#ontario #canada #healthpolicies #health #government Did you know that Ontario Health, the largest healthcare department in Ontario, was responsible for publishing a yearly report on the performance of Ontario’s health system? It appears, however, that no report has been published since 2019, almost 7 years. That's because it has evolved into a topic-specific performance report: https://www.ontariohealth.ca/system/reporting/performance These reports contain a trove of data and information...

#healthpolicies #management #government #health The Canadian newspaper Globe & Mail recently published an OECD comparison of MRI machines per million people, showing Canada near the bottom. While this facilitates quick country-to-country comparisons, interpreting the data without context can be misleading. The real issue is not only the number of machines but how this relates to health care access and delivery in Canada. To build on this point, while a better supply of MRIs sometimes...

#ontario #healthpolicies #cancerdrugs The FAST program announced last year if finally active in 2026 with six cancer drugs approved "fast-track". We are still trying to determine why patients in Ontario had to wait longer than patients elsewhere for the same drugs. How much time exactly has this program saved? Based on public information, in Canada, patients typically wait up to two years for new publicly funded medicines. So does the program bring Ontarians back to the same level as citizen...