#OHIP chooses to ignore a Kingston family physician's incredible mega-vaccination effort during the unprecedented hashtag#COVID19 public health crisis and applies a technicality embedded in a 20-year old bulletin. In addition, Ministry of Health messaging...

Flooding caused by Hurricane Helen (and possibly incoming Hurricane Milton) has closed on Baxter International's North Cove site in Marion, North Carolina - the largest manufacturer of IV solutions in the US - again raising concerns about the availability of critical...

(Trilliant Health - US) Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report - 2024 October Full US health expenditures increased from $2.8 trillion in 2012 to $4.5 trillion in 2022, despite relatively little change in demand or utilization. By, 2032 projected expenditures...

NHS Independent Investigation - Lord Darzi - September 2024 England’s National Health Service (NHS) is “in serious trouble”, according to former UK Health Minister Lord Ara Darzi. “I have been shocked by what I have found during this investigation—not just in the...

September 30 marks the National Day for #TruthAndReconciliation and #OrangeShirtDay. This day is to remember and honour the children who never returned home and the Survivors of residential schools, their families, loved ones and communities. https://nctr.ca/ It's...

This aired on CityNews last night. HopeAir.ca provides Canadians in financial need with free travel, accommodation and related services for medical care far from home. Five provinces provide some financial support to Hope Air. Ontario is not one of them. In December...

(CBC - WCBA) Not only does this food bank in the Scarborough (Ontario) address #foodinsecurity. It is also a great connector to other health and social care programs as it offers access to #primarycare - physical and mental health. If they have not yet done so...

This demonstrates the degree to which our health care system is 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗱 and clearly favours cost over quality. Significant process changes should 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 occur without meaningful engagement of both the medical community 𝗮𝗻𝗱 appropriate Patient & Family Advisory...

(CMAJ) Super impressed by the use of #AI tool 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 at @UnityHealthTO to ↓ 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟲% 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀. Spread within the hospital and to other hospitals will 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆. https://www.cmaj.ca/content/196/30/E1027...

Hats off to New Brunswick @Gov_NB for expanding their 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 program. Started in 2019 at the York Care Centre, it has expanded to 22 locations across the province. The goal is to support seniors to #ageinplace.Rather than building hundred of...