title: Accelerating the Road to Change.
abstract: There is consensus that the Canadian health system needs to be reformed and that we are failing to achieve this objective (Romanow 2002; The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs Science and Technology 2002; Harvey et al. 2013; Lewis 2015). The authors provide a refreshing perspective on how this could be accomplished: a new model for conditional federal investment that is linked to quality, efficiency and outcomes; incentives for improvement that don't invoke dysfunctional competition; and a national system of outcome measurement. It is a well-reasoned and thoughtful set of solutions that could fit with the complex multi-jurisdictional character of Canadian healthcare. The key will be how to get there.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Director, CIHR - Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, QC.
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tamblyn
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005380:Financing, Government; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*