2019 | Value in Canadian Healthcare

Evolution or Revolution?

31st Annual Health Policy Conference | March 7-8, 2019

CHSPR focused its 31st annual health policy conference improving the value of healthcare in Canada. Critical aspects of the conference aimed to describe opportunities for increasing value, discuss structures that support value measurement, and debate policy options for government and stakeholders.

Over two days, distinguished speakers shared their latest thinking and experiences on increasing value in healthcare, drawing from emerging research and developing health system reforms. The program also featured panels discussing the challenges to reform, such as needed measures and data, different accountabilities, implications to the delivery system, ethical concerns, payment policy, and gaps in leadership.

Finally, the conference facilitated conversations between stakeholders on how provinces can adopt the principles and actions that define increasing value from public and private spending on healthcare. Following the conference, collaborations will help develop action plans for moving the value-based agenda into practice across Canada. We expect that conference delegates will bring ideas back to their organizations and facilitate transformation towards increased value in Canadian healthcare.

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Program

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Day 1: Thursday, March 7

9:00 am | Welcome remarks

Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Peter Berman, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Mike Law, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

9:20 am | Opening keynote: What is value in healthcare?

Chair: Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Ellen Nolte, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine [slides]

10:45 am | Panel I: A system perspective on achieving higher value

Chair: John Sproule, Institute of Health Economics
Speaker: Mary Ackenhusen, Vancouver Coastal Health [slides]
Speaker: Paul Woods, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario [slides]

1:00 pm | Panel II: Modernizing for improving value – Measuring health, cost, and value

Chair: Sabrina Wong, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Ted Ganiats, University of California San Diego [slides]
Speaker: Patrick Power, PowerHealth Solutions [slides]
Speaker: Fred Horne, Horne and Associates [slides]

2:25 pm | Keynote: Comparative policy analyses for improving value – A view from the United States

Chair: Lori Last, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Speaker: David Radley, Commonwealth Fund [slides]

3:30 pm | Parallel sessions
Session I: Focus on primary care: Innovations in care delivery

Chair: Charlyn Black, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Kristen Brown, Mercy Health Physician Partners [slides]
Speaker: Ruth Lavergne, Simon Fraser University [slides]
Speaker: Kamila Premji, Western University [slides]
Speaker: Dan Niven, University of Calgary [slides]

Session II: Technology and emerging opportunities to improve value

Chair: Kim McGrail, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Kerry Kuluski, University of Toronto [slides]
Speaker: Jennifer Zelmer, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement [slides]
Speaker: Chad Leaver, Canada Health Infoway [slides]
Speaker: Michael Humer, Kelowna General Hospital [slides]

4:45 pm | Summarizing Day 1: Reflections on value in healthcare

Chair: Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Kerry Kuluski, University of Toronto
Speaker: Ruth Lavergne, Simon Fraser University


Day 2: Friday, March 8

9:00 am | Panel III: Reforming the delivery system with integrated models of care

Chair: Morris Barer, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Walter Wodchis, University of Toronto and Trillium Health Partners [slides]
Speaker: Alexandra Clyde, Medtronic Inc. [slides]
Speaker: Jeroen Struijs, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, The Netherlands [slides]

11:00 am | Panel IV: Moving the agenda of reducing low-value care forward

Chair: Michael Law, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: Fiona Clement, University of Calgary [slides]
Speaker: Noah Ivers, University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital [slides]

12:00 pm | Closing keynote

Chair: Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Speaker: P-G Forest, University of Calgary [slides]

12:45 pm | Closing remarks

Michael Law, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

1-4:30 pm | Post-conference workshop

Effective Participation in New Models of Care: Primary Care Networks and Patient Medical Homes