UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Speaker: Amanda Sears, PhD Student, UBC School of Population and Public Health This presentation will critically explore the ethical dimensions of routine pregnancy testing in acute clinical care through the framework of epistemic injustice. Using data from close- and open-ended survey questions, this talk will present the results of a thematic analysis to examine the […]

Speaker: Rubee Dev, University of BC Globally, the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality in postpartum women has increased. Women who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes have an increased lifelong risk of developing CVD. Yet, CVD amongst postpartum women remains under-studied, under-screened, and under-diagnosed. Early diagnostic testing and risk-based recommendations are required to combat […]

Speaker: Gregory Marchildon, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto Are there contemporary policy lessons which can be drawn from the history of Medicare? As the author of Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada, Greg Marchildon will explore some of the answers to this question, especially concerning the single-payer and single-tier nature of the […]

Speaker: Michael Bond, UBC School of Population and Public Health Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) is a debilitating condition that can have significant effects on physical function and overall quality of life. Treatment and management are challenging and costly to health care systems, society, and the individual as they absorb privately borne costs that are […]

Speaker: Sabrina Wong, University of BC Limited visibility into patient journeys across the continuum of care contributes to a fragmented primary, community and acute healthcare system in BC, leading to poor patient outcomes, experience and access. Decreasing fragmentation in BC’s health information through federating electronic health records and linking to other data (e.g. administrative and […]