#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...

For several years, the adoption of new health technologies and innovations in the Ontario health system was sporadic. As of September 2025, a new system is in place to streamline the process. " The Health Innovation Pathway is a new process to bring promising innovations into Ontario’s health system faster – improving patient outcomes, driving economic growth and helping our health system reach its full potential ." Our first impressions of the new Health Innovations Pathway are that it's...