Timely Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Matters Now More Than Ever
COVID-19 has amplified what was already a growing problem – children struggling with their mental health and inadequate access to specialized mental healthcare, especially physician-delivered care.
A Perspective on Health Science Education: Challenges and Opportunities
The pandemic has exposed the inadequate standards of care – particularly in long-term care facilities – and the inadequate numbers of healthcare providers in the system, and it has served ...
Living Our Lessons: The Roadmap for the Healthcare System of Tomorrow
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the urgency to fix the fundamental pain points in our system and implement a vision for the future of healthcare that meets patients’ needs. It ...
Policy Barriers to Obesity Care
When we look at health policy barriers in general, much revolves around the failure to fully recognise and accept obesity as a chronic disease in its own right. Thus, the ...
Canada’s Aging Population: Who Pays and Who Acts?
There is a common misconception that if the government pays for a service, whether federal, provincial or municipal, then it is free to Canadians. It is not!
Comprehensive Care and Prevention of Diabetes in Ontario: The Need of the Hour
As the COVID-19 pandemic forges through the globe, clear evidence points to worse outcomes experienced by persons with chronic conditions. Coupled with susceptibility to infection and commonly associated risk factors ...
Anti-Mask Protests and Racism: What Is the Link?
In Canada, anti-mask sentiments have accompanied racism and discrimination. In this essay, we discuss the link between the two, and offer a critique on how institutions and experts have failed ...
Aggressive Cuts Destabilizing and Irreparably Damaging Alberta’s Healthcare System
The Alberta government’s plans to cut approximately 11,000 Alberta Health Services jobs prompted hundreds of healthcare workers across the province to take job action in October, 2020. These and other ...
Mandatory Switching of Biologic Drugs? Beware of Potential Side Effects
Government policies that force biosimilar switching for non-medical and strictly economic reasons may ultimately undermine competition, increase total healthcare costs, and act as a barrier to innovation and future access ...
Optimizing Human Resource Management in the Time of COVID-19 at York Region
When the pandemic started in February 2020, York Region was faced with constantly changing conditions and minimal data to help guide decision making. We were challenged to make informed decisions ...
