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Ontario’s health system needs change. But has Ford got it right?
Friday, April 26th, 2019
In the next layer, you will find 10 public-health organizations, down from 35, and 10 ambulance organizations, down from 59. One might have thought that these 10 new service areas might have been married up with 10 health regions, but alas, no… it’s still a simpler structure than what it replaced. What’s not yet known is how the Ford health-care regime will work in real life and how it will get local health professionals to work together.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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Why The Most Common Developmental Disability In Canada Is Misdiagnosed Or Missed — And The Devastating Results
Friday, April 26th, 2019
There is no cure for FASD, but early intervention can offer critical strategies for symptoms ranging from mild speech and memory deficits to severe cognitive delays… Both FASD advocates and medical researchers are now trying to make sense of what’s been standing in the way of early detection and treatment — and whether emerging science might offer new solutions.
Tags: corrections, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, youth
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Ontario Health Teams: Integrated Governance and Funding
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
The self-assessment form requires each applicant… to demonstrate: a history of formally working with other providers or organizations to advance integrated care; a plan for physician and clinical engagement, including physician and clinical leadership as part of the team’s leadership and governance structure; a commitment to the vision and goals of the Ontario Health Team model; a commitment to a central brand; and a commitment to working together towards a single clinical and fiscal accountability framework.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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Cutting out-of-country OHIP coverage is wrong and pointless
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
… the government paid out just $9 million last year for emergency coverage… a tiny fraction of one percentage point, of overall Ontario medical spending of $63.5 billion (with a b)… The government’s argument is that the existing program covers only a fraction of medical costs abroad. On that it’s correct… And it’s a gift to private insurers who no doubt will see a spike in business if all out-of-country coverage is yanked away.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, standard of living
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Doug Ford’s OHIP move strikes at the heart of medicare
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
In the case of those who are “temporarily absent” from the country, the Canada Health Act reads as follows: “Where the insured services are provided out of Canada, payment is made on the basis of the amount that would have been paid by the province for similar services rendered in the province.” … By attacking the key principle of portability — the notion that Canadian residents take their health insurance with them wherever they go — it is aiming a dagger at medicare’s throat.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Public health squeeze is the unkindest cut of all from Ford
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
… this government’s method is to initially claim there are no cuts and then create confusion about what cuts it’s making and why. It leaves people on the ground scrambling to figure out what it means and when they say it means something terrible, as they have in this case, the government promptly denies it… It’s the province that’s sowing confusion, acting without consultation and downloading its health responsibilities onto municipalities…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Psychiatrists shouldn’t have a monopoly over psychotherapy
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
An average of 57 sessions of CBT over the course of approximately one year delivered the exact same clinical outcome as 234 sessions of psychoanalytic psychotherapy delivered over four years. The implications of this study are huge… Although psychiatrists do have some special advantages when they integrate psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy treatment together, they do not have a monopoly on delivering effective psychotherapy.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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Designation Process for Ontario Health Teams
Friday, April 19th, 2019
… a new model to integrate care and funding that will enable patients, families, communities and providers to better work together… will be referred to below) as “Ontario Health Teams”… The purpose of this bulletin is to provide an overview of the application process for Ontario Health Teams… Significant dates in respect of the process for designation as an Ontario Health Team are included…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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How wearable tech could help adults with developmental disorders manage anxiety
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
… the Anxiety Meter’s algorithm measures a user’s baseline heart rate and detects changes that could indicate anxiety, while Reveal Stories allows users to keep track of a range of psychological and physical symptoms… if anxiety ratings rise, help participants employ mindfulness or cognitive-behavioural-therapy techniques before symptoms can intensify.
Tags: Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Big drug companies might cut R&D, delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics, Ottawa warned
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
… brand-name pharmaceutical companies may respond to a broad shift to generic drugs by delaying the introduction of new drugs in the Canadian market or by reducing the R&D activities that they undertake in the country,” said the analysis, labelled “secret,” … The proposal calls for an expanded list of countries Canada can use when comparing patented drug prices… to take into consideration when assessing whether a drug is overpriced.
Tags: Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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