| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 17, 2013 | 6:30PM - 8:30PM | External Event, The Japan Foundation, 131 Bloor St West, 2nd Floor of the Colonnade Building |
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Japanese healthcare is ranked amongst the world’s best. The average Japanese visits a doctor 13 times a year, more than twice the Canadian rate. Average lengths of stay in hospitals are more than twice those in Canada. Japan’s life expectancy is the world’s longest and nearly a quarter of its people are aged 65 or more. Yet Japan spends only 9.5% of its GDP on healthcare, lower than Canada’s ratio, 11.4%. How does this system work? What can Canada learn from the Japanese approach? Dr. James Tiessen (Ryerson University) and Dr. Ken Kato (Aichi Medical Association Research Institute) take you on a journey through Japanese healthcare.
James (Jim) H. Tiessen is Associate Professor, School of Health Services Management, at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, where he served as Director, MBA. He earned degrees at the University of Alberta (B.Sc.), Guelph (M.Sc.) and York University’s Schulich School of Business (Ph.D.). Prior to joining Ryerson, he was on the faculty of the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University for 10 years. Prior to his university career, Jim lived in Japan and later worked for the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Dr. Tiessen’s research has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing, International Marketing Review, Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies and other journals. He has served as President of the Japan Studies Association of Canada. He is a visiting Scholar at the Asian Institute, Munk Centre of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (2012-13). In fall 2012, he was a visiting research fellow at the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo Japan. Dr. Tiessen studies Japanese healthcare, particularly its hospitals, which sit at the centre of that system. He teaches courses on healthcare management, research methods, strategy and international business.
Dr. Ken Kato is Senior Researcher at the Aichi (Prefecture) Medical Association Research Institute in Japan. He is interested in community health policy, and healthcare information and patient report outcomes. His current research focuses on homecare for senior citizens, particularly developing a practical approach to facilitating inter-professional coordination of these activities. Raised in Japan, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 1999, Master of Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2003, and PhD in Medical Sciences from Nagoya University in 2010.
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