# Institute of Health Economics

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## Pages
- [eHTA Playbook](https://ihe.ca/ehta-playbook/)
- [News \& Events](https://ihe.ca/news-events/)
- [HTIP](https://ihe.ca/htip/)
- [Who We Help](https://ihe.ca/who-we-help/)
- [HTIP OBA Playbook \- OBA Playbook](https://ihe.ca/htip-oba-playbook-oba-playbook/)

## Events
- [The Burden of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Diseases in Canada](https://ihe.ca/event/the-burden-of-cardiovascular-renal-and-metabolic-diseases-in-canada/)
- [MRI Capacity: Evidence to Inform Policy](https://ihe.ca/event/mri-capacity-evidence-to-inform-policy/)
- [Specialist Payment Models: Design and Impact \- An IHE Policy Webinar](https://ihe.ca/event/specialist-payment-models-design-and-impact-an-ihe-policy-webinar/)
- [Rural Health Policy: Mobilizing Strengths, Building Capacity \(a hybrid event\)](https://ihe.ca/event/rural-health-policy-mobilizing-strengths-building-capacity-a-hybrid-event/)
- [Optimizing access to care for patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis](https://ihe.ca/event/optimizing-access-to-care-for-patients-with-progressive-pulmonary-fibrosis-and-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/)

## Documents
- [Outcomes\-Based Agreements \(OBA\) Playbook](https://ihe.ca/document/outcomes-based-agreements-oba-playbook/): Developed through IHE’s Health Technology Innovation Platform \(HTIP\), the Outcomes\-Based Agreements \(OBA\) Playbook is a free, practical resource to support the development of outcomes\-based agreements for innovative therapies in Canada\. It provides tools and guidance to help determine when an OBA may be appropriate, assess feasibility, and design agreements that manage uncertainty while supporting timely and responsible access to innovative therapies\.
- [Optimizing MRI Service Capacity Phase 1: Rapid Review of the Relationship between MRI Delay and Outcomes](https://ihe.ca/document/optimizing-mri-service-capacity-phase-1-rapid-review-of-the-relationship-between-mri-delay-and-outcomes/): Magnetic Resonance Imaging \(MRI\) is an advanced diagnostic imaging technology that is being increasingly used in the Canadian healthcare system and plays a critical role in various clinical pathways\. MRI wait time was identified as a priority issue nationally and provincially many years ago; however, there is still a lack of adequate understanding of how delayed MRI would affect patient, healthcare system, and economic outcomes\. The objective of this rapid review was to assess the relationship between MRI wait time\.\.\.
- [Optimizing MRI Service Capacity Phase 2: The impact of MRI wait time on patient mortality, hospital length of stay, and health system cost](https://ihe.ca/document/optimizing-mri-service-capacity-phase-2-the-impact-of-mri-wait-time-on-patient-mortality-hospital-length-of-stay-and-health-system-cost/): Magnetic Resonance Imaging \(MRI\) is an advanced diagnostic imaging technology\. MRI can be used to diagnose and stage cancer, to diagnose brain disease, abdominal, neurological, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, and to assess cardiac structure and function\. The aim of this report is to evaluate the relationship between MRI wait times and health system outcomes at the patient level: health system cost, mortality, and hospital length of stay\. This analysis was developed to help to inform accompanying work noted below which examined where\.\.\.
- [MRI Capacity Phase 3: Optimizing MRI wait times by scan urgency to improve health system outcomes](https://ihe.ca/document/mri-capacity-phase-3-optimizing-mri-wait-times-by-scan-urgency-to-improve-health-system-outcomes/): Magnetic Resonance Imaging \(MRI\) is an advanced diagnostic imaging technology\. MRI can be used to diagnose and stage cancer, to diagnose brain disease, abdominal, neurological, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, and to assess cardiac structure and function\. In Canada, wait time targets for MRI scans are mainly based upon expert opinion rather than empirical estimates of optimal wait times\. Thus, it is unclear if achieving wait time targets represents an efficient, or optimal use of constrained health system resources\. The aim of\.\.\.
- [New Interactive App Now Available: MRI Optimization Tool](https://ihe.ca/document/new-interactive-app-now-available-mri-optimization-tool/): IHE has now launched a demonstration version of the interactive application described in our recent report — Optimizing MRI Wait Times by Scan Urgency to Improve Health System Outcomes\.  Developed as part of our ongoing efforts to support evidence\-informed decision\-making, this tool allows users to directly explore different policy scenarios and evaluate how changes in MRI capacity and scheduling by urgency level can impact wait times and downstream health outcomes\. This app was developed for the Alberta context but can easily\.\.\.

## Categories
- [News](https://ihe.ca/category/news/)
- [Case Studies](https://ihe.ca/category/case-studies/)

## Tags
- [MRI Capacity](https://ihe.ca/tag/mri-capacity/)
- [Wait Times](https://ihe.ca/tag/wait-times/)
- [Health System Outcomes](https://ihe.ca/tag/health-system-outcomes/)
- [Health Economics](https://ihe.ca/tag/health-economics/)
- [Diagnostic Imaging](https://ihe.ca/tag/diagnostic-imaging/)

## Event Categories
- [Event](https://ihe.ca/events2/category/event/)

## Document Categories
- [Health Topic Overviews / Scoping Reviews](https://ihe.ca/document-category/health-topic-overviews-scoping-reviews/)
- [Systematic Review](https://ihe.ca/document-category/systematic-review/)
- [Economic Reports](https://ihe.ca/document-category/economic-reports/)
- [Modelling Report](https://ihe.ca/document-category/modelling-report/)
- [Health Technology Assessments Systematic Reviews](https://ihe.ca/document-category/health-technology-assessments-systematic-reviews/)

## Document Tags
- [Public Health](https://ihe.ca/document-tag/public-health/)
- [Healthcare Services](https://ihe.ca/document-tag/healthcare-services/)
- [Life\-Cycle](https://ihe.ca/document-tag/life-cycle/)
- [Benefits Design](https://ihe.ca/document-tag/benefits-design/)
- [Cataracts](https://ihe.ca/document-tag/cataracts/)

## Document Authors
- [Wendy Sligl](https://ihe.ca/?doc_author=wendy-sligl)
- [Dawn Opgenorth](https://ihe.ca/?doc_author=dawn-opgenorth)
- [Tatiana Makhinova](https://ihe.ca/?doc_author=tatiana-makhinova)
- [Doug Lier](https://ihe.ca/?doc_author=doug-lier)
- [Don Schopflocher](https://ihe.ca/?doc_author=don-schopflocher)

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