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 ...
Austerity and COVID-19
We will see the social determinants of health play out in the COVID-19 pandemic. In the US, there already are early reports of race-based disparities in risk of infection, and ...
The Light at the End of the COVID-19 Tunnel
If history has taught us anything, these unusual times are not a first and they will definitely not be the last. As a Stockdale optimist, I am confident that this ...
An Open Letter to Nursing Executives and Managers
Please remember this is uncharted territory for us all, including our new graduates, who will eagerly hit the ground running – but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
COVID-19: Some Observations
My point of reference for COVID-19 is SARS. I was a Toronto hospital CEO in the thick of the SARS outbreak, but I am much more removed from the COVID-19 ...
Unlocking the Healthcare Supply Chain with Three Key Pieces: Ingenuity, Determination and Patience
With a surge of COVID-19 cases in Canada and around the world, the desperation of our political officials was made clear through their pleas as our stock of medical supplies ...
Canada’s Covid-19 Reality
Canada has only just begun to put in place more aggressive public health policies of containment that are focused on slowing disease progression or flattening the curve. An already overburdened ...
The Future of Digital Enablement is Here ... Today
Ready or not, the digital future is here... today. For those of us who have been part of virtual teams for years or even decades, mandated or self-imposed work from ...
