Health Canada wants more funds from pharma

To Suggest More Funds , Profs , For History

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Who wants to pay for health care?

How could ORs benefit from the government's health IT funds?

The federal government is providing $19 billion in grants and loans for health information technology (IT). Will ORs be able to capture some of the funding to improve their systems? The funding comes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama in February 2009. Financial incentives will be available to hospitals and physicians to promote health IT, particularly th...

Good pharma? Bad pharma? Better pharma.

Health care reform: lessons from Canada.

Although Canadian health care seems to be perennially in crisis, access, quality, and satisfaction in Canada are relatively high, and spending is relatively well controlled. The Canadian model is built on a recognition of the limits of markets in distributing medically necessary care. Current issues in financing and delivering health care in Canada deserve attention. Key dilemmas include interg...