DRUG PRICING POLICY SUMMIT – NEW NAME: PATIENTS REDEFINING HEALTH CARE IN CANADA SUMMIT
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
In November 2016, the first annual Drug Pricing Policy Summit (DPPS) was held in Toronto, Ontario. Click here to read the Event Report: Drug Pricing Policy in Canada: Mobilizing Patients to Action
In November 2017 was the second DPPS – varied patient groups joined the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, and Save Your Skin Foundation to discuss drug pricing policy in Canada.
Event Report in French:
Sommet sur la politique des prix des médicaments: Mesurer les progrès et laisser notre marque
November 13-14, 2018:
Save Your Skin Foundation, the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network and other patient groups held Drug Pricing Policy Summit: Patients Redefining Health Care. The 3rd annual Summit builds on the 2016 and 2017 Summits which provided an unprecedented opportunity for patients, caregivers and patient representatives from diverse disease and disability groups to come together to discuss a shared vision for health care in Canada.
The 2018 Summit dove deeper into Value-Based Health Care (VBHC), introduced to participants at the 2017 Summit, within the context of drug treatment and will build a work plan for VBHC in Canada, led by patients, caregivers and their allies.
2018 DPPS Event Report
Also available in French:
Rapport sommaire – Sommet sur la politique de prix des médicaments 2018
To view video recordings of the presentations, click here to visit DPPS 2018 on youTube.
Click on the links below to view PDFs of the 2018 Panel Presentations (in order of appearance in Day 1 and Day 2 Agenda):
Scott Wallace
Value-based Health Care: What Is It and How Can We Move It Forward?
Fred Horne
Value-based Health Care In Canada: The Time Is Now!
Dr. Andre Dias
Moving to a Value-based System
Dr. Ambreen Sayani
What are the Determinants of Health? And Why Do They Matter?
Fact Sheet: What are the Social Determinants of Health?
Shaneel Pathak
Store, Analyze, and Share Your Health Data
Rodney Burns
Kathy Barnard
All.Can International: Where We Are and What We’ve Achieved
Dr. Andre Dias
Greg Webster
Real World Evidence and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Dr. Ann Cavoukian
Don’t Think of Privacy as a Barrier: Health Data Deserves the Strongest Protection
Cal Marcoux
To learn more about the DPPS Working Groups or to inquire about getting involved in them, or for more information please contact patienthealthsystemsummit2019@gmail.com.
To view all details and recordings for the 2019 Summit, please CLICK HERE.
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