Local hospital leaders can reduce overcrowding by improving patient flow, addressing specialist bottlenecks, and developing more efficient health care systems.
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You Think You Know About Drugs in the Netherlands. You’re Probably Wrong
The Netherlands challenges drug policy stereotypes by combining strict regulations, supervised treatment, harm reduction, and public safety to prevent overdoses.
The Netherlands challenges drug policy stereotypes by combining strict regulations, supervised treatment, harm reduction, and public safety to prevent overdoses.
Beyond Pilot Projects: Why Canada Needs Care Pathways for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
An opinion piece argues Canada should move beyond pilot projects toward coordinated care pathways for people with complex inflammatory diseases.
An opinion piece argues Canada should move beyond pilot projects toward coordinated care pathways for people with complex inflammatory diseases.
How to Spend Money and Make Emergency Room Overcrowding Worse
An opinion piece argues that expanding emergency departments will not fix overcrowding without redesigning how patients move through hospitals.
An opinion piece argues that expanding emergency departments will not fix overcrowding without redesigning how patients move through hospitals.
Canada Has No Shortage of Ideas for the Overdose Crisis. It Has a Follow-Through Problem
Canada's overdose crisis highlights the need for consistent funding, better evaluation and sustained access to effective addiction treatment and harm reduction services.
Canada’s overdose crisis highlights the need for consistent funding, better evaluation and sustained access to effective addiction treatment and harm reduction services.
RSV Protection Has Changed. Our Conversations Need to Change, Too
New RSV prevention options can protect infants from severe illness, but families need earlier guidance and clearer access to care.
New RSV prevention options can protect infants from severe illness, but families need earlier guidance and clearer access to care.
Who Will Protect Workers From AI Algorithms?
An opinion piece argues Canadian regulators and lawmakers should treat AI-driven workplace surveillance and algorithmic management as psychosocial hazards before harm accumulates.
An opinion piece argues Canadian regulators and lawmakers should treat AI-driven workplace surveillance and algorithmic management as psychosocial hazards before harm accumulates.
Canada Is Losing the Race for Clinical Trials – and Patients Are Paying the Price
An opinion piece argues that fragmented approvals, slow recruitment and delayed drug access are weakening Canada’s clinical trial sector and limiting patient opportunities.
An opinion piece argues that fragmented approvals, slow recruitment and delayed drug access are weakening Canada’s clinical trial sector and limiting patient opportunities.
Does the Mediterranean Diet Have to Be Mediterranean? Rethinking Heart-Healthy Eating in Multicultural Canada
An opinion piece argues that heart-healthy eating should adapt Mediterranean diet principles to diverse cultural food traditions, budgets and everyday meals.
An opinion piece argues that heart-healthy eating should adapt Mediterranean diet principles to diverse cultural food traditions, budgets and everyday meals.
Could We Vaccinate Against Colorectal Cancer? Lynch Syndrome May Show Us How
Researchers are testing cancer vaccines that could help prevent colorectal cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, but the approach remains experimental.
Researchers are testing cancer vaccines that could help prevent colorectal cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, but the approach remains experimental.
Air Quality, Anxiety and Evidence: Rethinking the CN Milton Logistics Hub
An opinion piece argues for transparent air-quality monitoring around Ontario’s CN Milton Logistics Hub to address health concerns with reliable evidence.
An opinion piece argues for transparent air-quality monitoring around Ontario’s CN Milton Logistics Hub to address health concerns with reliable evidence.
The Diagnosis Is Not the Conversation
A psychiatrist explains why delivering a diagnosis requires more than accuracy, emphasizing empathy, uncertainty, hope, and meaningful patient communication.
A psychiatrist explains why delivering a diagnosis requires more than accuracy, emphasizing empathy, uncertainty, hope, and meaningful patient communication.
Most Wellness Trends Aren’t Wrong. They’re Just Not Always Worth It
Wellness trends may offer benefits, but not every popular health practice is necessary, effective, or worth the time and money.
Wellness trends may offer benefits, but not every popular health practice is necessary, effective, or worth the time and money.
Beyond Loneliness and Social Isolation: Why Belonging Matters for Public Health
A strong sense of belonging can support mental and physical well-being, making social connection an important part of public health.
A strong sense of belonging can support mental and physical well-being, making social connection an important part of public health.
Saved From the Cancer, Undone by the Care
A physician describes how hospital immobility and gaps in rehabilitation left her elderly father less independent after successful cancer treatment.
A physician describes how hospital immobility and gaps in rehabilitation left her elderly father less independent after successful cancer treatment.
AI Is Not a Shortcut: Canada Must Fix Its Health Workforce, Not Bypass It
An opinion piece argues that AI should support Canada’s health workforce rather than substitute for investments in healthcare workers and services.
An opinion piece argues that AI should support Canada’s health workforce rather than substitute for investments in healthcare workers and services.