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Investing in Innovation is our Future...Budget Moves in the Right Direction…
The Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations (ACAHO), is encouraged by Budget 2010 in its recognition of the role that research hospitals and their research institutes play in advancing the country’s innovation agenda.

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Video release: In Sickness & in Health - What does Patient Involvement in Health Research Really Mean? An ACAHO- CIHR Cafe Scientifique, May 6, 2010
In ACAHO-member organizations, which are first and foremost patient care organizations, vibrant research enterprises involve patients and families in life-saving research and innovation. What type of research happens in academic healthcare organizations? This was the topic of the May 6, 2010 CIHR-ACAHO Cafe Scientifique on Patient Involvement in Health Research.

ACAHO Participates in Health Council of Canada Podcast

In seeking to advance the public dialogue on the future of health care in Canada, ACAHO recently participated in a Podcast with the Health Council of Canada on the issue of wait times, with a specific focus on how members of the Association are introducing a number of innovative solutions to improve the order in which patients are accessing the system, and the speed in which they are treated. Take a listen by clicking here.

To view ACAHO's related report entitled Weight Watchers III: Order & Speed…Improving Access to Care Through Innovations in Patient Flow, click here.

September 16, 2009