Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years
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.
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Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years
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.
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Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years

Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years

by Leslie A. Boehm
Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years

Toward the Health of a Nation: The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years

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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.

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ISBN-13: 9780228002291
Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date: 10/22/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
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About the Author

Leslie A. Boehm is adjunct professor at the University of Toronto and a former hospital and research institute administrator.

Table of Contents

Illustrations xvi

Foreword Roy Romanow ix

Acknowledgments xi

Preamble xiii

Abbreviations xv

Part 1 Introduction

1 IHPME'S Immediate Context 3

2 IHPME'S Broader Societal Context 26

Part 2 The Deep Roots of "Toward the Health of a Nation"

3 FitzGerald: Teaching, Research, Practice, Public Service 41

4 FitzGerald: Health Policy, Comparative Health Systems 74

Part 3 The Pressure Builds: An Increasing Profile for Health

5 Health Increasingly a Provincial and National Concern 91

6 The School and the Debate on Health Insurance 104

7 Setting Context: A Rapidly Evolving Health-Care World 112

Part 4 The Need for Professional Hospital Management

8 A Diploma in Hospital Administration 139

9 A Solid Beginning 153

10 Continued Growth 177

11 A Solid Education Program with Strong Ties to the Field 201

Part 5 Transition

12 Moving on Many Fronts: 1 245

13 Moving on Many Fronts: 2 267

14 Sale of Connaught, Dissolution of the School, Move of the Department 280

Part 6 A Graduate Education Focus: Professional and Academic

15 A Master's Degree in Health Administration 295

16 A Continued Refocusing 308

17 Another Transition for the Professional Degree 327

Part 7 A Further Broadening of Focus

18 Adding Policy, Outcomes, and Expanding the Research Mandate 343

19 Once Again Moving on Many Fronts 362

20 Crystallizing the Strengths of a Seventy-Year History 374

Part 8 The Influence of J.G. Fitzgerald

21 Connections between FitzGerald and IHPME 387

22 The Legacy of FitzGerald 408

Part 9 Outcomes of the IHPME Approach

23 Range of Activity 421

24 Institution-Building 437

Part 10 IHPME and the University's Role in the Twenty-First Century

25 University-Based Policy Institutes 451

26 Communication, Impact, Public Engagement 475

Part 11 Final Thoughts

27 Outcomes 495

28 Conclusion 518

Notes 537

Index 631

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