The Santis team shares its insights on the key sectors and factors driving decisions and change in the health care and life sciences sector across Canada.

OPINION: Lower drug prices ahead, but at what cost?

Will the current drive for lower patented drug prices be the next thing to prove the old adage “if something is too good to be true, it probably is”?  The answer is we won’t really know until we consider the possible trade-offs associated with policy initiatives using regulatory instruments to push prices lower.

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OPINION: Patients First - A New Mindset

The topic of health system reform is typically met with cautious optimism at best and simmering frustration at worst.  Despite the many reasons for skepticism, I believe that Ontario’s current health reform gambit, Patients First, has the potential to bring about lasting – and even transformational – system change.

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SUMMARY: Five Things to Look for in 2017 “Health Budget”

While the 2018 provincial budget is widely expected to include a host of new spending commitments and dovetail with the Liberal Party’s re-election sales pitch, the 2017 budget is shaping up to be more defensively minded and focused squarely on neutralizing health care as a potential electoral liability in 2018.

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OPINION: Missed Opportunities to Encourage National Collaboration in Health Care

Keltie Gale, Consultant at Santis Health, writes: "Despite Canada’s “universal” health care system, the care a patient receives can vary drastically between provinces."

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OPINION: Missed Opportunities for Collaboration in Health Care

Despite Canada’s “universal” health care system, the care a patient receives can vary drastically between provinces. In order to achieve the equality of care that Canadians expect and deserve, provincial health systems need greater cooperation and collaboration and the federal government needs to incentivize these behaviours.

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SANTIS ANNOUNCEMENT: Expanding Ottawa Presence with New Senior Consultant

Ottawa, ON – April 3, 2017 – Santis Health is pleased to announce that it is expanding its national presence, bringing on Peter Cleary as the firm’s point person on the ground in Ottawa.

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OPINION: Talks between doctors and government are overdue

If the impasse between the governing Liberals and Ontario doctors was a bag of milk, it would have expired and been yanked from the shelf months ago. In fact, that relationship began to sour even before the real fight started last summer when the agreement between the Ontario Medical Association’s (OMA) leadership and the government was rejected by the majority of doctors in the province.

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OPINION: A coordinated approach to improving our mental health system

Let’s Talk. Twenty per cent of Canadians are affected by mental illness. Each year suicide claims nearly 4,000 lives in Canada. Furthermore, suicide is the second leading cause of death among Canadians under the age of 34, after car accidents

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SUMMARY: Ontario Cabinet Shuffle (2017)

Today, Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled a small cabinet shuffle to fill the vacancy left by the departure of former community  safety and corrections Minister David Orazietti.

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