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Alberta Healthcare Sector salary disclosures from the Sunshine List for 2016

Alberta Health Services Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Calgary and South Mental Health Review Panel Central Alberta Mental Health Review Panel Edmonton and North Mental Health Review Panel Electronic Health Record Data Stewardship Committee Health Disciplines Board Health Professions Advisory Board Health Quality Council of Alberta Out-Of-Country Health Services Appeal Panel Out-Of-Country Health Services Committee […]

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National Health Expenditures: How much does Canada spend on healthcare?

Total health expenditure is expected to amount to $6,105 per Canadian in 2015 Click here to download the full PDF

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CIHI’s Strategic Plan, 2016 to 2021

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is embarking on an ambitious journey to help transform and accelerate improvements in health care, health system performance and population health across the continuum of care. We are delighted to present you with CIHI’s Strategic Plan, 2016 to 2021, which sets out our renewed direction. We based this […]

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Are Canadian Kids Too Tired to Move?

Time for a wake-up call. Kids who are tired out from running around sleep better, and those who have slept well have more energy to run around.26, 27 And society is starting to pay attention to the fact that the reverse is also true and troubling: kids aren’t moving enough to be tired, and they […]

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Path to Prevention Recommendations for Reducing Chronic Disease in First Nations, Inuit and Métis

Path to Prevention— Recommendations for Reducing Chronic Disease in First Nations, Inuit and Métis (referred to as Path to Prevention) is a companion report to Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease: Recommendations for a Healthier Ontario (Taking Action), 1 which provided 22 recommended policies and interventions to: • reduce population-level exposure to four key risk […]

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Malnutrition and Obesity Coexist in 20 Countries, Report Finds

Twenty countries are triply cursed: They have serious levels of malnutrition, diet-related anemia and obesity, according to the Global Nutrition Report published on Monday. Click here to download the full report

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What countries produce Canada’s International Medical Graduates?

What countries produce Canada’s International Medical Graduates? Recently released counts of active physicians in Canada shows that almost one out of every four doctors (24%) received their medical degree from another country. The highest proportion of international medical graduates (IMGs) occurs in Saskatchewan (54%) and Newfoundland (41%). For decades, these two provinces have relied heavily […]

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Honest Ed’s pharmacy

Honest Ed Mirvish had his share of fights. . . Back in 1959, a pharmacist named Norman Englander tried to set up a discount drugstore in Honest Ed’s. Mr. Mirvish had no objection, renting the pharmacist 72 square feet for $6,000 and 6 per cent of gross receipts. The Ontario College of Pharmacy refused to register […]

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Supporting American Veterans

This page summarizes available U.S. governmental, organizational and other resources and makes them easily accessible to those searching for assistance. It includes 48 citations of the latest studies and 10 external resources for veterans seeking help. I hope that the quality of this page and the importance of the subject matter merits inclusion on your […]

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Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Prepared by the Indigenous Health Working Group of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada. Family physicians know that supporting a patient’s health requires trust, compassion, and mutual respect. For Indigenous patients and their families, this is not always achieved. Systemic racism has been identified as a major barrier […]

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