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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part III
Friday, September 20th, 2019
… the Council suggests that accurately capturing patient experience in all aspects of the health care system is paramount. When assessing value for money, the Council advises the government to work to develop indicators that measure patient and overall population health outcomes against the cost of administering and delivering services in the most efficient way.
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Ford’s slogans aren’t fixing health care
Sunday, September 8th, 2019
This past June was the worst June on record for hospital overcrowding since the province began collecting statistics in 2008 to track so-called “hallway medicine.” … the immediate needs of Ontario’s home care system, long-term care homes and hospitals are largely being ignored while the government focuses on a much-publicized but little-understood overhaul of health care.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Worst June on record for ‘hallway medicine’ at Ontario hospitals
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Hospital overcrowding for the month of June hit a record high this year, according to the Ontario Hospital Association… the sector has been in austerity mode for more than a decade… At the same time, more than 4,500 patients were occupying hospital beds during the month even though they no longer required hospital care.
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Are Ontario Health Teams designed for failure?
Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
The ministry has left it to the teams to describe how OHT’s will plan and decide on regional service delivery. There is no requirement for community or patient/family engagement in service planning… Rather than community integration led by public demand for services in mental health or community care, OHT’s seem at risk for becoming hospital-driven organizations, where the strength of the hospital board governs decisions in the region.
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State of emergency, Part 1: How to fix Ontario ERs? We ask a paramedic
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Once an ambulance loads a patient, the paramedic crew becomes responsible for that patient’s care, and they remain solely responsible for that patient until they are admitted by the ER. Non-urgent patients then wait on stretchers under the watchful gaze of well-trained paramedics, who are legally compelled to remain with them no matter how long it takes. Paramedic crews, and their valuable ambulances, can sit idle for many hours.
Tags: Health, mental Health
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Health Minister Christine Elliott promises transparency in new health care system
Saturday, August 10th, 2019
Once… Ontario Health is fully making the decisions on all aspects of those issues that were dealt with by the LHINs before, then they will be having public meetings.”… the Ontario Health Teams — alliances of local health providers that will oversee most aspects of health care within their jurisdictions — will be required to hold public meetings and publicly post minutes.
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Early interventions needed in mental health care
Friday, August 9th, 2019
… funding has fallen by over 50 per cent over the past 25 years at a time when demand is exploding. Without political intervention, the gap between demand and supply will continue to grow. To counter this shortage of care, we need more practitioners… Interprofessional care teams are more efficient and allow our most specialized and expensive interventions to be matched to patients with the most significant needs.
Tags: budget, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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OMA should stop fear-mongering on nurse practitioners
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
They provide top-quality health care for tens of thousands of people without a family doctor; they free up doctors to focus on serious illnesses; and they stretch the province’s healthcare dollars… if we are to improve the quality and sustainability of our healthcare system. It’s time the OMA started to actively support nurse practitioners – and ended its self-serving “turf wars.”
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New Weapons Against Cancer: Millions of Bacteria Programmed to Kill
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Scientists have used genetically reprogrammed bacteria to destroy tumors in mice. The innovative method one day may lead to cancer therapies that treat the disease more precisely, without the side effects of conventional drugs… an additional benefit. After they killed off one tumor with bacteria, other tumors in the mice also shrank. It is possible that the bacteria helped the immune system learn to recognize other cancer cells.
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Ontario wants to expand midwives’ ability to prescribe medications
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
Ontario wants to give midwives across the province the ability to prescribe a wider variety medications, a move those in the profession say could help improve patient care. Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday that consultations are underway to expand midwives’ scope of practice with the body that regulates the profession. She said the province wants to enable midwives to use their education and training more effectively.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical, standard of living, women
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