Healthcare in Canada: Can we fix it - and how?

JACQUES BÉDARDSiemens Canada

Christophe GuyÉcole Polytechnique
de Montréal

François CôtéTELUS Health Solutions

François Pierre GladuL'Association des jeunes médecines
du Québec

Pavel HametCanada Research Chair
in Predictive Genomics

Frank BaylisBaylis Medical Company

Jim GraziadeiSiemens Canada

Robert OuelletCanadian Medical Association

No industry in Canada can claim as visceral a role in the lives of every citizen as that of healthcare. Canada's universal access to medical care is a source of national pride, but also frustration. Emergency-room wait times and inefficient use of resources are compromising the quality of this essential service. Meanwhile, the cost of delivering health care has climbed alarmingly in recent years, claiming more than nine per cent of Canada's gross domestic product.

What can be done to remedy this vast sector and restore its place of pride among Canadians? On May 6, a group of healthcare industry opinion leaders gathered in Montreal, Quebec, to discuss these issues. Their insights offer a timely prescription for a system that is sorely in need of rehabilitation.

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