British Columbia Supreme Court Rules Against Expansion of Private Health Care
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
“in the context of complex social programs such as healthcare where there is a need to balance conflicting interests and claims over limited resources, a high degree of deference is owed to the government… even if I had found a violation of ss. 7 or 15 of the Charter, I would nonetheless have concluded the impugned provisions are a reasonable limit on those rights and are demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society under s. 1”.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, rights
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Genetic Non-Discrimination Act upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
A majority at the SCC found that genetic privacy is part of core biographical information and as such, its protection is a valid criminal law objective… that individuals have legitimate privacy, autonomy and dignity interests in their own genetic information. They held that forcing people to undergo genetic testing and to face the results is a clear threat to these values; that genetic identity is at the heart of a biographical core of information and its protection is warranted.
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Updates on the Ontario Health Agency
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
In the past few months, steps have been taken towards expanding and further prescribing the role of Ontario Health… [and] implementing Ontario Health’s mandate. These steps include new regulations under the CCA and a number of transfer orders issued by the Minister of Health (the “Minister”). This bulletin provides a summary of the recent developments.
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A Federal Minority: The Leading Parties’ Promises on Health Care
Thursday, October 24th, 2019
With the Liberal Party of Canada… winning Monday’s federal election with 157 of 338 seats in the House of Commons, campaign promises will need broader support in order to be realized. This bulletin summarizes the positions of the top five parties… on health care topics including pharmacare… dental care), primary care, mental health and addiction services, Indigenous health care and medical assistance in dying.
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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part III
Friday, September 20th, 2019
… the Council suggests that accurately capturing patient experience in all aspects of the health care system is paramount. When assessing value for money, the Council advises the government to work to develop indicators that measure patient and overall population health outcomes against the cost of administering and delivering services in the most efficient way.
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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part II
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Much of the focus of the Report, including Chapter 2 (summarized above) is on the integration of the healthcare system. Since Part I was published, significant steps have been taken in the province to support such integration… by inviting selected groups to submit a full application to become Ontario Health Teams.
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Universal, Single-Payer Public Pharmacare in Canada: An Overview of the Proposed Model
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
This bulletin summarizes the key recommendations, which include implementation beginning in 2020; an ability for provinces and territories to opt in; new federal legislation and fiscal transfers to the provinces and territories; a $100 cap on annual household out of pocket spending; a national formulary covering essential medicine by 2022 and comprehensive coverage by 2027; and a dedicated process for assessment and coverage for expensive drugs for rare diseases.
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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part I
Friday, July 5th, 2019
This advice is responsive to certain of the issues raised by the First Report, including the Council’s finding that Ontario’s health care system is not working to its potential. Among the advice offered by the Council through the Report is a list of 10 recommendations to improve health care… grouped into the following four categories: Integration / Innovation / Efficiency & Alignment / Capacity
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PSLRTA Overhaul in the Health Services Sector
Friday, May 31st, 2019
Labour relations in the health care sector have been a clear focus of the new government… Arguably, this could lead to less union participation in health care personnel movement between entities going forward. However, given the saturation of organized labour in the sector, organized labour’s reaction to personnel movement under the new regime is yet to be seen. We would expect affected unions to do all within their power to maintain membership in the face of transfers and amalgamations going forward.
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Getting Connected: Digital Health and Information Sharing under Bill 74
Monday, May 6th, 2019
After the first year of implementation, Ontario Health Team Candidates are expected to meet the following criteria: have a harmonized information management plan in place; increase adoption of relevant digital health tools; and
have plans in place to streamline and integrate point of service systems and use data to support patient care and population health management… The backbone of integration will be the ability to share information.
Tags: Health, mental Health
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