Innovation Anthology #549:

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Imagine health care as an economic asset rather than a drain on government coffers.

That’s the new paradigm that Dr Cy Frank wants to instill in the Alberta mindset.

Dr. Frank is President and CEO of Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.

DR. CY FRANK: Without a healthy work force and a healthy population, our economic value would decline pretty significantly. Not even counting the economic values created by this large workforce that are contributing to the infrastructure and taxes that are being paid. And in my mind, the role of Alberta Innovates Health Solutions is to help improve value for money in the health system both directly, by improving the health of the citizens, but also what I’ll call indirectly by providing new innovation system services technologies that have economic value of company startups, products and services that I believe will create a whole new industry around health care in our province.

Dr. Frank’s perspective is published online at EvidenceNetwork.ca

Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

 

 

Program Date: 2013-04-09