Upcoming event in 2011 — Medicines, Long-term Care and Home Care: The Impact of Keeping Them Out of the Medicare Model
The fourth annual roundtable discussion of the MUHC-ISAI will take place in Montreal on October 20, 2011.
The purpose of this session is to explore the impact of keeping medicines, long-term care and home care outside the Canada Health Act (CHA). At present, each province approaches the provision and coverage of these services in their own way, according to their resources and priorities.
The discussion will be chaired by the Honourable Arthur T. Porter, P.C. MD, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, McGill University Health Centre; and Dr. Philippe Couillard, Senior Fellow in Health Law, Research Group on Health and Law, McGill University. Participants will discuss how the different approaches to the provision of medicines, long-term care and home care impact on health system effectiveness and health equity. They will examine the potential advantages and disadvantages of bringing medicines and long-term care/home care under the Medicare umbrella. They will also look at what we can learn from the models that have evolved to see if they hold lessons for improving the way we provide services that are covered under the CHA. .
Participants include:
Dr. Howard Bergman, Associate Member, Division of Geriatric Medicine, MUHC; Vice- President of Scientific Affairs, FRSQ SIPA
Dr. Anita Brown-Johnson, Director of Transition Care, Director, Transition Care Services; Director, Secondary Care Division, Department of Family Medicine; and Medical Director, Office of Post-Hospital Care and Community Support, MUHC
Mr. Michel Clair, President, Sedna Health Group
Mr. Marcel Côté, Founding Partner, SECOR (invited)
Ms. Kathy Megyery, Vice-President, Strategy and Public Affairs, Sanofi-aventis
Mr. Alain Robillard, Senior Consultant, Mercer
Mr. Joe Sardi, Consultant, GE Healthcare
Mr. Barry Stein, President, Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada
Ms. Helen Stevenson, President and CEO, Reformulary Group
Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
If you are interested in attending the round table, please contact Susan Usher, Administrative Committee, MUHC-ISAI
If you would like to submit an article or case study, please contact us.