The 2025 Category Watch report is here
The TELUS Health 2025 Category Watch report examines four drug categories where evolution is...
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Top 5 things to know from our annual Drug Trends Report 2025
From the lasting economic ripple effects of the pandemic, to the impact of new global trade...
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From insight to action: Dr. Lyle Oberg’s take on the future of Canadian care.
In a candid fireside chat at the 21st TELUS Health Annual Conference, Dr. Lyle Oberg, Executive...
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The 2025 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report is here
The number-one diabetes category shrank in 2024, due mainly to the exodus of Canadians using...
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Canada’s 2025 drug pipeline: What private plans need to know
Alzheimer’s disease does not normally cross paths with private drug plans — that will soon change....
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Where health benefits rank and other key findings from the 2024 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey
Plan members put the health benefits plan ahead of their work environment as a reason why they’re...
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2024: How AI is reshaping the benefits landscape
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a "transformative milestone" that will change our world...
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2024: Drug trends and healthcare transformations
Diabetes, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and cystic fibrosis are among...
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2024
Presentations from April 23 and 30, 2024: Drug data trends and healthcare transformations Vicky...
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What private plans need to know about Canada’s pipeline in 2024
In its 2024 Drug Pipeline report, TELUS Health draws attention to 12 new drugs due to their...
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The road ahead for pharmacogenomic testing
Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing may have the potential to revolutionize prescription drug use in...
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Revitalizing health connectivity through AI
In a groundbreaking collaboration, TELUS Health and Clinia have revealed an exclusive strategic...
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2023 Category Watch: A closer look at disruption
TELUS Health’s 2023 Category Watch closely examines disruption in the drug categories of diabetes,...
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Building a DE&I benefits tool kit
The workplaces of today are certainly diverse: they are a mix of employees with different racial...
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Where coverage falls short plus other findings from the 2023 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey
Half of plan members (51 per cent) reported that the coverage level of at least one of their health...
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Getting value from private payor drug plans: Considering more than just costs
Following up on our Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) guidance document, TELUS Health has published...
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Your copy awaits: the 2023 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
At a high level, growth in spending by private drug plans was moderate for the third consecutive...
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TELUS Health conference 2023: Exploring the value of real-world evidence
At the TELUS Health Annual Conference on May 3, 2023, a panel of industry experts shared their...
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TELUS Health Conference: Understanding the mental health of tomorrow’s leaders
After three years of a global pandemic, the workplace has undergone a collective reset of mental...
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TELUS Health conference 2023: A deeper dive into drug utilization
Diabetes, asthma, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—these categories...
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TELUS Health conference 2023: What you need to know about drug data trends
The key drivers of change in spending by private drug plans in 2022 can be boiled down to two...
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2023
Presentations from April 26 and May 3, 2023: Retrospective 2022: Drug data trends and national...
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How early mental health diagnoses can improve employees’ wellbeing
Many organizations have risen to the challenge when it comes to mental health. They understand the...
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A sneak peek at TELUS Health Annual Conference 2023
For the 19th consecutive year, TELUS Health is looking forward to welcoming a record number of...
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What private plans can expect in 2023 from Canada’s drug pipeline
Developments in the diabetes category—the second largest category by eligible amount in 2022—will...
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5 tools every plan sponsor should consider to cap benefits costs
The future of private drug insurance can be friendly – as long as plan sponsors take action in...
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Medication adherence: how to help employees stay on track and save your bottom line
How confident are you that your employees are taking the prescribed medications your plan pays for?...
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Top 5 health benefits trends of 2023
If there’s any silver lining to the pandemic then it has to be the modernization of benefit plans...
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Mental health in the workplace - a prime focus for employers
Fostering a workplace where employees’ mental health is a priority is suddenly on everyone’s radar....
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It takes a village to improve mental health: How employers can contribute to employee well-being
Supporting employee mental health and well-being is clearly the right thing to do – but it’s also a...
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What you need to know about drug data trends in 2022
For the second year in a row, the pandemic has resulted in fewer plan members making claims for...
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TELUS Health Annual Conference 2022
Presentations from May 10 & 17, 2022: Retrospective 2021: Data trends and national benchmarks.
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From adherence to delayed diagnoses, what you need to know about medication use
Would it be better for patients to take more of a medication that may end up costing private drug...
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Don’t miss it: The 2022 Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the continuation of lower rates of prescribing for...
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Working parents in crisis: How employers can better support parents in the workplace
This article was originally published in Benefits and Pensions Monitor. While parents in the...
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From wellness to wellbeing: Why benefits plans need to evolve
Employers understand the need to invest in a healthy workforce, and employees increasingly look to...
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What’s your plan to help employees manage chronic conditions?
As Canada’s healthcare system strained and stretched to keep up with the shifting demands of the...
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2022 category watch: Impact of the pandemic
TELUS Health’s 2022 Category Watch examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug utilization...
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Employers bracing for rising cancer claims
For the past two years, discussions around employee health have focused on mental wellness and...
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What new drugs are poised to have the biggest impact on plan costs?
The TELUS Health 2022 Drug Pipeline report looks at approved and likely soon-to-be-approved...
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The private payer’s perspective: Drug trends
Panel discussion from the 20th Annual Market Access Summit. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to...
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Mental health, virtual care rise to surface: Highlights from the 2021 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey
Employee health has declined over the past year, while the utilization of employee assistance...
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Can technology create great plan member experiences?
Managing group health benefits costs, digitizing benefits delivery and data insights are key areas...
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Supporting caregiver employees
The pandemic shone a bright light on the resilience of Canada’s healthcare system, and on the...
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Canadian drug landscape update: Spring 2021 webinar
With new COVID treatments on the horizon, a growing number of biosimilar options available, and...
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Insights into the cost-effectiveness for cell and gene therapies
“Cell and gene therapies are some of the most exciting frontiers in modern medicine and have the...
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Humanizing the future of work
The past 15 months have seen a dizzying combination of accelerating, disrupted and new trends in...
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Estimating the financial impact of new medications for private drug plans
TELUS provides guidance on how to make a Budget Impact Analysis more relevant for private payers....
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2021 TELUS Health Drug Data Trends & National Benchmarks report
While COVID-19 clearly affected claims patterns for private drug plans in 2020, its net impact was,...
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British Columbia’s biosimilars policy a turning point for private plans
B.C.’s Biosimilars Initiative has had a profound impact on private drug plans. By the end of 2020,...
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4 ways to prepare for the disability deluge
Within weeks of the coronavirus pandemic taking hold in Canada, plan sponsors, administrators and...
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What to expect from Canada’s drug pipeline in 2021
Out of more than 150 drug submissions currently before Health Canada, the TELUS Health 2021 Drug...
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2021 category watch: The impact of new drugs
In its 2021 Category Watch: The Impact of New Drugs report, TELUS Health takes a closer look at the...
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What plan sponsors can learn from The Globe and Mail’s Drug Shortages Summit
On February 17, 2021, The Globe and Mail hosted an online summit to explore the impact of drug...
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Mental health in organizations: How are people doing?
There’s no question it’s been a stressful year, full of challenges to mental health. So, what can...
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Are you prepared for the coming deluge of disability claims?
Despite some supply chain challenges, vaccination plans are coming together across Canada, and...
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Technology is set to transform mental health treatment
Can artificial intelligence (AI) provide accurate mental health diagnoses? Can virtual reality (VR)...
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Optimizing wellness programs with a data-driven approach
Employers provide wellness programs as an investment in their workforce. And a happy, healthy...