia O'Connor, Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, MUHC — Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference

Globalization and health care: Highlights of the 2012 programme of the MUHC-ISAI

Globalization and health care: Report from the fifth annual programme of the MUHC-ISAI

Conference: Using Globalization Strategically to Expand Knowledge, Seize Healthcare Opportunities and Improve Care

Report from the fifth annual conference of the MUHC-ISAI, held November 21, 2012, at the MUHC (Montreal General Hospital)

Roundtable: Medicines, long-term care and home care

Report from the fourth annual roundtable discussion of MUHC-ISAI, held October 20, 2011 at the MUHC (Royal Victoria Hospital)

Discussion paper: Why are Canadian patients so patient with gaps in the Medicare model?

The most popular buzzwords in health care today are “patient-centred care.” But how can care possibly be patient-centred if the patient does not have a voice? “What do patients want?” is a fundamental question that should be guiding reform of the healthcare system. But it is a question we rarely ask.

Case study: Disengaging Montreal hospitals from the provision of long-term care

Transition care at the MUHC made progress in reducing acute bed blockages. The challenge now is to ensure that problems do not reappear as these patients are moved into community facilities.

Discussion paper: Escape from the treadmill of outdated health policies

Report from the MUHC-ISAI's annual Partners’ Advisory Council meeting, June 22, 2011.