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Fri, 2009-01-16 10:12 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this Working Group is to articulate and shape issues of health care reform as well as contemplate and make recommendations for more extensive critiques and proposals for health system transformation, as may be necessary or desirable beyond the scope of traditional health care reform.

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A guide to Quantitative Methods in Health Impact Assessment

Fri, 2009-05-08 10:17 — admin

Håkan Brodin, Stephen Hodge
Swedish National Institute of Public Health, (SNIPH) 2008

Available online at: http://www.fhi.se/PageFiles/4375/R200841_Health_Impact_200812.pdf?epslanguage=en

This report is a guidance for quantitative (or numerical) analysis of health impact assessments (HIAs), when such analysis is needed. It is intended to be a complement to other guidance, published by the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (SNIPH), and is based on accepted methods from health technology assessment (HTA).

Recognition of the International Human Right to Health and Health Care in the United States

Fri, 2009-05-08 10:16 — admin

Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH Hall Render Professor of Law - Co-Director, William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
RUTGERS LAW REVIEW [Vol. 60:2 – 2008]

Available online PDF [45p.] at: http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~review/vol60n2/Kinney_Macro_web.pdf

Also at: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/instructors/Kinney/Articles/Rutgers_Law_Review_2009.pdf

PAHO H1N1 Flu Briefing

Tue, 2009-05-05 16:21 — admin

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION -WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

News and Public Information * MEDIA ADVISORY

PAHO Briefing Monday May 4 on Influenza Epidemic 2 PM (Eastern time)

WHAT: Briefing on new A/H1N1 influenza outbreaks by Dr. Jon K. Andrus, Pan American Health Organization

WHEN: Monday, May 4, at 14:00 HS (Washington, DC Time)

WHERE: PAHO. 525 23rd St. NW, Washington, DC (Corner 23rd St. & Virginia Ave)

WHO: Dr. Jon K. Andrus, Pan American Health Organization, regional office for the Americas, World Health Organization

Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians

Wed, 2009-04-29 17:08 — admin

Teams in Action:
Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians

Health Council of Canada – April 2009

Teams Should be “Standard of Care” for Canadians with Chronic Health Conditions

Available online PDF [57p.] at: http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/teamsinaction.pdf

As Canada’s health care system deals with an aging population, collaborative health care teams are an effective way to treat the increasing number of Canadians with chronic health conditions.

Managing evidence-based knowledge

Tue, 2009-04-28 12:32 — admin

Managing evidence-based knowledge:
the need for reliable, relevant and readable resources

Sharon Straus is with the LiKaShing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto,
R. Bryan Haynes is with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Canada
Canadian Medical Association CMAJ • April 28, 2009; 180 (9). doi:10.1503/cmaj.081697

Available online at: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/180/9/942

MIDIR: European Multi-dimensional Integrated Risk Governance

Wed, 2009-04-22 16:34 — admin

The MIDIR project

Chronic Disease: An Economic Perspective

Wed, 2009-04-15 16:22 — admin

Marc Suhrcke, WHO Regional Office for Europe (Venice, Italy)
Rachel A. Nugent, director of health and economics at the Population Reference Bureau.
David Stuckler, working with OxHA members and the WHO on issues pertaining to the global governance of chronic diseases.
Lorenzo Rocco, assistant professor of economics with the University of Padova in Italy.
London: Oxford Health Alliance

Web site: http://www.oxha.org/initiatives/economics/chronic-disease-an-economic-perspective

Fixing Healthcare: The Professionals' Perspective

Mon, 2009-04-13 10:27 — admin

The Economist Intelligence Unit, March 2009

“….Healthcare professionals believe that patients will play a key role in making healthcare systems sustainable, according to a major new research report, Fixing Healthcare, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Philips.

WHO and PHAC seeking input on the implementation of intersectoral action (ISA) to improve health equity

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:32 — admin

WHO and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) wish to seek your input on how Intersectoral Action (ISA) has been implemented to improve health equity in your country and on how the WHO-PHAC ISA collaboration might support increased knowledge and action on ISA in the future. We have included a few open-ended questions for your review and response.

Please send any responses to the questions (below) to ISA@who.int by 1 May 2009

The Finnish Health Care System: A Value-Based Perspective

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:21 — admin

Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
Juha Teperi, Medical doctor and health services researcher at the University of Helsinki
Lauri Vuorenkoski, senior researcher at Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jennifer F. Baron, Senior Researcher, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
The Sitra Reports - Helsinki 2009

Available online as PDF file [117p.] at:
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/Finnish_Health_Care_System_SITRA2009.pdf

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