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Responses to Christie Blatchford’s commentary on Family Health Teams

Click Here to read the article Letter to the Editor: Christie Blatchford raises a number of important issues in her column about Family Health Teams, the most fundamental one being whether such models improve primary health care for individuals, families and communities.  Certainly such models have worked well in other jurisdictions, and the concept of […]

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Data Capture | Longwoods eLetter June 12, 2012

Quote “. . . data capture is a means of levelling the playing field.” Lori Lamont Essay Shades of Ornge: Are Family Health Teams Coming Off The Rails? Off the Cuff Do you tweet? Follow eLongwoods and get everything a little faster. Faster is better. And how effective is Child Health in Canada? From the […]

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From Grave to Cradle to Now: The Health Care Professional Edition

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Are (Ontario’s) Family Health Teams Coming Off The Rails

National Post. Sunday June 10, 2012 [excerpts] “It’s a better [potential] scandal than Air Ornge or eHealth,” says one insider, referring to the province’s beleaguered air ambulance service and well-documented spending spree with electronic health records, “because it’s a systemic problem.” . . . salaries paid to physicians, who under the myriad of complex new […]

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Emergin mHealth Paths for Growth

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Excellent Care “For All” by Camille Orridge

Equity – a blog Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) has identified equity as a key component of quality care. The Ministry has developed a Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) to support improved health equity, including the reduction of avoidable health disparities between population groups. HEIA also supports improved targeting of healthcare investments—the […]

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No technology replaces the human brain | Longwoods eLetter June 5, 2012

Quote “. . . no technology (that I’m aware of) has yet replaced the human brain nor increased its processing prowess. There is a finite limit to how fast one can process information.“ Dr. Antony Raikhlin responds to Dr. Jeljit Dhanoa who responded to Will Falk. Essay Impact of Information Technology on Human Resources in […]

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Tim Hortons outlets costing money: two hospitals report

From The National Post WINDSOR . Windsor Regional Hospital in Ontario is losing up to $265,000 a year operating Tim Hortons outlets on its premises, a drain so severe that the hospital is considering cutting cafeteria hours by as much as 50%. The revelation comes the same week that the St. John’s Health Sciences Centre in […]

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Ministry Memo: ALC patients who refuse an offer of admission to a prior-chosen LTC home bed

Bulletin from the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) May 30, 2012 Click Here to Download the PDF For the Attention of Hospital CEOs, Board Chairs, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Nursing Executives, CACN and OHA Board of Directors From: Mark Rochon, Interim President and CEO Ministry Memo: ALC patients who refuse an offer of admission to a […]

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OMA and The Ministry | Longwoods eLetter May 29, 2012

Quote “The radiologist’s role is poorly understood by laypeople, policy makers and physicians in other specialties.” Dr. Deljit Dhanoa challenges Mr. Will Falk directly – Ask the Experts: The Radiologists Essay Forging complete questions to defeat “The Ghost of Healthcare Despair.” Hugh MacLeod. Off the Cuff The Ontario Medical Association invites the Minister of Health […]

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