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March 13, 2024Helen Novak Lauscher and team ask "Can Answers to the Health Workforce Crisis Be Found in Equity-Informed Digital Health?"
In this Healthcare Papers' commentary the authors describe current pressures on HHR in the Canadian context and related factors that impact equity-deserving communities/populations. They explore issues of HHR challenges in rural, remote and urban underserved contexts and explore the associated benefits and challenges of incorporating digital health. Read Here
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Are provinces properly using funds to recruit, retain healthcare workers?
2024-03-18 from hcamag.com/ Two provincial governments are being criticized for the way they are spending funding on healthcare workers. In Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Green MLA Matt MacFarl [...]
Abdulla: The good and bad news for Canada's emerging doctors
2024-03-18 from ottawacitizen.com Dear future doctor, Congratulations on finishing medical school in the Class of 2024! I know Match Day, (the day your future medical specialty is decided) is Tuesda [...]
Newfoundland, eager to shed dependency on expensive travel nurses, launches program for rural communities
2024-03-18 from theglobeandmail.com Mark Aylward is a nurse who travels for work, but he’s not a typical travel nurse. He spent two weeks last year providing primary care at a hospital in St. [...]
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Many healthcare systems use “equity” as a catch-all term to underscore their commitment to delivering care matching users' needs. Despite its ubiquity, it is often haphazardly used and applied to care and improvement efforts. As the learning health systems (LHSs) approach gains prominence, LHS researchers have sought to embed equity into their work while navigating systems with differing views of equity. We examine several components of equity, its definitions within LHSs and knowled [...]
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Vice President, Quality, Post Acute Care & Community Integration
North York General Hospital, North York, ON
Board of Directors
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON
President and Chief Executive Officer
Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance, Listowel and Wingham, ON
Director, Redevelopment
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON
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Brightshores Health System, Owen Sound, ON
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Brant Community Healthcare System, Brantford, ON
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Lumeo, Virtual Location
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Region of Peel, Brampton, ON
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Government of Ontario. Toronto, ON
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