Where are the Doctors?

• Is there a doctor in the house?
• Where is your ER doctor? Cleaning the rooms; there’s no one else there to do it
• This family doctor is leaving B.C. Other physicians are among her 'orphaned' patients
• 'It’s a true emergency': CMA says changes needed to get more medical grads to choose family medicine
• Changes must be made to address shortage of family doctors
• Patients turned to telehealth during the pandemic. B.C. doctors say it isn't a long-term solution
• With ERs on the brink, doctors explain what patients should consider before they go
• Hamilton hospitals down 675 employees amid record-high healthcare worker shortages
• Niagara Health continues to face immense pressure amid healthcare worker shortages
• After pandemic pivots, where have Canadian workers gone?
• Newfoundland and Labrador to cover licensing fees for Ukrainian doctors fleeing war
• Foreign-trained doctors say they could help with B.C.'s doctor shortage but face too many barriers
• The future of COVID in Canada: Doctors weigh in on vaccines, masking
• COVID cases are rising across Canada. Where are the country’s top doctors?
• From COVID to the economy — the mental health of Canadians is at a breaking point
• Why older CEOs hate letting employees work from home

Featured Careers

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• Family Physician - Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre, Muncey, ON
• Regional Director, Home Care Solutions - Bayshore Healthcare, Toronto, ON
• Registered Nurses/LPN's, Day Procedures & Operating Room - PracticeNWT, Yellowknife, NT 
• SVP & Chief Digital Transformation Officer - SE Health, Markham, ON 
• President & Chief Executive Officer - Blanche River Health, Englehart and Kirkland Lake, ON
• Site Director - SE Health, Calgary, AB 
• Director, Occupational Health and Safety Services - London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
• Patient Care Director, Emergency Department - Oak Valley Health, Markham, ON
• Director, Labour Relations - London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
• Chief Medical Officer - CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
• Executive Director - Fontbonne Ministries, Toronto, ON 
• Manager of Risk and Quality - Community Living Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
• Chief Health Operations Officer - Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
• Manager, Autism Services, Fee for Service - Lumenus Community Services, Toronto, ON
• Chief Executive Officer - Doctors of BC, Vancouver, BC 
• Program Operational Director, Diagnostic Imaging -  Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON 
• Program Operational Director, Cardiac & Critical Care - Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON
• Executive Director, Patient Care - Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON
• Executive Director, Negotiations & Implementation - The Ontario Medical Association, Toronto, ON
• Chief Executive Officer - Hamilton Family Health Team, Hamilton, ON
• Director, Diagnostic Imaging - Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON

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Calling Nurse Managers!
A Survey of Canadian Nurse Managers to Determine Who They Are and What They Do: Nurse Managers are invited to fill out a brief online survey on the Google Forms platform. It will take 10–15 minutes to complete it. Please click here to open the survey and read an information letter about this study,

Call for Abstracts - Retaining and sustaining our Canadian nursing workforce has never been more critical.
The editors of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership are planning a focused series to address the challenges of the nursing workforce crisis. Abstract must be submitted by August 29, 2022. Click here for details on submitting to this special issue.

Call for Abstracts - Support for Underserved Communities
Healthcare Quarterly’s editors are looking for papers that focus on interventions that have addressed inequitable service to specific populations. We are primarily interested in reflective papers discussing evidence-informed ideas and approaches and case studies of successful programs or strategies from diverse practice settings. 200 word Abstracts due by September 2, 2022. Click here for details on submitting to this special issue.

More from Longwoods Publications:

Healthcare Policy Vol. 17, Special Issue
Introduction – COVID-19 and Long-Term Care: What Have We Learned? 

Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 25 No. 1
Legal Privilege Legislation: Consequences for Patient Safety 

HealthcarePapers Vol. 20, No. 3
The Value of and Need for Health Services and Policy Research that Focuses on Macro System-Level Challenges 

Nursing Leadership Vol. 35, No. 1
Case Study: Achieving “Hands-On” Practice for Remote Family Caregivers and Homecare Nurses of Children with Medical Complexity

News

• There's an emergency room crisis in Canada and a new wave of COVID-19 is making a dire situation worse
• Nursing students backstop Toronto ER in 'tight situation'
• How ER closures across Canada are leaving people vulnerable (Video)
• Unions call for action on health staff shortages in light of Ontario ER closures
• Healthcare workers with COVID-19 brought in to support 'miserable' summer, says Health P.E.I. CEO
• Nurses' warning must prompt action
• St. Michael’s researcher secures $10 million in funding to study COVID-19 treatments

Transitions

• Liane Fernandes to Vice President, Ontario, Operations, Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, ON
• Rachel Boehm to Executive Regional Director, Addictions and Mental Health, Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, NB
• Heather Abrahams to Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Teresa Dobmeier to Associate Deputy Minister, Indigenous Health and Reconciliation, Ministry of Health, Government of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• Ed van Randen to Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, YK
• Armen Aprikian to President, Canadian Urological Association, Dorval, QC
• Shy Amlani to Executive Director, NRV Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
• Daphne Sniekers to Manager, Logistics and Inventory Management, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
• Bruce Fitch to Minister of Health, Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
• Margaret Melanson to Interim President and CEO, Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, NB
• Susanne Johnston to Trustee, Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, NB
• Gerald Richard to Trustee, Vitalite Health Network, Bathurst, NB
• Frank MacMaster to VP Innovation and Research, IWK Health, Halifax, NS
• Deanna Jones-Keeshig to Indigenous Health Director, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, ON
• Alexander Caudarella to Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction, Ottawa, ON
• Govind Kaigala to Sr. Research Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC
• Todd Stepanuik to President and CEO, Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe, ON
• Siam Javeid to Manager, Digital Health Initiatives, Implementation and Post Market Evaluation, Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, Toronto, ON
• Jon Rabeneck to Indigenous Health Program Manager, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC
• Karima Veiji to Chief of Nursing, Professional Practice and Assistant Deputy Minister, Government of Ontario, Toronto, ON
• Aarushi Puri to Board of Directors, The Ontario Caregiver Organization, Toronto, ON
• Shelley Burnett to Vice President, Patient Services and Innovation, McKesson Canada, Mississauga, ON 
• Anne Brace to Board member for VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), Toronto, ON
• Amr Elimam to Board member for VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), Toronto, ON. (The inaugural Client Partner to join VHA’s Board)
• Sharifa Wright to Board member for VHA Home HealthCare (VHA), Toronto, ON