If COVID-19 Doesn’t Force Change, What Will?
Pandemics are neither easy to control nor stop once they are in motion. COVID-19 has provided more than enough evidence of the devastation caused by the pandemic, as witnessed in ...
Pandemic Underscores Transparency in Frontline Workforce Deployment
A telephone survey involving health system participants across Canada, the US and overseas was conducted shortly after the onset of the recent coronavirus pandemic. The survey illustrated linkages between optimal ...
Governments Must Prioritize Vulnerable Groups when Re-Opening Economies
As governments re-open their economies, policymakers must balance the interests of the broader public with those who live and work in conditions that put them at risk.
Is Virtual Care the New Norm?
The evidence is clear: virtual care is an effective means of care delivery.
A Pandemic and OHT Symbiosis through Stages of Grief and Appreciative Inquiry
Healthcare leaders were recently challenged to create Ontario Health Teams (OHTs). In the midst of that game-changing work, came the COVID-19 pandemic.
Make the Healthy Choice: Retain Volunteers Post COVID-19
How do you persuade temporary volunteers to become long-term ones? Some ways are self-evident, such as ensuring that volunteers feel valued and are performing tasks that suit their interests and ...
Virtual Family Visits in Ontario's Hospitals: A Necessary Implementation
This essay analyzes a recently released judicial review regarding visitation rights during COVID-19 and explains the urgency of establishing a directive across hospitals in Ontario to host virtual family visits ...
COVID-19 and SARS - Learnings from 2 Health Systems: Australia and Canada
As a chief nurse in Ontario during the SARS outbreak in 2003, I never thought I would experience anything even remotely similar, let alone exponentially worse, in my lifetime. Seventeen ...
Sustaining Social Distancing and Mass Quarantine in the COVID-19 Era: Lessons Learned
Containing disease spread is less about treatment and vaccines, and more about the capacity of systems, communities and individuals to actually prevent the spread of the disease.
Planning for COVID-19 in the Provision of Surgical Services in Nova Scotia
Dr. Saxe-Braithwaite presents a high-level synopsis of the key elements of Nova Scotia's COVID-19 surgical care plan and how healthcare systems have prepared for, and responded to, this unprecedented healthcare ...
