• COVID-19 exposed the fragility of Canada’s health system, from missed surgeries to deferred screening for life-threatening diseases.
• Recognizing the need to build a more resilient health system, a group of Canadian health leaders joined a roundtable discussion on how to turn the covid-19 crisis into an opportunity for health system reform.
• The roundtable yielded two key recommendations for immediate action:
1. prioritizing value-driven investments in health systems;
2. building on the strengths of the initial response to the COVID-19 crisis by:
• using virtual care and digital health technologies,
• optimizing measurement and data sharing for evidence-based decision-making,
• advancing public-private partnerships.

Key findings

From crisis to resilience

COVID-19: A catalyst for rapid, transformative changes

Immediate solutions for long-term recovery

The time for collective action is now

Appendix A—Methodology

Appendix B—Roundtable participants

Appendix C—Bibliography