This article by the Winnipeg Free Press covers some of the recommendations put forward from Dr. Tara Kiran’s OurCare Manitoba Panel. The creation of an Indigenous health department and a provincial health ombudsperson are among 37 of the recommendations made.
Author: Samira Prasad
Can OECD Countries Help Canada Improve Primary Care Access?
Dr. Tara Kiran spoke with Medscape about her recent research looking at Canada’s primary care system in comparison to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, and potential structures that would work in Canada.
‘We want to keep people alive’: Outreach workers call for tools to combat toxic new street drugs
CBC News spoke with Karen McDonald, lead of MAP’s Drug Checking Service about the challenges of fighting the overdose crisis when the drugs are rapidly changing, and the importance of drug checking. “It’s important for people to know what it is that they’re using, just so that they can make safer choices,” she says.
Health care in Canada could be more like Norway’s, with some improvements: study
Dr. Tara Kiran spoke with CTV News about how Canada is trailing behind other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries when it comes to both the number of physicians relative to the population, and its spending on primary care, according to a new analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Opinion: Fixing the primary care crisis is underway. Now we need action
In this op-ed, co-authors Drs. Andrew Pinto and Danielle Martin write about the need to scale up community-governed, primary-care teams to allow family doctors to provide care for more patients with the support of nurses, social workers, pharmacists, dietitians, physiotherapists, and other health professionals.
Canada falls short in several areas of health care in comparison to other OECD countries, report says
Dr. Tara Kiran spoke with The Globe and Mail about a new report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal which reveals how Canada falls short in several key areas in comparison with nine other Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Canada has fewer physicians overall per capita, spends less of its total health budget on primary care, and has relatively high maternal- and infant-mortality rates.
Chicago is using transit buses to house unhoused people this winter, should Toronto do the same?
Dr. Carolyn Snider’s research is referenced in this NOW Toronto article discussing homelessness research and the city’s plans for the winter.
Growing number of homeless people turning to ERs for shelter and warmth, study says
Dr. Carolyn Snider and Dr. Stephen Hwang, spoke to The Canadian Press about new research on the dramatic rise in the number of people experiencing homelessness turning to emergency departments for shelter and warmth in Toronto and Ontario.
Got a beef about primary care in Ontario? You’re not alone
This Toronto Star op-ed quotes Dr. Tara Kiran in it’s discussion of potential ways of restructuring primary care in Ontario.
It is possible to end intimate partner violence
Toronto and several municipalities have declared intimate partner violence an epidemic. In this op-ed Dr. Patricia O’Campo, along with Allison Branston and Thea Symonds, call upon other municipalities to do the same. They also share the innovative work their team is doing in collaboration with social services, shelters, and criminal justice providers to safely house women and children experiencing violence.