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Exploring models for health workforce planning

The health of British Columbians has continued to improve over the past decade, with gains in healthadjusted life expectancy and a gradual decrease in the gap between the life expectancy of women and men.(1) These gains in health status have come, in part, as a result of provincial efforts to strengthen ...

Empowering caregivers to deliver home-based restorative care

Canada, like most high-income countries, is experiencing an aging population, with those over 65 being on track to represent 25% of the Canadian population by 2050. This shift in population demographics is requiring significant changes in the delivery of health and social services including an increased ...

The implementation of the bioequivalence certification policy in Chile: an analysis of market authorization data

PLoS One; 14 (5), 2019
Affordability is a key barrier to access to medicines. Generic medicines policies can address this barrier and promote access. Successful uptake of generic medicines depends, in part, on ensuring that these products are interchangeable with reference products. Typically, bioequivalence certification is e...

Examining the efficiency and effectiveness of ontario’s health workforce regulatory system

The regulation and oversight of the health professionals responsible for providing care to patients in Ontario is an important mechanism to ensure patients receive the highest-quality care possible (e.g., by setting the standards that professionals need to meet in their practice) while mitigating, to the...

Using multi-source feedback and other practice assessments for quality assurance in nursing

Under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 every regulatory college in Ontario is expected to establish a quality-assurance program to ensure the ongoing quality of each profession’s practice....

Workshop for priority-setting in Aedes aegypti control interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean: a policy dialogue

This article presents the results of a dialogue between decision-makers and experts in Latin America and the Caribbean on priority-setting for interventions and studies on Aedes aegypti control. The article is part of a project that included a systematic review of mosquito control strategies and a qualit...

Evidence brief: supporting rapid learning and improvement across Ontario's health system

Ontario has both a health system and a research system that are increasingly aiming to support rapid learning and improvement. Yet, Ontario's health system still faces complex challenges, such as reducing emergency-room wait times, ending hallway medicine, improving support for people with mental health ...

What is the evidence on availability and integration of refugee and migrant health data in health information systems in the WHO European Region? Themed issues on migration and health, X

The Health Evidence Network (HEN) is an information service for public health decision-makers in the WHO European Region, in action since 2003 and initiated and coordinated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe under the umbrella of the WHO European Health Information Initiative (a multipartner network c...

What are the roles of intercultural mediators in health care and what is the evidence on their contributions and effectiveness in improving accessibility and quality of care for refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region?

Intercultural mediators are employed to resolve linguistic and cultural barriers in a variety of health-care contexts. This report examines the main roles performed by intercultural mediators in health care across the WHO European Region and analyses evidence on their effectiveness in improving accessibi...