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Cutting ER wait times? There’s an app for that
One prescription for improving the health of the urgent care sector: AI and virtual emergency departments are cutting wait times in the real ones... Researchers programmed AI into an app to deter...
https://spon.ca/cutting-er-wait-times-theres-an-app-for-that/2024/03/30/
Can new approaches to medical curriculum solve the family doctor shortage?
Three new medical schools and an innovative family medicine program look to alleviate a crisis in primary care... Team-based or multidisciplinary care is... an approach that the Canadian Medical ...
I had to turn another patient away: It doesn’t have to be that way
It’s actually physically impossible for a solo family doctor to keep up with all the needed acute, chronic and preventive care, let alone look after their many results and consult notes while r...
https://spon.ca/i-had-to-turn-another-patient-away-it-doesnt-have-to-be-that-way/2024/02/29/
Why is Ontario embracing private health care? The Scandinavian experience shows it hurts both the quality and choice of care
A new report examines trends in Sweden, Norway, the United States, France and Great Britain, where the pursuit of profit by financial capital is systematically devouring public funding, eroding...
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada’s health-care system
Although the Canadian federal government has invested over $2.1 billion developing health information technology (HIT), all 10 provinces still have their own separate HIT systems. Besides being ...
No end to the ER crisis without investments and addressing workers’ concerns
We recently estimated that dealing with those pressures and bringing back the quality of care in our hospitals to an acceptable standard would require a $1.25 billion annual investment after of...
Everything we know (so far) about the Canadian Dental Care Plan
The program will roll out over two years. By May 2024, everyone over the age of 65 who meets eligibility requirements will be able to apply... By the end of the year, qualifying disabled people a...
https://spon.ca/everything-we-know-so-far-about-the-canadian-dental-care-plan/2024/01/14/
Critical nursing shortage puts patients at risk
As the health care crisis rages unabated across the country, it is nurses who are holding our health systems together through grit, determination and a shocking amount of overtime... Fixing the...
https://spon.ca/critical-nursing-shortage-puts-patients-at-risk/2023/12/30/
Health care is the Ontario government’s job one. Shouldn’t they be better at it?
... this year’s reports on the health-care system are a reminder that spending less is not the same thing as spending well and that, in some cases at least, you need to spend more public money ...
Hospitals plagued by staff shortages and ER closures under Ford government, auditor general finds
Plagued by shortages of doctors and nurses and persistent emergency room closures, Ontario lacks a province-wide strategy to fix the problems, the watchdog agency said in a wide-ranging audit of ...