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Pan-Canadian Diabetes Control worthy of nation building status
(CMAJ) Excellent modelling study to implement the successful NHS #diabetes #prevention program in Canada. IMO, this would absolutely contribute to #nationbuilding under the 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘈𝘤𝘵. Imagine a population with controlled diabetes! #MajorProjectsOffice...
Seniors’ In-home monitoring at risk
Bell Canada is deactivating legacy copper telephone lines without notifying in-home emergency alert providers. That means #seniors living #independently will lose access to their home monitoring services, like LifeLine. 40% of Lifeline’s Canadian subscribers still...
Housing First in Birmingham
(The King's Fund) #Housing is not simply another public service. It is one of the foundations of public health. Birmingham UK (pop. 1.2M) has adopted a #HousingFirst approach to #homelessness and saw a dramatic reduction (81%) in #roughsleeping between 2018 and...
Did this Stroke survivor get patient-centered care?
Interesting op-ed submission by a retired, 71-year-old stroke survivor on his access to personal support workers. After being hospitalized for 14 days, his #OntarioHealthatHome file was closed without a visit from a care coordinator and required him to re-apply. Is...
La clinique d’accès rapide pour les aînés est un succès – Seniors’ rapid access clinic a success
Chapeau aux trois gériatres de Santé Québec Capitale-Nationale pour la création d'une #clinique d'accès rapide pour les #aînés. Il faudrait absolument généraliser cette initiative afin de réduire les séjours prolongés aux urgences - une réduction de 10 heures...
Concordance linguistique en santé – c’est important! Language concordance in health care – it matters!
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...
Integrating Health & Social Care | Let’s step on the gas!
(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...
ED Wait times story | One example
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)....
More Indirect Patient Care Activities per Visit
(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,...
Santis-Nanos Poll – Canadian Demand Healthcare Change
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,...
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