Syphilis made a global resurgence over the last five years and Canada's an outlier among wealthy nations in its rate of increase. The incidence of babies born with syphilis reached 26 per 100,000 live births in 2021, up from two in 2017, a 13-fold
The Women's Mobile Primary Care Program aims to deliver healthcare to women in a culturally appropriate manner. The health unit's van teams doctors, nurses and social workers with Indigenous knowledge keepers, elders and healers to provide care from
Healthcare leaders part of the Public Policy Forum are calling for major reforms related to how Canadians access the health system, including scaling up team-based primary care. The report lays out 10 steps policymakers must take to expand access to
Long term-care models are moving toward hospital-like facilities but governments should look into house-like LTC homes instead of institutional models to improve quality of life. The researchers define the small-scale, home-like model as housing
The report finds healthcare workers feared for their personal safety during the pandemic because of a lack of protective equipment and the absence of any systematic support and security that left many feeling undervalued. It highlights the following
Researchers found an alarming number of high school students (26%) in Canada reported having vaped in the previous month and what they're inhaling with vapes or e-cigarettes is even more worrying. The study showed that substance use was linked to a
L'interopérabilité du réseau de la santé continue de s'améliorer, mais Inforoute rappelle que le Canada peut faire encore mieux pour les cliniciens et le réseau de la santé. Les trois quarts des Canadiens affirment que la communication entre leurs
The project aimed to understand if the care of chronic pain patients offered by family physicians can be improved. Family doctors are on the frontline of pain treatment since pain clinics in Ont. have long wait lists. The pilot study also highlights
Over in five Canadians (6.5 million people) don't have a family physician or NP they see regularly. That’s a dramatic increase since 2019 when Statistics Canada estimated 4.5 million people didn't have a regular provider. People in B.C. (27%)
At the end of the study period, 17% of those who were alive didn’t receive a follow-up test to determine whether they had an active infection and close to 60% who had a positive test didn’t begin treatment. Researchers say a lack of access to travel