Toward the health of a nation : the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation - the first seventy years / Leslie A. Boehm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boehm, Leslie A., 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Toronto. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation--History.

University of Toronto.

Graduate students--Education--History--Ontario--Toronto.

Graduate students.

Medical policy--History--Ontario--Toronto--Study and teaching (Graduate).

Medical policy.

University of Toronto--History--Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (673 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal & Kingston, Canada ; London, England ; Chicago, Illinois : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Canadians view their healthcare--recognized throughout the world as an exemplary system--as iconic and integral to their identity. In Toward the Health of a Nation Leslie Boehm recounts the first seventy years in the life of one of the foundations of Canada's healthcare system, the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Boehm--a graduate of IHPME, and an instructor there throughout his career--charts the institute's history from its inception in 1947 as the Department of Hospital Administration to the present day. The first program of its kind in Canada, and one of the few in the world, the school was founded at a time when the issue of healthcare was becoming a significant part of national and provincial discussions and policies. Initially concentrating on hospital management and professional degrees, it has expanded to offer academic degrees and facilitate important research into health systems, policies, and outcomes. In Toward the Health of a Nation Boehm demonstrates the excellence of the program, its faculty, and its graduates, as well as their accomplishments in major government initiatives and royal commissions. In the seventy years since IHPME's inception healthcare has grown to become a major part of government and business activity, and it will only increase in coming years. An in-depth history of a major program in graduate health education, Toward the Health of a Nation highlights how important healthcare is to a modern, functional society."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preamble

Abbreviations

Illustrations

Introduction

IHPME’s Immediate Context

IHPME’s Broader Societal Context

The Deep Roots of “Toward the Health of a Nation”

FitzGerald: Teaching, Research, Practice, Public Service

FitzGerald: Health Policy, Comparative Health Systems

The Pressure Builds: An Increasing Profile for Health

Health Increasingly a Provincial and National Concern

The School and the Debate on Health Insurance

Setting Context: A Rapidly Evolving Health-Care World

The Need for ProfessionalHospitalManagement

A Diploma in Hospital Administration

A Solid Beginning

Continued Growth

A Solid Education Program with Strong Ties to the Field

Transition

Moving on Many Fronts: 1

Moving on Many Fronts: 2

Sale of Connaught, Dissolution of the School, Move of the Department

A Graduate Education Focus

A Master’s Degree in Health Administration

A Continued Refocusing

Another Transition for the Professional Degree

A Further Broadening of Focus

Adding Policy, Outcomes, and Expanding the Research Mandate

Once Again Moving on Many Fronts

Crystallizing the Strengths of a Seventy-Year History

The Influence of J.G. FitzGerald

Connections between FitzGerald and IHPME

The Legacy of FitzGerald

Outcomes of the IHPME Approach

Range of Activity

Institution-Building

IHPME and the University’s Role in the Twenty-First Century

University-Based Policy Institutes

Communication, Impact, Public Engagement

Final Thoughts

Outcomes

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228002291

022800229X

9780228002284

0228002281

OCLC:

1157317479