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Study: Occupational profile and overqualification of young workers in Canada, 1991 to 2011
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Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications: A scoping review
The global growth in the flow of patients and health professionals as well as medical technology, capital funding and regulatory regimes across national borders has given rise to new patterns of consumption and production of healthcare services over recent decades. A significant new element of a growing trade in healthcare has involved the movement of […]
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Re-POOP-ulation and other Innovations
Remarks to the Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce | by Leslee Thompson, President and CEO of Kingston General Hospital, and Chair, Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) | November 12, 2013, Kingston, Ontario Thank you and good morning. I’d like you to imagine, just for a moment …. A world where a virus […]
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Should Employers Ban Email After Work Hours?
by James Harter – Harvard Business Review Blog Like many of you, I often work outside of regular office hours while at home, in the airport, and sometimes on vacation. Mobile technology has created a “new normal” work life for a lot of us: Gallup’s research reveals that nearly all full-time U.S. workers (96%) have access to […]
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Advisory panel on healthcare innovation – Terms of reference
Context Canadians benefit from a healthcare system that provides access to high quality care, supports good health outcomes, and contributes to a healthy and productive workforce. But it needs to adapt to remain sustainable in the face of changing economic, demographic and technological pressuresFootnote1. Canada’s total spending on healthcare (public and private) currently stands at […]
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Aanti-vaccine Tactics & Tropes within a Postmodern Cultural Context
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The Politics of Healthcare
Today’s News | a summary prepared by . . . Kimberly Hutchings Summer Student, Public Affairs & Member Communications, Ontario Hospital Association Privacy Breach is a Warning for all Ontario Hospitals | Toronto Star At the very least, the massive privacy breach at a Scarborough hospital is a pain for affected patients. But it’s also […]
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Ontario Candidates’ Healthcare Plans
Ontario Liberal party: Action Plan for Healthcare | Year Two Progress Report. Ontario Conservative party: Patient-centered Health Care | A Healthier Ontario. Ontario New Democrat Party:
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CMS Publishes 2012 Medicare Hospital Pricing Data
eHI Weekly News – CMS Publishes 2012 Medicare Hospital Pricing Data CMS Publishes 2012 Medicare Hospital Pricing Data During the annual Health Datapalooza Conference in Washington, D.C., the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the release of the Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data for 2012. The data includes the 100 most […]
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Now available in Brazil. Translation of “High Performing Healthcare System” by G. Ross Baker et al.
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