How Good Reforms Fail: The Warning Example of Alberta's Borderless EMS System [0.03%]
好的改革如何失败：阿尔伯塔省无边界的紧急医疗服务系统的警示案例
Janna Newton,Travis Carpenter,Jennifer Zwicker
Janna Newton
When ill, many Albertans' first interaction with their healthcare system is Alberta's centralized emergency medical services (EMS) system operated by Alberta Health Services (AHS). The media has become saturated with articles articulating c...
Commentary: Critical to Care - The Problem of Profit in Ontario's Long-Term Care Home Sector [0.03%]
评论：护理之关键——安大略长期护理机构的利润问题
Susan Braedley
Susan Braedley
The search for profit in the Ontario long-term care (LTC) home sector means that inspections and fines are unlikely to drive quality improvement. For-profit ownership, operations and contracts thwart accountability for quality and financial...
Michaella Miller,Ellen Maceachen
Michaella Miller
In response to quality issues within the long-term care (LTC) sector, the Government of Ontario implemented the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021, and updated accountability and compliance measures, including doubling fines for non-compliance...
Commentary: Reducing the Mortality Gap for the Mentally Ill - Rethinking How and Where We Provide Care [0.03%]
评论：减少精神疾病患者的死亡率差距——重新思考提供护理的方式和地点
Nick Kates
Nick Kates
The mortality gap faced by Canadians living with a severe and persistent mental illness is a national scandal. If we are to change this and take advantage of the possibilities that reverse integration presents, we need to rethink the ways o...
A Canadian Call for Addressing Physical Health in Specialized Mental Health Settings [0.03%]
呼吁在精神健康机构中关注躯体健康
Cara Evans,Christopher Canning,Munazzah Ambreen et al.
Cara Evans et al.
People with serious mental illness experience poorer physical health and higher mortality rates than the general population. One option for responding to this disparity is reverse integration, which promotes physical health monitoring in se...
Does Productivity in Healthcare Matter? An Unfortunate Post-Pandemic Legacy [0.03%]
医疗保健领域的生产率重要吗？一个不幸的后疫情时代遗产
Jason M Sutherland
Jason M Sutherland
In speeches this year, a bank of canada official announced that our country experienced no growth in productivity over the past two years (Rogers 2024a, 2024b). To improve this predicament, the bank says businesses should focus on adding va...
Ethical and Transformative Scholarly Public Engagement: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Promises [0.03%]
伦理与变革性学术公共参与：问题、可能与前景
Jamila Michener
Jamila Michener
At its core, public engagement is geared toward transformative ends - to change the world for the better. Yet, the means are also critical. Scholars who engage communities and public processes should do so ethically, in ways that comport wi...
Public Deliberation for Ethically Complex Policies: The Case of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada [0.03%]
以安乐死政策为例看道德复杂政策的公开审议
Roma Dhamanaskar,Julia Abelson
Roma Dhamanaskar
Almost 50,000 people in Canada have had a medically assisted death since federal legislation was passed in 2016. Still, the debate about the permissibility of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) continues to rage. The central role of shared ...
"You Can't Let Go" - A Black Community Leader's Perspective on Engagement and Advocacy [0.03%]
“你不能放手”——一位黑人社区领导人的参与和倡导视角
Lanre Tunji-Ajayi
Lanre Tunji-Ajayi
Lanre Tunji-Ajayi is president and CEO of the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario (SCAGO). This charitable organization focuses on ameliorating the lives of those living with sickle cell disease by providing evidence-based support to pat...
"Whatever Job I'm In, I'm Going to Find a Way to Make a Difference" - A Black Community Leader's Perspective on Engagement and Advocacy [0.03%]
“无论在哪份工作中，我都要找到做出改变的方法”——一位黑人社区领袖谈参与和倡导的角度
Camille Orridge
Camille Orridge
Camille Orridge is a patient and community-focused healthcare leader who has passionately and tirelessly worked for more than 50 years to address systemic barriers in the healthcare system, creating innovative equitable health solutions for...