5-minute read
Attendre 15 minutes à l’urgence, c’est possible
Launch of a report on the health care system in Switzerland.
4-minute read
Taxer les boissons gazeuses : inefficace, voire contre-productif
Taxing soda and other junk food will not lead to lower obesity rates.
4-minute read
Anti-soda argument loses its fizz
Taxing soda and other junk food will not lead to lower obesity rates.
3-minute read
Bulk not better for national drug buys
Would a Canada-wide bulk purchasing strategy save millions of dollars on prescription drugs?
1-minute read
How Can We Prevent Prescription Drug Shortages?
The shortage of injectable drugs that Canada has been experiencing in recent months is an ongoing headache for health professionals and hospital administrators. Many surgeries had to be postponed recently and clinical treatments had to be suspended due to certain essential drugs, in particular painkillers and anaesthetics, being out of stock. The phenomenon has become so serious that last March, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health called in the main participants and specialists in the pharmaceutical field for special hearings in order to take stock of the situation.
5-minute read
Financement des hôpitaux : l’Angleterre, la voie à suivre
Hospital funding reforms.
4-minute read
Écran de fumée
Quebec hits tobacco industry with lawsuit.
3-minute read
Pay for performance prescription
Hospital funding reforms.
4-minute read
To improve health services, change the way hospitals are funded
Hospital funding reforms.
5-minute read
Make money follow hospital patients
Hospital funding reforms.