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June 11, 2021Healthcare Policy presents Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Cataract Surgery in Canada
This research paper showcases how a process map was created for cataract surgery at KEI using two variables: (1) the unit cost of supplying capacity and (2) the time needed to perform an activity.
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Timely Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Matters Now More Than Ever
by Rob Meeder and Nadiya Sunderji
COVID-19 has amplified what was already a growing problem – children struggling with their mental health and inadequate access to specialized mental healthcare, especially physician-delivered care.
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News
How Canada rose to the top for 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine
2021-06-14 from cbc.ca For months now, noted American cardiologist and researcher Eric Topol has been keenly following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. And he can't say enough good [...]
As COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care continue, B.C. rethinks voluntary vaccines policy
2021-06-13 from theglobeandmail.com Ninety-five per cent of seniors at Kelowna’s Spring Valley long-term care home have been vaccinated to protect them against COVID-19, but only two-thirds of [...]
New COVID-19 cases have dropped 80 per cent — and 5.3 million more shots are set to arrive next week
2021-06-11 from cbc.ca After months of mostly bad news, Canada's chief public health officer said today the country's COVID-19 trajectory has improved dramatically and an anticipated flood of doses s [...]
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As contemporaneous data emerge from publicly funded healthcare providers, the COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to measure their resiliency. Resiliency matters because it connotes a higher level of confidence in being able to provide needed healthcare during times of health, social or environmental stress or calamity.
