Faster, Better, Smarter
- Fixing Health Care: 10 ways to make Canada’s health care system better, faster and more cost-effective right now
- Canada’s specialist referral system needs to be boosted into the 21st century
- Transitional-care facilities will stop Canada’s ERs from resorting to ‘hallway medicine’
In the News
- Stories from the Green Bench: Dr. Bob Bell shares his Story from the Green Bench with Erin Davis and Doug Robinson
- Canada has a primary-care crisis. Here are three steps we must take to solve this problem
- The Current with Matt Galloway: Fixing long-term care after the devastation of the pandemic
Healthcare System Profiles
- Comparing Health Systems: Lessons for Ontario
Ontario has not recently undertaken a comprehensive plan for improving health services. After reviewing systems around the world, we offer suggestions for change and some important ideas for staying the course. - Deutschland: Where Insurance Reigns Supreme
Provider self-governance with a low rules environment may be responsible for over-utilization in the German health system. Is this a warning for implementation of Ontario Health Teams? - Does hybrid health care improve public health services? Lessons learned from Australia.
Australia’s hybrid system offers a cautionary tale for Canada. The Australian two-tier, private pay model has not improved access to publicly funded health services.
Straight Talk
- One year on and three steps backwards: Covid-19 and the NHS revisited (part 2)
The prime minister’s aspiration is to emulate Winston Churchill. To date he is more likely to be remembered as a clone of Neville Chamberlain, the ultimate appeaser. - One year on and three steps backwards: Covid-19 and the NHS revisited (part 1)
Last year, as Covid-19 took hold, it became clear why, as a country, our poor performance in managing the pandemic was to be anticipated. - The National Hockey League should not play in Canada during the pandemic
Canadians are in this together. Canadian National Hockey League teams should be in it with us.
Books by Bob
All proceeds from book sales benefit research at University Health Network. Thank you!
Non Nocere Press
Non Nocere Press was established in 2021 to provide publishing services for fiction and non-fiction related to healthcare and health related topics.
About Bob
Bob has worked in Ontario health care for more than 40 years as a GP, cancer surgeon, hospital CEO and deputy minister of health.
In the News
A place where the future of our system is discussed, ideas for change are proposed and commentary is offered.
