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Canadian Institute for Health Information
Contact1: Christina Lawand
Phone: (613) 241-7860
Fax: (613) 241-8120
Mobile: (613) 612-3914
E-mail: media@cihi.caAddress: 495 Richmond Road, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 4H6
Web Site: www.cihi.ca
Keys: Health Expenditures: Category of Health Spending; Drug Spending; Govt.; Health Spending in Canada; Health Spending Per Capita; Hospital Costs; National Health Expenditures Database (NHEX); Provincial Government Health Spending; Source of Finance; Spending on Hospital; Spending on Physician.
Health Human Resources: Aging Workforce; Anesthesia; Anesthetist; Chiropractor; Dental Hygiene; Dental Hygienist; Dentist; Dentistry; Dermatologist; Dermatology; Dietitians; Distribution of Nurses in Canada; Distribution/Migration of Physicians; Health Care Workers; Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN); Medical Laboratory Technologist; Medical Laboratory Technology; Medical Radiation Technologist; Medical Radiation Technology; Midwife; Midwifery; Neurologist; Neurology; Nurse Practitioners (NP); Nurses; Occupational Therapist; Occupational Therapy; Optometrist; Optometry; Pediatrician; Pediatrics; Pharmacist; Pharmacy; Physicians; Physiotherapist; Physiotherapy; Psychiatrist; Psychiatry; Registered Psychiatric Nurse; Respiratory Therapist; Respiratory Therapy.
Health Information: Health Data, Health Information Systems; Health Research; Health Statistics; Hospital Statistics; Privacy in Health Care.
Hospital Morbidity: Abortion; Asthma; Average Length of Stay; Digestive Diseases; Gallstone; Hospital Admissions; Hospital Discharges; Hospitalization; Poisonings; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Respiratory Diseases.
Organ Donation/Transplantation: Bowel Transplant; Cadaveric Donor; Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR); Dialysis; Heart Transplant; Hemodialysis; Kidney Transplant; Liver Transplant; Living Donor; Lung Transplant; Organ Transplants; Pancreas Transplant; Peritoneal Dialysis; Renal Replacement Therapy; Transplantation; Waiting List.
Population Health: Canadian Joint Replacement Registry; Child Health; Complex Continuing Care; Drug Utilization; Health System Errors; Hip Replacement; Joint Replacements; Knee Replacement; Medical Errors; Mental Health..
Surgical Specialty: Heart Surgery; Obstetrics-Gynecology, Ophthalmology; Otolaryngology; Orthopedic Surgery; Plastic Surgery; Urology.
Trauma: Assaults/Suicides; Falls; Hospital Admissions; Hospitalizations; Motor Vehicle Collisions; National Trauma Registry; Ontario Trauma Registry; Trauma Injuries.
Other: Breast Cancer; Bypass Surgery; Cancer; Chronic Condition; Diabetes; Drug Plan; Drugs; Health Insurance; Health Network; Heart Disease; HIV/AIDS; HIV Infection; Home Care; Homeopathy; Hysterectomy; Immunization; Mammography; Medication; Mortality; Needle Exchange Program; Obesity; Outcome of Care; PAP Smear; Penicillin; Public Health; Smoking; Sports-related head injuries; Stem Cell Research; Stroke; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); Syphilis; Wait Times; Water Safety; Weight; Ontario*.
Expertise: Established in 1994. Number of Employees: 451.
Mandate: The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) collects and analyzes information on health and health care in Canada and makes it publicly available. Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments created CIHI as a not-for-profit, independent organization dedicated to forging a common approach to Canadian health information. CIHI’s goal: to provide timely, accurate and comparable information. CIHI’s data and reports inform health policies, support the effective delivery of health services and raise awareness among Canadians of the factors that contribute to good health.
Features: We are involved in e-commerce. We do not speak to government policies; rather we provide the statistical background and information that helps policy-makers.
Story Ideas:
June 20, 2007: Fee-for-service payments to Canadian physicians rise by 12% over four years: What: National Grouping System Categories Report, Canada, 2004-2005, Physician Database (NPDB)
June 13, 2007: One in six Ontario complex continuing care patients is under 65. What: The "Younger" Generation in Ontario Complex Continuing Care
May 30, 2007: Seniors who wait longer for hip fracture surgery tend to have worse health outcomes
May 15, 2007: Prescribed drug spending expected to surpass $21 billion in 2006
May 9, 2007: Pedestrian injury hospitalizations down 31% in 10 years, Children and youth show biggest improvement, but older Canadians continue to suffer highest injury rates
May 8, 2007: New CIHI data on hospital mental health services
April 24, 2007: Inpatient Rehabilitation in Canada, 2005-2006
April 18, 2007: A profile of patients moving from rehabilitation to complex continuing careMarch 22, 2007: Government home care spending reaches $3.4 billion in 2003-2004
February 22, 2007: More data available: comparability still an issue in wait times reporting
February 14, 2007: CIHI analysis explores risk factors linked to patient falls in Ontario complex continuing care
February 7, 2007: Number of new diabetes-related kidney failure patients more than doubles in 10 years; Lower survival rates for diabetic end-stage renal disease patients
February 5, 2007: Wait time priority surgeries increased significantly in 2005-2006; Volumes of surgeries outside of priority areas held steady
January 24, 2007: CIHI reports on length of stay for emergency department visits in Ontario
January 10, 2007: Significant 10-year increase in the number of surgeries performed in Canadian hospitals; New CIHI analysis shows a shift from inpatient surgeries to day surgeries
2006
December 14, 2006: CIHI: MRI and CT scanners up 20% in three years; Patients surveyed report modest reduction in access difficulties
December 5, 2006: Health care spending to reach $148 billion this year
November 29, 2006: More than one in three patients hospitalized for mental illness are readmitted within one year of their discharge
November 21, 2006: CIHI report shows health gaps between neighbourhoods in Canada's cities
November 8, 2006: Falls from ladders send 23 people a day to Ontario emergency departments
November 1, 2006: Provincial and territorial governments expected to spend $96 billion on health in 2006-2007
October 18, 2006: Number of nurses in Canada increasing slightly, New regional-level data illustrate differences across the country
September 19, 2006: Differences in health for rural and urban Canadians: Mortality rates higher in most rural areas, but cancer incidence rates lower
August 30, 2006: Hospitalizations due to traumatic head injuries down 35% over a decade; Children and youth have seen the largest improvement
August 16, 2006: Family physicians' practice styles changing over time; CIHI report updates family physician practice patterns across age, sex and geographic location
July 11, 2006: Few Canadians hospitalized with a spinal cord injury go back to work shortly after rehabilitation
May 10, 2006: Drug spending reaches almost $25 billion in 2005
May 9, 2006: 10th Anniversary Partnership and HL7 Joint Conference and Gala, June 6-11th, 2006
May 8, 2006: Impressive response rate for national survey about nurses’ working conditions and overall health
April 26, 2006: e-Health Conference
Mar 22, 2006: Not just for Canada’s elderly—one in five continuing care patients in hospital is younger than 65
March 7, 2006: Canadians begin waiting for surgery before getting on the “wait list”
February 23, 2006: CIHI to Host a Newsmaker's Breakfast on Wait Times Report
February 15, 2006: Battling obesity more than simply telling Canadians to “eat right and exercise”
February 8, 2006: MRI scanners in Canada used more intensively than those in the United States and England
January 25, 2006: Most snowmobile-related injuries occur in February; National Trauma Registry: Injury Hospitalizations Highlights Report, 2002-2004
January 11, 2006: Rural family doctors offer wider range of services to meet their patients’ needs
January 1, 2006: CIHI: One of Canada's Top 100 Employers 2006
2005
December 7, 2006: Health care spending to reach $142 billion this year
November 30, 2006: Inpatient hospitalizations in Canada increase slightly after many years of decline
November 8, 2006: Public health programs and prevention account for, on average, only 3% of health spending, says OECD November 2, 2005: Provincial/territorial government health spending expected to reach $91.4 billion in 2005–2006
October 26, 2005: B.C. and Ontario Attract Greatest Number of Foreign Trained Nurses
October 19, 2005: Canadian Youth With Positive Community and Family Ties Report Better Health
October 12, 2005: One in Seven Hospitalizations in Canada Involve Patients Diagnosed With Mental Illness
September 28, 2005: Wide Variation in Public/Private Funding of Health Care Services
September 14, 2005: More Than Half of Emergency Department Visits Classified as “Less-Urgent” or “Non-Urgent”
September 13, 2005: Packed Lunches and More Physical Education Linked to Lower Childhood Overweight and Obesity
September 7, 2005: Rising Number of Nurse Practitioners in Canada
September 6, 2005: New National Survey to Shed Light on Nurses’ Working Conditions and Overall Health
August 31, 2005: Declining Percentage of Family Doctors Accepting New Patients
August 24, 2005: For the First Time, More Canadian Physicians Are Returning to the Country Than Leaving
August 17, 2005: Obese Are Three Times as Likely to Need a Hip or Knee Replacement
July 20, 2005: Children Under Five at Greatest Risk for Drowning
July 5, 2005: Old Order Mennonite Children Leaner, Stronger and Fitter Than Children Living Contemporary Canadian Lifestyle
June 29, 2005: Number of Older Seniors Treated for Kidney Failure More than Tripled in a Decade
June 22, 2005: More Than Half of All Alcohol-Related Severe Injuries Due to Motor Vehicle Collisions
June 9, 2005: Less Than One-Fifth of Adult Canadians Smoke—The Lowest Rate Among OECD Countries
June 8, 2005: Mortality Rate Lower in Higher-Volume HospitalsApril 28, 2005: One in 10 Severe Injuries Occurs in the Workplace
April 28, 2005: Primary Health Care Indicator Development Project
April 20, 2005: SARS Outbreak Resulted in Fewer Emergency Department Visits in Ontario
April 13, 2005: More Patients Receiving Transplants Than 10 Years Ago, Despite Stagnant Organ Donation Rate
April 11, 2005: Products and Services Catalogue
March 30, 2005: e-Health 2005 - Realizing the Vision
March 3, 2005: Almost 12,000 Ontarians Landed in ER After Falling on Ice, CIHI Reports
February 22, 2005: Obesity Rates Lower in Schools With a Comprehensive Healthy Living Program
January 13, 2005: CIHI report shows increase in MRI and CT scanners, up more than 75% in the last decade
December 14, 2004: Nursing Workforce Getting Older: One in Three Canadian Nurses is 50 or Older
December 8, 2004: Health Care Spending to Reach $130 Billion This Year; per Capita Spending to Hit $4,000