The International Centre for Health Innovation is preparing health leaders with the skills they need to identify, assess and facilitate the adoption of innovative technologies, systems and processes that our health systems need in order to be sustainable. The Centre is addressing health care’s “innovation adoption deficit” and the persistent lack of highly-trained and skilled leaders and change-agents able to commercialize innovation or effectively implement new systems and management processes in both the private sector and in our publicly funded health care institutions.
Chronicle Herald Op-Ed: “Inter-professional education key to health innovation”, by Dr. Anne Snowdon
May 2, 2012 – Health systems around the world are challenged by growing demands for services from aging populations with rising rates of chronic illness that require increasingly costly and complex treatments. They are struggling to meet these demands while undergoing transformational change that is critical for sustainability. Innovation and quality improvement are said to [...]
Minister Aglukkaq announces two new appointments to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
OTTAWA, April 13, 2012 /CNW/ – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced the appointments of the Honourable Michael H. Wilson, PC, CC and Ms. Lori Turik to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for three-year terms. “I am pleased to announce these appointments to the CIHR Governing [...]