Suzie Maginley
The award is given out annually by the Justice Emmett Hall Memorial Foundation for the best health services or health policy essay in three categories: PhD, Master’s, and undergrad.
Suzie won for her a paper on telemedicine in BC, entitled Medeo: The cure for inequitable access to primary health care in Canada?. The paper looked at the national attention British Columbia has received as one of Canada’s leaders in telemedicine. British Columbia has revolutionizing the delivery of virtual health care by allowing third-party telemedicine services to operate outside of designated hospitals and clinics. However, the rapid expansion of BC’s third-party telemedicine service providers has made it difficult to properly evaluate the benefits and potential challenges that may accompany this new era of telemedicine. The paper argued that there was a need for high quality, evidence-based research on the implications of BC’s progressive approach to telemedicine in order to appropriately inform legislation, health policy, and delivery of health services relating to the virtualization of primary health care in Canada.
Congratulations, Suzie.