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Who Owns the Results?
Recent policy shifts, including proposals to expand patient access to diagnostic testing and direct access to results, are altering how patients enter the system.
Recent policy shifts, including proposals to expand patient access to diagnostic testing and direct access to results, are altering how patients enter the system.
The Fabric of Care: It Is Nurses Who Hold Our Health System Together
These observations rarely make headlines. Yet they are often the first signals that something important is unfolding.
These observations rarely make headlines. Yet they are often the first signals that something important is unfolding.
Preventing Alcohol Use During Pregnancy Is a Policy Problem, Not a Personal Failure
If we are serious about preventing FASD and supporting healthy pregnancies, alcohol policy must move from the margins to the centre of prevention efforts.
If we are serious about preventing FASD and supporting healthy pregnancies, alcohol policy must move from the margins to the centre of prevention efforts.
Canada’s Health-Care Systems Are Practicing Disaster Medicine Every Day
Across Canada, clinicians are increasingly working in environments where the demand for care far exceeds the resources available.
Across Canada, clinicians are increasingly working in environments where the demand for care far exceeds the resources available.
I Am a New Doctor; Ford Is Wrong About ‘Basketweaving Majors’
These moments of transition are catalysts for reflection. I remember being 18 and having no idea about what I wanted to do with my life.
These moments of transition are catalysts for reflection. I remember being 18 and having no idea about what I wanted to do with my life.
Alberta Can’t Rely on Immigrant Workers While Denying Them Health Care
Alberta’s government wants to ask voters in a referendum this fall whether newcomers should face new barriers to health care and education.
Alberta’s government wants to ask voters in a referendum this fall whether newcomers should face new barriers to health care and education.
Digital Tools Promise Better Care. Are They Delivering on the Quintuple Aim?
They shape how clinicians document visits, review results, answer messages, coordinate care and communicate with patients.
They shape how clinicians document visits, review results, answer messages, coordinate care and communicate with patients.
Expanding Dementia Prevention and Care Beyond Randomized Control Trials
Randomized controlled trials (RTC) are the gold standard in medicine.
Randomized controlled trials (RTC) are the gold standard in medicine.
Sharing the Waterfront with E-Scooters and E-Bikes
Sometimes I see a single rider on an e-scooter, zipping by with a sense of freedom that makes me smile.
Sometimes I see a single rider on an e-scooter, zipping by with a sense of freedom that makes me smile.
Is Industry Shaping Canada’s Research Ethics Ecosystem?
Clinical trials are the process through which new medicines are tested before they can be approved for sale.
Clinical trials are the process through which new medicines are tested before they can be approved for sale.
When Digital Tools Reshape Primary Care: What Happens to the 4CS?
Primary care is often described through four core attributes – the 4Cs: first contact, continuity, comprehensiveness and coordination.
Primary care is often described through four core attributes – the 4Cs: first contact, continuity, comprehensiveness and coordination.
HCWs Have Died and Been Disabled. Laws Should Have Prevented This
There was a bit of a twist to this morning, however. COVID had been making the rounds of the seniors’ homes in the region and this facility was no exception.
There was a bit of a twist to this morning, however. COVID had been making the rounds of the seniors’ homes in the region and this facility was no exception.
When Technology Becomes the Work: Why Primary Care Must Confront the Digital Burden It Created
Across dozens of studies reviewed, one finding was consistent: digital systems regularly add tasks, clicks, screens and administrative steps that lengthen the workday rather than streamline it.
Across dozens of studies reviewed, one finding was consistent: digital systems regularly add tasks, clicks, screens and administrative steps that lengthen the workday rather than streamline it.
The Missing Middle: A Pragmatic, Zero-Infrastructure Solution for Alberta’s Emergency Department Crisis
Patients in our urban centres, particularly Edmonton, often must endure agonizing waits for minor, easily treatable complaints like a child with a midnight fever, an ear infection or a minor laceration.
Patients in our urban centres, particularly Edmonton, often must endure agonizing waits for minor, easily treatable complaints like a child with a midnight fever, an ear infection or a minor laceration.
Are We the Problem when Healthcare Systems Fail?
I admitted him. Of course I did. And in doing so, I made two system failures disappear. The social system had no housing for him.
I admitted him. Of course I did. And in doing so, I made two system failures disappear. The social system had no housing for him.