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April 06, 2026

Healthcare Papers presents Tipping the Balance Toward Positive Futures for Patients: AI in Healthcare

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Artificial intelligence can improve or worsen health and healthcare. This commentary shares four principles—recognizing AI’s unique characteristics, right-sizing, co-design, and equity-focus—to tip the balance toward positive futures. By Jennifer Zelmer and Annette MacKinnon. 

Events

Tuesday, May 05, 2026  - Toronto, Ontario Longwoods Breakfast Series

From Promise to Practice: Scaling AI in Healthcare

Karli Farrow, President and CEO, Trillium Health Partners and Tomi Poutanen, CEO, Signal 1

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News

Apr 10, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Staff at Sudbury long-term care home protest layoffs while operator insists patient care unaffected

2026-04-10 from cbc.ca A health care union held a protest in front of a Extendicare Countryside in Sudbury on Thursday to call attention to 21 layoff notices they say have been issued by the long-ter [...]

Apr 10, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Closing the Gap: How Purpose-Driven Innovation Is Reshaping Canadian Health Care

2026-04-10 from macleans.ca/ Access to health care remains uneven across Canada. Rates of chronic illness and mental health conditions are climbing, while barriers like cost, access and a fragmented [...]

Apr 10, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
The case for Canadian pharmacare

2026-04-10 from canadianaffairs.news The issue of pharmacare in Canada has been debated for decades.  Canada is the only high-income country with universal health-care coverage that does not ha [...]

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Canada has higher rates of immigration than many high-income countries. Provinces' health systems have been slow to adapt new policies and practices to accommodate the newcomers. New immigrants are left to “shoehorn” themselves into health systems that were not designed for their languages, culture or preferences for care. For immigrants, language barriers impede communication, undermine the clinician-patient relationship and discourage healthcare-seeking behaviours. New policies are [...]

 

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