COVID-19: Canada’s Response Must Now Focus on Quality
Canada must now focus on quality in its COVID-19 response by aggressively managing each process related to test-trace-isolate, treatment and prevention; building quality teams; setting targets; publicly reporting real-time on ...
Proposed Legislation Erodes Independence and Expertise of Alberta’s Healthcare Institutions
The Alberta government bill will give the minister of health control over independent partners in the healthcare system. This risks eliminating accountability, non-partisanship and objective evidence-gathering functions in the system.
We Are All in This Together
It is very likely that we will get a chance for a “do over” in the near future as the second wave hits us or when the next virus comes ...
Staffing for Nursing Home Care: COVID-19 and Beyond
As we search for ways to deal with COVID-19 in nursing homes, and to prevent such tragedies in the future, it seems obvious that we need to begin with staffing
Let’s Talk COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
With the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, healthcare providers must ensure widespread uptake of vaccination. This article explores the factors that might encourage COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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.
