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IEDM – Trois conditions nécessaires au succès des mini-hôpitaux – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
February 6, 2024 | 18 min. 09 sec. | Marceau le midi (BLVD FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist […]
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6-minute read
The Mini-Hospitals Must Be Built on Solid Foundations
Activity-based funding and the inclusion of emergency rooms and operating rooms are crucial if the Quebec government’s independent mini-hospitals project is to be successful, points out this MEI study.
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4-minute read
Pharmacists can lend a hand to our ailing health-care system
Increasing the use of pharmacists will take some pressure off of primary care physicians, benefiting Albertans who can’t get an appointment with their family doctor — or who don’t have one.
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4-minute read
Short on family doctors? Nurse practitioners can help
As part of their training, nurse practitioners learn how to assess, diagnose, and treat multiple conditions, order diagnostic tests, prescribe certain medications, and make referrals to specialists.
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4-minute read
Incentives matter in health care
The government needs to take inspiration from the Manning Report and recognize incentives matter in health care.
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4-minute read
On health care, local decisions lead to better outcomes
By creating a number of smaller regional units, as opposed to a large conglomerated administrative structure, ideas for small changes are more easily applied and can potentially generate interest and awareness higher up the ladder.
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5-minute read
Assurance médicaments: plus de gouvernement signifie moins de médicaments
Ottawa ferait mieux d’évaluer comment permettre au dernier 2,8 pour cent de citoyens non admissibles à l’assurance de pouvoir s’en procurer une, s’ils le souhaitent.
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IEDM – Les conditions de travail des infirmières – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
Report (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the MEI, on the working conditions of nurses in Quebec. Broadcast on November 8, 2023 as part of ICI Radio-Canada’s Le Téléjournal with Patrice Roy.
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4-minute read
Pharmacare: More government could mean fewer drugs
It would be better to offer coverage to those who do not have access, than upending a system that works well for the great majority of us.
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IEDM – Près de la moitié des infirmières québécoises quittent leur emploi avant 35 ans – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
October 19, 2023 | 8 min. 19 sec. | Ça vaut le retour (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]