A consultant and health economist and works primarily with Eastern Health. He also teaches economics at Memorial University. He has been involved in analyzing and making recommendations on provincial healthcare policy and funding related to innovation, pharmaceutical products and technologies, program evaluations, physician funding and payment models and primary healthcare renewal initiatives. He can be contacted at
Healthc Q. 2022 Jan;24(4):16-21. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2022.26716.
Eastern Health (EH), the most populous region of the four Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Regional Health Authorities, has been advancing innovation to improve patient care, health outcomes and provincial economic development. This paper describes how EH engaged with the provincial Department of Finance to estimate the direct, indirect and induced economic impacts on provincial gross domestic product, employment and employment income from innovation-related activities. The modelling demonstrated significant economic benefits in both 2019 and 2020. There was a large increase in 2020 due to pandemic-related personal protective equipment manufacturing opportunities. The number of well-paying jobs created also increased. Local healthcare innovation was stimulated by EH's Living Lab, Health Innovation Team and increased coordination between vendor partners, Memorial University, the NL Centre for Health Information and government funding agencies.
东海岸健康区（EH）是纽芬兰和拉布拉多省（NL）四个地区卫生局中人口最多的地区，一直致力于创新，以改善患者护理、健康结果和省级经济发展。本文介绍了 EH 如何与省级财政部合作，估算创新相关活动对省级国内生产总值、就业和就业收入的直接、间接和诱导经济影响。模型表明，2019 年和 2020 年都有显著的经济效益。2020 年由于与大流行相关的个人防护设备制造机会，经济效益大幅增加。创造的高收入工作岗位数量也有所增加。EH 的生命实验室、健康创新团队以及供应商合作伙伴、纪念大学、NL 卫生信息中心和政府资助机构之间的协调增加，刺激了当地医疗保健创新。
