Toward the Health of a Nation

The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation - The First Seventy Years

Leslie A. Boehm

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780228002291
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Policy

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Illustrations follow
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preamble
• Abbreviations
• Part One • Introduction
• Part Two • The Deep Roots of “Toward the Health of a Nation”
• Part Three • The Pressure Builds: An Increasing Profile for Health
• Part Four • The Need for Professional Hospital Management
• Part Five • Transition
• Part Six • A Graduate Education Focus: Professional and Academic
• Part Seven • A Further Broadening of Focus
• Part Eight • The Influence of J.G. Fitzgerald
• Part Nine • Outcomes of the Ihpme Approach
• Part Ten • Ihpme and The University’s Role in the Twenty-First Century
• Part Eleven • Final Thoughts
• Notes
• Index