Health
The Conference Board of Canada is a Canadian hub for health research and knowledge dissemination. We build on solid partnerships across the public, private, not-for-profit, and volunteer sectors to lead collaborative strategic initiatives in service of improving the health of populations and organizations, and supporting the sustainability of our health care system with a focus on meaningful patient outcomes.
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Chad Leaver
Director, Health
Chad Leaver is the Director for the Health Knowledge Area at The Conference Board of Canada, and lead for CBoC’s Centre for Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC). Chad oversees multi-stakeholder, custom, and priority research initiatives.
Unlocking Potential: Exploring Physician Assistant Funding Models and Impact Potential for Three Practice Settings
October 19, 2023
Canada’s healthcare system is facing challenges we’ve never experienced before. Physician assistants could offer a sustainable resolution to some of the key issues of this crisis.
28-min read • Impact paper
Recent Health Publications
Seven vision statements for Canada’s health ecosystem emerged from a Conference Board of Canada roundtable…
Wait times in Canada for spinal surgery that children need far exceed the recommended safe…
L’attente des chirurgies pédiatriques rachidiennes dépasse de loin les délais sécuritaires recommandés de plusieurs provinces….
This summary provides an overview of our research series examining whether Canada’s healthcare systems are…
Le présent résumé donne un aperçu de nos séries de recherches qui examinent si les…
This quality improvement project examines the utilization of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in patients with colorectal…
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Knowledge Area Highlights
Custom Health Research
Address questions or evaluations about workplace health and safety, and health care innovation.
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Value-Based Healthcare Canada
Canada’s healthcare systems are under exceptional stress. We must improve patient care and outcomes, cost transparency, and capacity to meet current needs and serve future generations. Value-based healthcare (VBHC) is an international framework that can help achieve this by focusing on self-reported outcomes and quality of life.
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