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: 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.
Read MoreOPINION: 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
Read MoreSUMMARY: 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.
Read MoreSUMMARY: CIHI’s Report on Public Drug Spending
Before the holidays, CIHI released its annual analysis of public drug spending, and it’s worth more than a cursory examination for anyone who cares about how much money is spent on pharmaceuticals in Canada, on what and where, and how those numbers have changed over time.
Read MoreSUMMARY: Highlights from the Health and Long-Term Care Mandate Letter 2016
Released this morning, the September 2016 Mandate Letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care outlines the upcoming priorities of the Ministry.
Read MoreSUMMARY: Ontario doctors vote to reject the tentative agreement with ON govt
Members of the OMA voted on Sunday, August 15 to reject the tentative Physician Services Agreement with the Ontario government, first announced July 11.
Read MoreINSIGHTS: Ontario doctors can be at the table, or on the menu
Santis Principal Patrick Nelson writes: "A past president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) used an expression regularly when talking to doctors about the need to partner with government to design a better health care system."
Read MoreSUMMARY: Ontario Cabinet Shuffle (2016)
Today, Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled her mid-term cabinet shuffle.
Read MoreSUMMARY: Connecting the Dots for Patients
Health Quality Ontario released a report June 1 examining the results of the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Doctors in the Ontario context.
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