“ Everyone talks about patient-centered care but I don’t think anyone knows what it actually means.”
Rachael Bull

Insights

Living Our Lessons: The Roadmap for the Healthcare System of Tomorrow

Lisa Purdy, Sarah Newbery, Chris Wilson, Erik Sande and Bernard Lord

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the urgency to fix the fundamental pain points in our system and implement a vision for the future of healthcare that meets patients’ needs. It has also armed us with a new frame of mind for accomplishing just that by generating real-world opportunities to pressure-test concepts, forge dynamic collaborations and expand existing approaches for wider adoption.

Off the Cuff

Canada's nursing homes have worst record for COVID-19 deaths among wealthy nations: report

A prescription for fixing elder care? Australia has already written the script: André Picard

New data shows COVID-19 pandemic now 'completely out of control' in Ontario, key scientific adviser says

Immunization committee to recommend provinces suspend AstraZeneca use among those under 55

Federal government earmarks $7.2-billion for healthcare, COVID-19 vaccination programs, municipalities

Confused wading through all the COVID-19 vaccine info? Here's help

COVID-19 cases could hit 12,000 a day unless people reduce contact with others, federal modelling shows.

Public Health Agency was unprepared for the pandemic and 'underestimated' the danger, auditor general says

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More from the Longwoods Archives:

• “You Can’t Get There from Here”: Is There a Future for Value-Based Healthcare in Canada? by Erin Strumpf  (Healthcare Papers, 2020)
• Canada‘s Ailing Healthcare System: It‘s the Doctors‘ Fault? by Jack M. Mintz (Healthcare Papers, 2018)
• Transforming the System with One Small Change? An Idea for Debate by Stephen Bornstein (Healthcare Papers, 2014)

Events

Longwoods Breakfast Series

Speakers coming in 2021 include:

• Verna Yiu, President and CEO, Alberta Health Services
• Jennifer Zelmer, President and CEO, Healthcare Excellence Canada

Sign up here to be notified of dates and registration.

Click here to see videos of past speakers.

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News

• B.C. implements sweeping restrictions on indoor dining, group fitness for 3-week 'circuit breaker'
• What the COVID-19 war was really like in Donald Trump's White House
• Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective even after first shot in real-world use, U.S. study finds
• AstraZeneca is manufacturing an epic failure around its COVID-19 vaccine: André Picard
• Canada’s hidden crisis: How COVID-19 overshadowed the worst year on record for overdose deaths
• Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on March 27, 2021
• Doctor charged with murder after multiple deaths at Hawkesbury, Ont., hospital
• 60% higher risk of death from coronavirus variants, Ontario analysis finds: sources
• New federal modelling data show COVID-19 case counts, severity indicators are back on the rise
• Pandemic’s toll on mental health of mothers exceeds fears of researchers, Lancet study finds
• Research raises questions over delayed second vaccine doses for seniors
• Hundreds of ICU patients transferred between Ontario hospitals as COVID-19 admissions rise
• Healthcare professionals warn of 'echo' pandemic as Canadians' mental health suffers
• Health Canada issues label change and guidance on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
• Healthcare job vacancies in Canada are soaring despite COVID-19 demand. Here’s why 

Conferences

• March 31-April 7, 2021: Online Weekly. NIHI-McMaster University Return on Investment in Health Care
• April 8-May 27, 2021: Online Weekly. NIHI-McMaster University Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Module 2
• April 14, 2021: Virtual. Leaders Sharing Insights and Opportunities in Health Infrastructure Design from COVID-19
• May 19-21, 2021: Virtual. Hindsight, Insight and Foresight - 2021 Annual CAHSPR Conference
• June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, & 23, 2021: Online. NIHI-McMaster University Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Module 3
• October 4-6, 2021: Toronto. North American Conference on Integrated Care

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Better Careers | Better Candidates

Featured Jobs

• Director, Emergency, Medicine and Critical Care - Hamilton Health Sciences, ON
• Director, Inpatient Oncology, Surgery and Orthopedics - Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
• Board of Governors - North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON
• President & Chief Executive Officer - Northumberland Hills Hospital, Northumberland County, ON
• Associate Medical Officers of Health - York Region, ON
• Medical Laboratory Technologist 1, Core Laboratory - PracticeNWT, Yellowknife, NT
• Executive Director - Maison McCulloch Hospice, Sudbury, ON

Transitions

• Tyler Chalk to Vice President, Strategy, Analytics and Communications, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON
• Stacey Lake to Senior Strategist, Department of Health and Wellness, Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
• Michel Rodrique to President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Ottawa, ON
• Matthew Kelsey to Sr. Manager, Transformation and Partnerships, UHN Centre for Mental Health, Toronto, ON
• Meredith Whitehead to Chief Nursing Information Officer, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON
• Matt Renfrew to Administrator, The Florentine, Island Health, Merritt, BC
• Miguel Burnier to Interim Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
• Jeremy Hall to Program Director, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
• Sheryl Lightfoot to Member, North America, UN Expert Mechanism of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, CH
• Rhian Touyz to Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
• Camille Isaacs Morell to Vice President, Hope for Dementia, Montreal, QC