by Allan Katz | Aug 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
(CMAJ) Despite increased funding for #cataract surgeries to #private, #forprofit clinics, access to surgery fell 9% for #lower income people in Ontario between 2017 and 2022. Unexpectedly, despite new public funding for operations provided in private for-profit...
by Allan Katz | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
(From Health Affairs) How is it that we never read about “game changing” investments to minimize Adverse Childhood Experiences #ACE? Wouldn’t they always be classified as the best return on investment that we could ever make #ROI? (Health Affairs)...
by Allan Katz | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to AHA Quest for Quality Prize Honoree WellSpan Health who paid $3,600 for interpreters to contact Spanish-speaking patients who had delayed screenings. They found seven new #breastcancer cases – saving an estimated $600,000. #languagematters...
by Allan Katz | Aug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Going out on a limb with this potentially controversial comment. I am “speaking up” not “calling anyone out”. I am not a clinician, but why couldn’t Mr. King have the UTI diagnosed with point-of-care-testing followed up with home IV...
by Allan Katz | Aug 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
(CBC) Amplifying this video on the three-site North Shore Health Network (Lake Huron, Ontario). An excellent piece depicting the #clinical #HR, #fiscal and #operational challenges faced by all #rural and #northern healthcare facilities across #Canada. This is a must...
