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Panel: Recent and Planned Changes to Provincial Health Structures
November 30th, 2009 Panel: Recent and Planned Changes to Provincial Health Structures — Preparing for the Future Chair: Dr. Penny Ballem, Vancouver City Manager, former Deputy Minister of Health, British Columbia Speakers: The Hon. Ron Liepert, Minister …
Dr Maurice McGregor
June 10th, 2010 Maurice McGregor , MB, BCh, MD, FRCP(C), FRCP(Lond), FACC. Maurice McGregor trained in Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and following military service in World War ll, studied Cardiology in …
MUHC hosts first international ISAI conference on the Canadian health care system (2008)
June 15th, 2010 THE CANADIAN HEALTH SYSTEM COMES OF AGE. A framework for 21st century care. Welcome to the first annual conference of the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation(ISAI) of the McGill University Health Centre (May 28-29, 2008) The …
Simple strategies help keep your child safe
May 25th, 2010 Debbie Friedman, administrative director of Trauma Care and Injury Prevention Program at The Montreal Children's emphasizes that, "Once a trauma has occurred we will provide the best care possible." Serious childhood injuries can happen in …
Tackling the rising costs of health care
February 19th, 2010 Faced with the continual tide of new technology, our universal health care system must constantly deal with surging costs. At the same time, hospitals have to operate on fixed budgets. So how can we benefit from the best technologies …
Welcome Remarks: Dr. Zhenya Shen and Mr. Donald J. Shropshire
January 20th, 2009 Dr. Zhenya Shen Associate President and Director, Cardiac Surgery Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China Mr. Donald J. Shropshire National Director, Disaster Management, …
The Global Doctor: Scientific Medicine and Social Movements - Lecture by Dr. Richard Horton
March 26th, 2009 Dr. Richard Horton, the Chief Editor of the Lancet medical journal, delivered the thirty-second annual Osler Lecture at McGill University on October 29, 2008 The sometimes controversial Dr. Horton spoke passionately on "The Global Doctor: …
A framework for tomorrow's health care
March 30th, 2009 Panelists are asked to discuss how the information presented and the resolutions of debates could be incorporated into a renewed framework for healthcare. watch the video: Gerald Baier, Dept. of Political Science, University of British …
Closing remarks: Are we ready for action?
March 31st, 2009 watch the video: Mr. Bernard Lord, LL.B. Mr. Lord served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. On his departure from the legislature in 2007, Mr. Lord joined national law firm McCarthy Tétrault as Senior Counsel and was appointed …
Case Studies: Recent advances in Canadian health care
March 31st, 2009 Case study: The MUHC’s CHIP Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Presenters: Marla Gold, Dr. Steven Grover Powerpoint presentation (pdf) Case study: Ambulance New Brunswick Presenters: Rock Marois, Ambulance NB and Dr. Steve Bolton, New …