“ Individuals who hold anti-mask, anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown sentiments often prioritize their freedom over other considerations such as public health and safety..”
Umair Majid, Judy Truong, Aghna Wasim and Matthew Truong

Insights

COVID-19 Response: Clearing Surgical Backlogs and Adapting Surgical Care Delivery

Thomas K. Waddell, Patrick G. Harris, Shaf Keshavjee, Elijah Dixon and Carl J. Brown

Many health systems are already rethinking their processes and developing new strategies based on knowledge gained during the course of the pandemic. (October 2020)

Off the Cuff

Canada's COVID-19 case rate now tops U.S. rate. Here's what the experts say

The third wave of COVID-19 has flipped the healthcare script in Canada: André Picard

Critical-care COVID-19 cases surpass peak of second wave

One in 10 Canadians are hesitant to get the vaccine: CAMH survey

U.S. recommends 'pause' for Johnson & Johnson vaccine over clot reports

Australia abandons COVID-19 vaccination targets after new advice on AstraZeneca shots

What It Means to Be a Coronavirus “Long-Hauler”

COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects by Mayo Clinic Staff

The tragedy of long COVID

Study suggests vaccines may improve symptoms for some COVID-19 long-haulers

Some people with ‘long COVID’ say their symptoms ease after getting vaccine

Some COVID-19 long haulers say vaccines may be relieving their symptoms. Researchers are looking into it

Some long-haul COVID-19 patients say their symptoms are subsiding after getting vaccines

CIHI’s Health System Capacity Planning Tool

Healthcare Excellence Canada – Responding to COVID-19

The Cathy Fooks Award for Research and Leadership Excellence in Patient and Caregiver Engagement

More from the Longwoods Archives:

• Mobilizing a Whole Community: Policy and Strategy Implications of an Integrated Local System Response to a Global Health Crisis by Wojtak et al. (Healthcare Quartely, 2020)
• Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Health System Demands a Socially Accountable Approach in a Post-COVID World by Anne Andermann, Yassen Tcholakov, Reggie Tomatuk and Sandy Buchman (Healthcare Papers, 2020)

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

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News

• GTA hospitals closing pediatric units as COVID-19 case counts and admissions climb
• Ontario to keep schools closed as COVID-19 infections soar
• Pandemic is fuelling foreign espionage in Canada, says security committee
• Alberta doctors say trust must be rebuilt after proposed new labour deal rejected 
• Canadian firm seeks mandatory licence to produce COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries
• Brazil poses global health threat as its hospitals buckle under COVID-19, experts warn
• Ontario orders hospitals to halt non-emergency surgeries as COVID-19 patients fill ICUs
• Why comparing COVID-19 hospitalization numbers between provinces isn't apple to apples
• The U.S. may soon have a vaccine surplus. Here’s what that means for Canada
• Canada is losing the race between vaccines and variants as the 3rd wave worsens
• Hospitals running out of key drug for COVID-19 patients 

Conferences

• April 15-May 27, 2021: Online Weekly. NIHI-McMaster University Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Module 2
• April 23-June 25, 2021: Online 10 Sessions. NIHI-McMaster Connected Health & IoT Course
• April 27-June 29, 2021: Online 10 Sessions. NIHI-McMaster Navigating Healthcare Procurement Course
• May 3, 17, 31, 2021: Online 13 sessions. NIHI-McMaster Cybersecurity Management Course
• 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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Featured Jobs

• President, Foundation/Vice President Brand & Marketing - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON
• Manager, Acute Care - Northern Health, Kitimat, BC
• Manager, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON
• Vice President, Clinical Services and Chief Nurse Executive - Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON  
• Recruitment for Board of Directors - Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON 

Transitions

• Aynharan Sinnarajah to Dr. Gillian Gilchrist Chair in Palliative Care Research, Queen’s University and Lakeridge Health, Oshawa, ON
• Reid McMurchy to Business and Finance Lead, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
• Zena Simces to Member, National Seniors Council, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON
• Samir Sinha to Member, National Seniors Council, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON
• Pamela Williamson Member, National Seniors Council, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON
• John Rudan to Chair, Surgical Innovation and Research and Director of Research, Dept. of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
• Thomas Kerr to Division Head, Social Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
• Kymberly Kaufmann to Deputy Minister, Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery, Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
• Barbara Cawley is retiring as Vice President, Client Services at VHA Home HealthCare, Toronto, ON