(Health Affairs) Call me old school, but when Don Berwick talks...I listen. Investment in #primarycare, #SDOH, incentivizing #population health, and improving #transparency and #accountability sound like the ideal menu for #Canada, too. (Health Affairs) Berwick et al...

(CTV) The New Brunswick language commissioner found that the #eVisitNB system was 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁. A 🚧caution 🚧for other provinces with similar legislation on how to move ahead with their #ehealth and...

The Frontenac Lennox & Addington OHT #FLAOHT, its primary care partners, the City of Kingston and #GreaterNapanee connected over 13,000 people to primary care in less than a year! Congratulations to everyone involved! This success needs to be 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 📣...

(@TheChartisGroup) 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 of all rural hospitals in the US are 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱. Of the 48 states with rural hospitals, 38 have at least one at risk of closure. #NoMarginNoMission #ruralhealth CCRH WP - 2025 Rural health state of the state (February...

(@CDCgov) In 2023, there was a drop in the US #maternalmortalityrate for all but Black women. The maternal mortality rate for Black women was 𝟱𝟬.𝟯 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘀, compared to 𝟭𝟰.𝟱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟮.𝟰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬.𝟳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻...

Intriguing piece but in my opinion it did not go far enough. The focus should be on the future of 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲; that it should fanatically feature 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀; and the design must include the 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲....

(Health Affairs) Adults with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) had 20.6% more primary care visits and 34.5% more specialist visits than adults without ACEs. They also had 41.1% more ED visits, 21.5% more inpatient stays, and 29.7% more prescription fills. How do we...

New @niageing report finds that 14% of Canadians 65+ are living in “𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀" using a material deprivation index. Their financial security is more important than ever. “This is a pretty vulnerable population,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA’s director of...

(Health Affairs) The use of artificial intelligence #AI and predictive models #PM in US hospitals care is not being met with commensurate and strict #evaluation frameworks to ensure accuracy and potential biases. (Health Affairs) Current Use and Evaluation of AI and...

(ONFR) Ontario a annoncé en décembre que 100 médecins de famille formés à l’étranger exerceront leur profession dans des régions rurales et du Nord, grâce à un programme pilote. Le hic est que l'évaluation n’est disponible qu’en anglais, à un manque de financement...