Spotlight

June 05, 2026

Quinn & Brennand discuss Prioritizing Gynecologic Surgery to Improve Health System Performance

Gynecologic surgery is undervalued in Canada, driving long wait times and inequitable experiences for patients and women surgeons. The authors identify structural gender bias in reimbursement, scheduling and innovation, and propose five system-level strategies to improve efficiency, access and equity. Full article in Healthcare Policy

Events

Friday, June 12, 2026  - Toronto, Ontario Leadership Discussion

Building on Progress: Charting the Future of Canada's Rare Disease Strategy

Durhane Wong-Rieger, President and CEO, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD),
Dr. Rebeccah Marsh, Senior Director, Strategy, Innovation, and Outreach, Institute of Health Economics,
Dr. Cheryl Greenberg, Healthcare Professional and Clinician Scientist, Interim Co-CEO, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba,
Alexandre White-Brown, Clinical Genetic Counsellor, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and ThinkRare and
Moderator: Karen Heim, General Manager, Alexion Canada

Articles

News

Jun 11, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
FIFA World Cup begins today. Here’s how Toronto healthcare workers prepared

2026-06-11 from globalnews.ca s people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors an [...]

Jun 10, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Eye masks and ear plugs: Pilot project underway as hallway medicine common in B.C. hospitals

2026-06-10 from ctvnews.ca A Metro Vancouver hospital has begun offering earplugs and eye masks to patients stuck in hospital hallways and policymakers are now considering doing the same at more site [...]

Jun 10, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
A new look at the mental health impacts of working from home

2026-06-10 from ctvnews.ca Remote work comes with perks, including time saved commuting and fewer interruptions. Online search traffic, recent surveys, court cases and union fights against return-to [...]

Editor's Picks

Healthcare Policy
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This paper argues that improving surgical outcomes while controlling costs requires viewing surgery as one step within a full episode of care, from pre-operative optimization through post-operative recovery. We contend that Canada's current fee-for-service and block-funding models fragment this continuum, reward volume over value and misalign incentives between ministries, hospitals and surgeons. Drawing on agency theory and international bundled-payment experience, we propose an episode-of-care [...]