Program
All times are Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7).
Wednesday, March 11
9:00 am – 3:00 pm | Pre-conference Workshop Registration
9:30 am – 5:00 pm | Pre-conference Workshops
Thursday, March 12
8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast
8:50 am | Welcome Remarks
Jason Sutherland, UBC Professor of Health Services and Policy, CHSPR
Cynthia Johansen, Deputy Minister of Health, BC Ministry of Health
9:10 am | Session I |The Quintuple Aim as a Basis for Improving New Zealand’s Health System: Lessons for Canada
The opening will describe health system and policy challenges key to strengthening New Zealand’s healthcare systems, and future directions. Canadian provincial health systems share many features with Health New Zealand and there are lessons to be learned.
Chair: Jason Sutherland, UBC Professor of Health Services and Policy, CHSPR
Speaker: Dale Bramley, Chief Executive Officer, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
Respondent: John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute for Health Economics
Respondent: Damineh Ahkavan, Patient Partner, BC Primary Health Care Research Network
Followed by audience Q&A
10:30 am | Refreshment and Networking Break
10:45 am | Session II | Prospects for Healthcare Policies for Innovation and Technology
What is the role of innovation in improving Canadian health systems? Might innovation be the best path forward? Speakers will share their insights regarding innovative-based policies for the Quintuple Aim’s objectives.
Chair: Rubee Dev, Assistant Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Ibukun Abejirinde, Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Speaker: Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Chief Executive, New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation, Australia
Followed by audience Q&A
12:10 pm | Lunch
1:00 pm | Session III | Anne Crichton Lecture | The Quintuple Aim in Canada
The domains of the Quintuple Aim provide a framework for assessing health system performance. Progress on the Quintuple Aim in Canada has been slow. Dr Wodchis will provide insight into the application of the Quintuple Aim in Ontario, with lessons for all provinces and territories.
Chair: Lily Zhou, Stroke Neurologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Speaker: Walter Wodchis, Professor, University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Respondent: John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute for Health Economics
Respondent: Mylaine Breton, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Followed by audience Q&A
2:20 pm | Refreshment and Networking Break
2:35 pm | Session IV | The Quintuple Aim’s Equity Lens in Greater Focus
The Quintuple Aim presents equity as a cross-cutting theme. Where does the framework shine, and how might the health system do better for improving health equity?
Chair: Kirsten Marchand, Assistant Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Neil Arya, Chair, PEGASUS Institute and Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo
Speaker: Hayley Hamilton, Co-Director and Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Followed by audience Q&A
3:50 pm | Review and Recap
Chair: Kirsten Marchand, Assistant Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Steven Lewis, Health Policy Consultant
4:15-6:00 pm | Poster Session and Reception
Friday, March 13
8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast
8:50 am | Welcome and Recap
Jason Sutherland, UBC Professor of Health Services and Policy, CHSPR
Aslam Anis, Director, UBC School of Population and Public Health
9:00 am | Session V | Where Does the Quintuple Aim Have Room for Improvement?
Improving healthcare providers’ experience and population health are key to the Quintuple Aim. Speakers will reflect on how safe nurse-to patient ratios are essential to protecting the workforce and will discuss how gaps in provincial and territorial policies related to the Quintuple Aim continue to affect seniors’ health and care quality.
Chair: Dean Regier, Associate Professor, CHSPR
Speaker: Adriane Gear, President, BC Nurses’ Union
Speaker: Dan Levitt, BC Seniors Advocate
Followed by audience Q&A
10:30 am | Refreshment and Networking Break
10:45 am | Session VI | The Quintuple Aim – Can We Get Anywhere?
The five domains of the Quintuple Aim framework are interconnected. But implementation lags, inequity persists, and spending grows above revenue growth. Speakers will highlight opportunities for improving provincial and territorial performance on the Quintuple Aim domains.
Chair: Sabrina Wong, Professor, UBC CHSPR
Speaker: Amanda Slaunwhite, Assistant Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Speaker: Stuart Kinner, Professor, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Australia
Speaker: Amity Quinn, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Followed by audience Q&A
12:00 pm | Session VII | Against the Current: Throwing Away the Hospital Playbook (A Quintuple Aim Story)
Reimagining the supply side of health care delivery, Southlake Health has adopted the Quintuple Aim as their North Star. The highlights of their journey show a new path to delivering the Quintuple Aim’s outcomes.
Chair: Mylaine Breton, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Speaker: Paul Woods, President & CEO, Southlake Regional Health Centre
12:55 pm | Closing Remarks
Jason Sutherland, UBC Professor of Health Services and Policy, CHSPR