Spotlight
December 04, 2019Racism and Geographical Barriers to Safe Care for Indigenous Communities
This commentary from Carrie Bourassa examines the inequitable access to healthcare services that Indigenous peoples in Canada face on a daily basis. Several recommendations to address physical and geographical access are included. "Get rid of the stereotypes and treat people with dignity and respect. The healthcare practitioners need to listen and hear what people are saying to them. They need to be respectful of other ways of being and doing things" - study participant. Full Article
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Stay Tuned for more Breakfast with the Chiefs in 2020:
- Franklin Holtforster, CEO, Colliers Project Leaders
- Susan Fitzpatrick, Interim CEO, Ontario Health
- Jennifer Zelmer, President and CEO, CFHI
- Shirlee Sharkey, President and CEO, SE Health
Featured Articles
Nurse-Led Models of Care for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions: A Scoping Review
Developing Competencies for Health System Impact: Early Lessons learned from the Health System Impact Fellows
myHip&Knee: Improving Patient Engagement and Self-Management through Mobile Technology
Rewarding Success: Changing the Paradigm of How Research Is Rewarded
Articles
The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity
"Avoidable" Emergency Department Transfers from Long-Term Care Homes: A Brief Review
The Impact of Diagnostic Imaging Investments on the Canadian Healthcare System
News
How Canada's broken disability support system is needlessly costing millions, harming mental health
2019-12-10 from cbc.ca This column is an opinion by Dr. Pamela Valentine, president and CEO of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see t [...]
Flood and Thomas: Instead of two-tier medicine, let's fix wait times for all
2019-12-09 from ottawacitizen.com Closing arguments were made recently in Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia, a multi-year trial that seeks to overturn laws that restrict opportuni [...]
A new national Standard on Work Disability Management to address Post-traumatic stress injury is being set up
December 6, 2019: CSA Group is pleased to announce the launch of a project to develop a new national Standard on Work Disability Management for the Paramedic Community, with a focus on addressing post [...]
Editor's Picks
The collection of papers in this special issue represents a response to a pan-Canadian consensus effort to modernize health services policy and research doctoral and post-doctoral training for greater health system impact. These modernization efforts have focused on preparing a cadre of Canada’s PhD graduates for success as leaders of evidence-informed health system innovation in settings that bridge the academy and the health system at the juncture of health policy, health service deliver [...]
