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The traditional job of paramedics is to rush to help victims of car collisions and other emergencies. When paramedics instead make house calls during non-emergencies, patients — particularly seniors — don’t need to call 911 as often, new research suggests.…
University of Toronto faculty, students and staff are mourning Dr. Jack Tu, an internationally renowned cardiologist and professor in both the department of medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, who passed away on May 30. “The…
Job Posting Number: 22567 New York, NY Company Overview: At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), we’re not only changing the way we treat cancer, but also the way the world thinks about it. By working together and pushing forward with innovation…
It’s called “Code Gridlock” and Brampton’s only hospital is in it the majority of the time. Brampton Civic Hospital, and every other hospital in Ontario, finds unconventional spaces to treat emergency room patients. “Hallways, cafeterias, meeting rooms,” Dr. Naveed Mohammad,…
Are long wait times simply the price we must pay in order to uphold our Canadian values of equity and fairness? As a doctor of medicine and professor who has spent a career in health policy and advocacy, I disagree.…
Press Release – Government of Canada co-founds Alliance of Champions for Mental Health and Wellbeing
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally one out of every four people will be impacted by poor mental health or mental illness at some point in their lives. Poor mental health and mental illness affect not only individuals,…
The Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in healthcare analytics. The successful candidate will contribute to the project “Capacity Planning in Community Care” and “Routing and capacity planning…
An essay in the British Medical Journal urges doctors and patients to start thinking differently about what it means to be returned to health. Ian Hargraves, lead author of “Towards regeneration: The evolution of medicine from fighting to rebuilding,” says…
A crossover between the worlds of gaming and medicine has the potential to cut training time in operating rooms by half and dramatically change the way surgical teams operate in the future, according to the head of neurosurgery in Nova…
Canada’s nurses unveiled a new study today – the first of its kind in Canada – that reveals the number of people in Canada who die or fall ill because prescription medications are unaffordable. The study, entitled Body Count, confirms…
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