Category: Comments and Notes

Colleen M. Flood, “How Do We Compare? Lifting Our Game on Healthcare Performance” (2011) Longwoods.com. The latest report on health care from the Conference Board underscores concerns that Canada punches below its weight in terms of value-for-money in health care.  Of the seventeen countries reviewed Canada recorded the fourth highest level of spending on health care, but ranked just 10th overall in the population health indicators of life expectancy and infant...

Colleen M. Flood & Lorain Hardcastle, “Kiwi No-Fault for Medical Error? Should We Try It?” (2006) Toronto Star. Courtesy of the U.S. media, we hear many horror stories about medical malpractice doctors ordering unneeded tests and procedures, astronomical jury awards, and doctors in high-risk specialties unable to pay insurance premiums.

Colleen M Flood, “New Scientific Director at CIHR – Expert on Canadian Healthcare System” (2006) CIHR Health Research News.