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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.
Dr. Brian Ward, Deputy Director, Research Institute of the MUHC (Fundamental Science); Professor of Medicine & Microbiology, McGill University — presented November 21, 2012 at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference in Montreal
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
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
Dr. Tarek Razek, Director, Adult Trauma Program, MUHC
— Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference
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
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
Ms. Fatima Sheriff, Director, International Health Program, UHN
— Presented November 21, 2012, at the MUHC-ISAI’s fifth annual conference
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
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: Report from the fifth annual programme of the MUHC-ISAI
Report from the fifth annual conference of the MUHC-ISAI, held November 21, 2012, at the MUHC (Montreal General Hospital)
Report from the fourth annual roundtable discussion of MUHC-ISAI, held October 20, 2011 at the MUHC (Royal Victoria Hospital)
By André Picard
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.
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.
Report from the MUHC-ISAI's annual Partners’ Advisory Council meeting, June 22, 2011.