Toward the health of a nation : the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation - the first seventy years

An engaging account of one of the foundations of Canada's health system. An engaging account of one of the foundations of Canada's health system. Cover TOWARD THE HEALTH OF A NATION Title Copyright Dedication Contents Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Preamble Abbreviations PART ONE • INTRODUCTION 1 IHPME’S Immediate Context 2 IHPME’S Broader Societal Context PART TWO • THE DEEP ROOTS OF “TOWARD THE HEALTH OF A NATION” 3 FitzGerald: Teaching, Research, Practice, Public Service 4 FitzGerald: Health Policy, Comparative Health Systems PART THREE • THE PRESSURE BUILDS: AN INCREASING PROFILE FOR HEALTH 5 Health Increasingly a Provincial and National Concern 6 The School and the Debate on Health Insurance 7 Setting Context: A Rapidly Evolving Health-Care World PART FOUR • THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT 8 A Diploma in Hospital Administration 9 A Solid Beginning 10 Continued Growth 11 A Solid Education Program with Strong Ties to the Field PART FIVE • TRANSITION 12 Moving on Many Fronts: 1 13 Moving on Many Fronts: 2 14 Sale of Connaught, Dissolution of the School, Move of the Department PART SIX • A GRADUATE EDUCATION FOCUS: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC 15 A Master’s Degree in Health Administration 16 A Continued Refocusing 17 Another Transition for the Professional Degree PART SEVEN • A FURTHER BROADENING OF FOCUS 18 Adding Policy, Outcomes, and Expanding the Research Mandate 19 Once Again Moving on Many Fronts 20 Crystallizing the Strengths of a Seventy-Year History PART EIGHT • THE INFLUENCE OF J.G. FITZGERALD 21 Connections between FitzGerald and IHPME 22 The Legacy of FitzGerald PART NINE • OUTCOMES OF THE IHPME APPROACH 23 Range of Activity 24 Institution-Building PART TEN • IHPME AND THE UNIVERSITY’S ROLE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 25 University-Based Policy Institutes 26 Communication, Impact, Public Engagement PART ELEVEN • FINAL THOUGHTS 27 Outcomes 28 Conclusion Notes Index "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 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.