#health #healthpolicy #ontario #kpi #healthmanagement #ethics Ontario Health has retired the public tracking of “hallway health care” patients from its annual reports, ending reporting on care delivered in unconventional spaces such as emergency department hallways or on stretchers. This metric had climbed from an average of 1,326 patients per day in 2022-23 to 1,390 in early 2024, with peaks above 1,860 in January 2024, reflecting ongoing hospital overcrowding well after the pandemic peak....

#healthpolicy #ontario #hospitals #innovatech #healthtech #healthmanagement Ontarians are expecting improvement in healthcare every day. This improvement is created by the industry, in partnership with health centers and universities. Taxpayers, stakeholders, and patients expect quality, and this quality must be generated somewhere. Generic answers to questions about driving health policy and innovation in Ontario, such as "a combination of strong government policy and funding," often...

#ontario #canada #healthpolicies #health #government Did you know that Ontario Health, the largest healthcare department in Ontario, was responsible for publishing a yearly report on the performance of Ontario’s health system? It appears, however, that no report has been published since 2019, almost 7 years. That's because it has evolved into a topic-specific performance report: https://www.ontariohealth.ca/system/reporting/performance These reports contain a trove of data and information...