Our Research & Innovation Mandate
The increasing complexity of health and healthcare demands an ongoing focus on patients, a recommitment to research and the acceleration of the spread and uptake of research results. HealthCareCAN is committed to expanding overall research capacity, supporting the spread of innovation and advancing research in support of overall service excellence in health by:
- Advocating for sufficient funding and favourable policy for the generation and use of research and innovation;
- Expediting the spread and translation of research and innovation in collaboration with members and partners such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; and,
- Advancing national recognition of the leadership, best practice, research excellence and enterprise of members.
#SupportTheReport Campaign
HealthCareCAN encourages you to continue your advocacy efforts to #SupportTheReport. As part of our #SupporttheReport campaign, we have created a page that includes a series of ads that feature our members health discoveries, as well as Op-Eds and Columns in support of the Fundamental Science Review’s health-related recommendations. If you have discoveries that you would like us to feature in future ads, please email Alexandria Rowe.
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Canadian Science Policy Centre | April 19, 2017
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Canadian Science Policy Centre | March 29, 2017
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Part 4: What can we learn from other countries?
Part 5: Breaking the Gridlock: Healthcare Innovation Agency & Healthcare Innovation Fund
Part 6: Refocusing the healthcare system on the patient
Part 7: Innovation is everybody’s business
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HealthCareCAN | October 16, 2015
Why does Canada need an Innovation Fund?
HealthCareCAN | October 15, 2015
How does the public feel about health research?
HealthCareCAN | October 15, 2015
Poll Report: Canadians' expectations of the healthcare system
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What are the winning conditions for Science, Technology and Innovation?
HealthCareCAN | November 25, 2014
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HealthCareCAN | November 25, 2014
Related Government Submissions
Pre-Budget Brief: 2019 - Unlocking the economic potential of the health and life sciences sector
Submission to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance | August 3, 2018
Submission to House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance | August 4, 2017
Realizing the Canadian Advantage in the Health and Life Sciences
Submission to Canada’s Science Review | September 30, 2016
Submission to Canada’s Innovation Agenda | September 29, 2016
HealthCareCAN letter to the Department of Finance | September 27, 2016
Submission to Infrastructure Canada’s “INFRAconsults” for Green Infrastructure | September 16, 2016
Submitted by H10 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance | August 5, 2016
Submission to “Let’s Talk Climate Action” consultations | July 14, 2016
Submitted to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Office’s “Let’s Talk Sustainability” consultation | June 24, 2016
Speaking Notes for Pre-Budget Meeting with Minister of Finance | January 20, 2016
A submission to the Federal Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation from Canada’s Leading Healthcare Organizations | December 5, 2014
A response to the Science and Technology Consultation “Seizing Canada’s Moment Moving Forward in Science, Technology and Innovation” | February 7, 2014
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HealthCareCAN | August 14, 2015
Deferred Hospital Maintenance in Canada: There is more to ‘a building’ than building it.
HealthCareCAN | June 14, 2015
Caring for Everybody – Celebrating Successful Health Research Partnerships
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations and Health Charities Coalition of Canada | July 10, 2013
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | December 7, 2012
To Your Health & Prosperity: An Action Plan to Help Attract More Clinical Trials to Canada
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada’s Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies | March 30, 2012
Towards an Action Plan: Proceedings & Implications from the 2011 Clinical Trials Summit
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | March 30, 2012
Focus & Alignment : The Research Priorities of Canada's Academic Healthcare Organizations
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | February 21, 2012
Three Missions, One Future - Optimizing the Performance of Canada’s Academic Health Sciences Centres
AHSC National Task Force | May 10, 2010
Securing the Future of Canada’s Academic Health Sciences Centres - Environmental Scan Report
AHSC National Task Force | March 7, 2009
AHSC Environmental Scan - Description of Abstracts included in the Literature Review
AHSC National Task Force | March 7, 2009
AHSC National Task Force | March 7, 2009
From Microscope to Marketplace: Spin-Off Companies in Canada from ACAHO Member Institutions
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | May 18, 2008
Eureka! World’s First Discoveries and Other Major Medical Breakthroughs in ACAHO Member Institutions
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | March 28, 2008
Moving at the Speed of Discovery: From Bench to Bedside to Business
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | November 18, 2007
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | June 12, 2005
The Anatomy of Indirect Costs of Health Research: An ACAHO Member Survey
Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations | April 18, 2005
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Hospital News | October 1, 2016
Innovative pain treatments and therapies vastly improve quality of life for sufferers
Hospital News | May 1, 2016
Revolutionizing cardiovascular and respiratory care with new technologies
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