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New research chairholder will study Ontario's health human resources needs
02 Mar 2010
The doctor shortage, health care budgets and the number of different types of health professionals needed in the province of Ontario are examples of the issues McMaster’s new Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources will tackle.
Arthur Sweetman has been named the inaugural holder of the new position funded by an endowment from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as part of the province’s health human resources strategy - Health Force Ontario. Sweetman will join the University July 1.
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Candidates sought for new research chair in health equity
12 Feb 2010
McMaster University is seeking an outstanding researcher to assume the newly established Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity.
Candidates should be mid-career scholars leading successful research programs around the theme of equity in health services, systems and/or health, with relevant training in any of several fields such as health policy, health economics, geography, ethics or public health.
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Role of ethics in hospital policy development subject of seminar
11 Feb 2010
A project that aims to develop best practices for the ethical analysis of policies within health care institutions will be the focus of the CHEPA monthly seminar on Feb. 24.
Andrea Frolic, clinical and organizational ethicist with Hamilton Health Sciences, will lead the discussion entitled What is “ethical” health policy analysis? The roles of ethics committees in hospital policy development, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in HSC-1J8.
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Seminar to examine methods to improve health care program evaluation
06 Jan 2010
A research scientist with expertise in studying evaluation methods for health care related programs will be the speaker for the CHEPA monthly seminar on Jan. 20.
Sanjeev Sridharan, director of the evaluation program at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and an associate professor of health policy, management and evaluation at the University of Toronto, will deliver a presentation entitled Ten Steps to Making Evaluations Matter.
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New research chair to focus on equity in access to health services
02 Dec 2009
A new endowed research chair focused on health equity has been established at McMaster University.
The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity will lead an innovative research program focused on the production and communication of timely, relevant research that addresses the challenge of ensuring equity of access to health services.
Policymakers and health care providers struggle with many crucial questions as they seek to provide quality health services to Canadians in the face of limited resources. The new chairholder will take the lead in directing research that would help answer questions of particular relevance to the long-standing goals of Canada’s and Ontario’s health systems to provide equity in the financing, funding and provision of health services, to achieve equitable health outcomes.
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