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Spotlight
June 30, 2026Optimizing Opioid Addiction Treatment in Correctional Centres: Learnings From Alberta, Canada
Preliminary evidence of Alberta’s Correctional Health Services and Virtual Opioid Dependency Program to improve opioid use disorder screening and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in provincial corrections appears to have had a profound effect. Key improvements include increased screening and OAT initiations and decreased wait times to treatment and post-custodial release drug poisonings. Kevin Wipf et. al. cover Improving Mental Healthcare in the latest issue of Healthcare Quarterly.
Health Policy Off Script!
This weeks' episode The Stigma of Mental Health and Illness features Dr. Kwame McKenzie, CEO of Wellesley Institute, a full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and a practicing psychiatrist.
Past episodes include guests Colleen Flood, Arthur Sweetman, Janet Davidson and Kelly Lamrock. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Featured Articles
Expanding Surgical Access in Canada Through Self-Governing First Nations
An “Early Warning” Risk Assessment Strategy to Enable Proactive Management of Supply Shortages in Canada
Accelerating Innovation and Technological Transformation on a National Scale
Articles
TOCSIN: A Proposed Dashboard of Indicators to Control Healthcare-Associated Infections
A Case Study: The Initiative to Improve RN Scheduling at Hamilton Health Sciences
Growing Practice Specialists in Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Recruitment with a Nursing Residency Program
Healthy Workplaces and Teamwork for Healthcare Workers Need Public Engagement
Inter-facility Patient Transfers in Ontario: Do You Know What Your Local Ambulance Is Being Used For?
LHINs at Five years – What Now?” Part 2 of 2 "> Will Falk Comments on John Ronson’s essay “LHINs at Five years – What Now?” Part 2 of 2
News
Alberta pharmacists scramble to keep up as reports of prescription forgeries tick up again
2026-07-06 from cbc.ca Alberta pharmacies continue to be plagued by prescription forgeries, and some pharmacists say the problem is becoming increasingly difficult to address. The Alberta College of [...]
Steven Lewis: The (alarm) bells and whistles of Medicare-adjacent healthcare
2026-07-06 from thestarphoenix.com Welcome to the glamorous world of boutique primary care, Canadian style. Fancy digs. Fast-track connection to specialists, domestic and international, public syste [...]
New National Health Data Platform Connects Hospitals Across Canada
2026-07-06 from oha.com Vital, a national health data platform coordinated from Unity Health Toronto, will connect near real-time data from hospitals across Canada, beginning with 160 hospitals in Al [...]
Editor's Picks
Launched in June 2024, the Sunnybrook-to-Home (SB2H) program was designed to support older adults' transitions from hospital to home through the integration of hospital, home care and community services. Between June 2024 and December 2025, 593 unique patients were enrolled, with approximately 33% referred from the emergency department. Patients who enrolled in SB2H experienced faster access to home care (average 1 day vs. a Toronto Central regional average of 5 days) and shorter alternate level [...]
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William Osler Health System, Mississauga, ON
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ONE Health Information Technology Services. Work from Home
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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), Barrie, ON
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Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Huntsville & Bracebridge, ON
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McMaster University & Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
