Cet excellent article du Dr Michael Rheaume et de son équipe de l'Université d'Ottawa (en anglais seulement) et l'article connexe d'onFR sont révélateurs (https://bit.ly/3TgaZd1) . Les francophones vivant à l'extérieur du Québec qui communiquent avec leur médecin en...

(UK) @TheKingsFund view is that improving the interface between health and care depends on widening eligibility for publicly funded social care. This is also the case in Canada. Its 2026½ and we are all getting older. We need to improve this experience now and it...

CJAD 800 Montreal Elias Makos interviewed a healthcare worker who - once triaged - opted to travel to l'Hôpital générale de Hawkesbury General Hospital emergency department rather than wait an estimated 15 hours at downtown Montréal's CHUM (~75 minutes |~100 km)....

(Annals of Family Medicine) #Familydoctors in Canada saw their administrative #workload increase dramatically between 2011 and 2021. The growing burden is eating into patient care. Reversing this trend to eliminate or streamline administrivia must be a consolidated,...

The May 2026 Santis Nanos poll on Canadian Health Perspective is a worthy read. In short, Canadians want #change to their healthcare system - 91% say change is important/somewhat important. The system is off course, yet we get more of the same from our Federal,...

#Challenge #coloncancer trial has cost savings and survival benefits. "Structured #exercise should be considered a standard treatment and be prescribed and funded," says Dr. Kelvin Chan from Sunnybrook. The 🍁 program saves the system about $1,500 per patient after...

(Canadian Institute for Health Information) Mental health conditions are on the rise in #Canada, with almost 30% of adults reporting a mental health condition in 2023, up from 20% in 2016. Should our governments take bolder action now or will they wait until the...

Nothing says a system is not working more than when a work-around is created. Hats off to @Queensu and @LakeridgeHealth – 20 medical students will be able to bypass CaRMS next year because they have a guaranteed family medicine residency spot....

Last week in the IHI blog, a scenario about Bernice nicely connected #Palliative Care and #AgeFriendly Care to support a key aspect of the #4M Framework: specifically, 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁. https://bit.ly/4sLiSDk

(CBC Ottawa) This is what the integration between #mentalhealth, #supportivehousing and #aginginplace is supposed to look like. Like UHN's Dunn House, @SalusOttawa's impressive, new Capilano Drive location needs to added to the spread plan for the rest of Ontario....